More Tales of the TCPA: $342K Fine for Violation-Laden Robocalls By Paul J. Feldman, CommLawBlog, February 20, 2015
Spoofing tactic appears to backfire on robocaller.
As a public service, we offer a couple of helpful CommLawBlog tips to folks who feel like violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by making unsolicited prerecorded advertising calls:
- First and foremost, DON'T violate the TCPA;
If you insist on ignoring Tip No. 1, at least:
- Don't call numbers on the National Do No Call Registry;
- Don't provide an "opt-out" number that doesn't work;
- Don't "spoof" somebody else's number so that their number, not yours, shows up in the caller ID display of the folks you're illegally calling;
- And, ABOVE ALL, don't tick off constituents of Senator John McCain.
Security First of Alabama (Security First) made all these mistakes, and it's now got $342,000 worth of reasons to regret having done so.
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Neal McLain