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- From: Dave.Leibold@f730.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Dave Leibold)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Who You Gonna Call? Phonebusters!
- Message-ID: <telecom13.47.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 08:10:24 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 47, Message 7 of 11
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- {The Toronto Star} reported on Project Phonebuster, an undertaking by
- the Ontario Provincial Police, RCMP and the federal Ministry of
- Consumer and Corporate Affairs. The Phonebusters had the task of
- stomping on bogus boiler rooms that called unsuspecting citizens to
- offer phony prize winnings or overpriced merchandise. Credit card
- scams are also done via unscrupulous telemarketing.
-
- The police estimates indicate approximately 40 such phraudulent
- operations are running in Canada, ripping off CAD$20 million each
- year. Average loss per victim (and there could be 16 000 victims in
- the province of Ontario alone) is $500, and may become the most
- widespread phraud ever committed in Canada.
-
- Meanwhile, the legitimate telemarketers are making progress with plans
- to improve their integrity. The Canadian Direct Marketing Association
- (CDMA) offers a "do not call" list for those who do not want to be
- called from boiler rooms, and hopefully this list can be made
- mandatory for all boiler rooms whether or not they are CDMA members.
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