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Ask HN: What is Australia doing about CLI overstamping / spoofing
For the past three weeks, scammers have been using my Australian phone number to make outbound calls. My phone is ringing nonstop with people saying they received a missed call from my number or asking why I called them. Unfortunately I can't use Silence Unknown Callers, as I need to answer any call from any phone number at any time of day.
I'm sick of it. My mental health is suffering. I've found information about how the US, UK, and France have plans to solve this issue. But I can't find a single piece of information about Australia. ACMA just explains what CLI overstamping is, nothing about what any of the telcos or govt plans to do about it. They say "Contact your telco". What is that going to achieve if the call doesn't even go through their network?