From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   by Terri J. Seligman   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has fined   
   a robocaller nearly $10,000 (sic) under the Truth in Caller ID Act for   
   illegally using caller ID spoofing with the intent to cause harm. The   
   robocaller, Scott Rhodes, made thousands of spoofed robocalls in 2018,   
   targeting specific communities with hateful messages. As described by   
   the FCC, the robocalls included "xenophobic fearmongering (including   
   to a victim's family), racist attacks on political candidates, an   
   apparent attempt to influence the jury in a domestic terrorism case,   
   and threatening language toward a local journalist." Rhodes made the   
   calls using a platform that manipulated the caller ID information in   
   such a way as to make his calls appear to come from local numbers--a   
   technique known as "neighbor spoofing."   
      
   https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/advertising-marketing-brandi   
   g/1027992/fcc-fines-white-supremacist-10-million-for-spoofed-rob   
   calls?email_access=on   
      
   ***** Moderator's Note *****   
      
   There is some confusion about the amount of the fine. From the FCC   
   website:   
      
   The FCC fines Scott Rhodes $9,918,000 for illegally using caller ID   
   spoofing in making thousands of calls targeting specific communities   
   with harmful pre-recorded messages, in violation of the Act and the   
   Commission's rules   
      
   https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-robocaller-scott-rhodes-n   
   arly-10m-illegal-spoofing   
      
   Bill Horne   
   Moderator   
      
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