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A Florida man accused of flooding consumers with 97 million phone calls touting fake travel deals appeared Wednesday before lawmakers to explain how robocalls work and to say, "I am not the kingpin of robocalling that is alleged."
Adrian Abramovich, of Miami, who is fighting a proposed $120 million fine, told senators that open-source software lets operators make thousands of phone calls with the click of a button, in combination with cloud-based computing and "the right long distance company."
[...] Calls appeared to come from local numbers, but those who answered were prompted to "Press 1" to hear about vacation deals, according to the FCC. If they did, consumers were connected to call centers not affiliated with companies mentioned in messages, such as Expedia Inc., TripAdvisor Inc., Marriott International Inc. and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., according to the agency. In actuality, the call centers were associated with Mexican timeshare facilities, the FCC said in a notice.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Friday April 20 2018, @04:47AM (3 children)
Ok, so how can someone make 97 Million Robocalls before the phone company does anything?
Right, the phone company isn't doing SHIT.
Who was it even that dragged this scum bucket in front of law makers? I'm betting it was not a phone company.
If you try to send 97 Million spam e-mails you are going to get filtered and a bunch of IP bans. I'd bet that even happens well before the 97 million mark. And e-mail is almost instantaneous. Sending phone calls takes more time and work. Something is horribly wrong.
Of course sell phone providers are more than happy to sell you an "app" to deal with robocalls.
Let's start by hanging this guy from his nuts, then whacking in the back of the head with a crowbar. And then remember to do the same to sacks of shit that enable this crap.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @07:31AM (2 children)
While he's serving a life sentence in jail as the payment to the public for the two lifetimes he stole ( as has been told above ), implant a electroshock therapy unit which is triggered by a phone with an unlisted number... nothing is going to call it but robodialers.
Have it electrocute his nuts with the telephone bell current.
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Friday April 20 2018, @08:08AM
How would you like to be the next Director of the CIA?
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Friday April 20 2018, @07:53PM
But note that he said
Sounds like he didn't do it. Which part of the story do you believe?
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