On the Trail of the RoboCall King
Garvin, though, had only one phone call to go on, and a simple question: Who was on the other end of the line? Unwanted calls are the most common consumer complaint lodged with the Federal Communications Commission, and the trend shows no signs of slowing, despite the pile-on of laws and regulations—the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Truth in Caller ID Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, among others—outlawing the vast majority of autodialed calls or prerecorded messages, at least those used for marketing purposes. Hoping he might get lucky and receive one of the robocalls himself, Garvin began answering every suspicious call and spoofed number that lit up his cell phone.
Source: www.wired.com