Hi, I haven't read the last few pages of these 80 comments but I came here for another problem number and saw this thread and the above post by "June", so forgive me if I'm missing something! So, just recently (over the past week or two) MOST of the phone numbers of family and friends have been showing in my Caller ID with a [V] before their name and number, for example, [V]Dan Jones XXX-XXX-XXXX, Other's have told me there's a [V] before MY number on their caller ID. From what I understand it's to identify the caller as "Verified"? Maybe that's what Jane is referring too? Idk, though, that's a new one! Just a heads up in case someone else has this happen. Good luck with this everyone!
Hi June, I just replied to Jim-LA above, maybe what I explained to him is what's happening with your calls? Also, I'm sorry, I referred to you by the wrong name at the end of my reply (Jane instead of June.). Okay, good luck with this.
Btw, I've had those other "V" calls with the 4 digit date and all that years ago, though, and they looked different than this new thing going on. These new ones are really calls from family and friends with a V in parenthesis. I've answered and called them back, and they are actually the people the caller ID lists them as. I have Comcast for a carrier. Funny fyi, every time I come here to "800 notes" and a few other sites, like Norton Security, I get some kind of scam call!? It literally just happened now. Smh. Have a good night.
Comcast/Xfinity customers will now see the [V] and Verified for incoming numbers that have been verified to be from the number displayed as the actual number calling. This is a new feature from Comcast and everyone got an email explaining this. This is very different from what this thread's topic began as.
In the email:
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Verified Caller ID is here to help protect you This week we introduced an enhanced Caller ID feature. Now you'll see the word "Verified" or its abbreviation, "[V]," next to some incoming calls and on your call log, voicemail, and X1 TV screen. This means the call is coming from a phone number we are able to verify. This enhancement will help protect you against robocall scams and telemarketers.
We're proud to be at the forefront of customer protection with Verified Caller ID. For more information and a list of all the ways Xfinity Voice is helping you stay secure, read our Help and Support article here.
Try reading the email with the subject: Important updates about your Xfinity Voice service
Hello and thank you Mike. I appreciate that information. I did not get an email. @Rachel and @Well, wow, what a pleasant welcome. I don't know, I thought it would have been helpful. My bad.
Perhaps Comcast/Xfinity is an early adopter of STIR/SHAKEN which goes into effect in June 2021.
According to the FCC Caller ID authentication technology enables subscribers to trust that callers are who they say they are, reducing the effectiveness of fraudulently spoofed calls. This technology is critical to protecting Americans from scams using spoofed robocalls because it erodes the ability of callers to illegally spoof a caller ID, which scammers use to trick Americans into answering their phones when they shouldn't. Caller ID authentication technology also allows consumers and law enforcement alike to more readily identify the source of illegal robocalls and reduce their frequency and impact. The STIR/SHAKEN framework, an industry-standard caller ID authentication technology, is a set of technical standards and protocols that allow for the authentication and verification of caller ID information for calls carried over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. As implementation continues to progress, it will give Americans more confidence that the caller ID information they receive is accurate and will allow voice service providers to provide helpful information to their consumers about which calls to answer.
STIR/SHAKEN is a framework of interconnected standards. STIR/SHAKEN are acronyms for the Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN) standards. This means that calls traveling through interconnected phone networks would have their caller ID "signed" as legitimate by originating carriers and validated by other carriers before reaching consumers. STIR/SHAKEN digitally validates the handoff of phone calls passing through the complex web of networks, allowing the phone company of the consumer receiving the call to verify that a call is in fact from the number displayed on Caller ID.
Perhaps Comcast/Xfinity is an early adopter of STIR/SHAKEN which goes into effect in June 2021.
If I understood correctly, it was mandated last year and went into effect May 2020. June 2021 is the deadline for service providers to implement it.
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What Is the FCC Doing? FCC rules require providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN in the Internet Protocol (IP) portions of their networks by June 30, 2021, so that Americans can benefit from this important technology and start to have faith in their phone calls again. In September 2020, the FCC further implemented Congressional direction from the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act) and adopted more rules to ensure that even those providers unable to implement STIR/SHAKEN right away are still taking steps to protect their customers from illegal robocalls.
In the next several months, as the June 30, 2021 STIR/SHAKEN implementation deadline approaches, the FCC will require that all providers certify in a newly created public database that they have fully implemented STIR/SHAKEN or have instituted a robocall mitigation program to ensure that they are not originating illegal robocalls. All providers will be required to submit to the database the contact information for the personnel at their company responsible for robocall-mitigation related issues. And those providers certifying to their implementation of a robocall mitigation program will be required to include descriptions of the reasonable steps they are taking avoid originating illegal robocall traffic. Finally, because the STIR/SHAKEN framework is only operational on IP networks, Commission rules also require providers using older forms of network technology to either upgrade their networks to IP or actively work to develop a caller ID authentication solution that is operational on non-IP networks.
Getting these on my work line lately which is an unpublished number for help desk escalations so literally the only calls I should get are people who know exactly who i am.
looks like the person posting the first was was on the money... both calls today started V604Got two calls about 2 hours apart, now that I look at the logs closer I see the pattern (spacing is my emphasis) V 604 133546 0611769218 which is listed as being phone number 1 (281) 712-2587 V 604 110108 0611769218 which is listed as being phone number 1 (908) 652-5451
I'm wagering the V is for virtual, then the date then a 6 digit identifier, then a longer identifier. the fact that these two calls have the same ending can't be a coincidence... so I think those are a facility or the company that holds the software registration for the virtual dialer. The middle number I'll wager is a user identifier. Also noticed an increase in PAC auto dialers. got one from "MilitaryvetsPAC" and "BreastcancerPAC" this week (I clear my logs weekly)
Actually answered the Military Vets one and got a human... took three times of going "SIR..." after he started his pitch to stop. Advised him this line was for (x comany) Help desk use only. quoted FCC regulations that if a dialer (company, bill collector, political) is informed that a line is for business use only by LAW they cannot call it. then reinterated this is a Internal, business only use line and any repeat calls will be reported to the FCC.
That usually shuts them down pretty quick for non-scam callers (Dealt with this with bill collectors and just happens we added Telco services and at the time I was just learning the laws on calls to people at work in our training)
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I always thought those "V" numbers involved assigning a virtual reference number to phone numbers so the Scammers would know which calls had been answered by a "Live" person and could be called back again to pull further scams on. If you notice the numbers right after the V609xxxxxxxxxxxx usually contain todays date as the first few numbers. If law enforcement invades an office that does use those reference numbers. they would not have the means to know who the scammers were calling without a way to decode that long number. Just a sneaky way of keeping track of calls previously made without leaving a "paper trail" to use as evidence in a court case.
Here's the problem, the scammers have clearly figured out a way around it. In the last two months, every single call I've received with a [V] in the Caller ID info has been a scammer. I'm talking about 30 something calls, with the lion's share of the them being within the last few weeks (Today alone, I've already received a dozen such calls from "verified" numbers.).
Well it has always been a "cat-n-mouse" game, so I doubt anyone believed this would be a "final resolution" to stop spoofed calls. I too have got many calls that were marked as "verified" and wound up being 800 service debt reduction scam or car warranty scam callers.
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