Mark's response regarding the SHAKEN Identity header is the best suggestion.

 

These Google Business Listing calls are made by the millions, and they come
from thousands of different ANIs. Chasing ANIs is hopeless. And even if you
find and reach out to the source, they are unlikely to stand down. They
already know virtually nobody wants their calls.

 

Your best bet is to see who is signing the calls; it is most likely (but not
guaranteed) that they are being signed by one or a few specific small
providers specializing in these calls. You (on behalf of your customer(s))
can then elect to divert or block those calls.

 

What is the specific message(s) your customers are hearing? We see these
examples frequently, in addition to others:

 

(recorded) Hi. It seems there is an issue with the keywords attached to your
Google business listing. Your Google business listing has been flagged for
review by the business listing specialist. To avoid any suspension or
verification issues, please press 4 to speak to an authorized representative
to take care of this. To address this immediately, press 4. This will only
take a few minutes. To opt out, press 9 or call (959) 262-8948.

 

(live) Hi. Am I speaking to the business owner? Hi, sir. This is Diana. Am I
speaking to the business owner? Okay. That's great, sir. We are reaching out
to you in reference to the Google Business profile for your company. Because
upon checking here, sir, your Google Business listing has not been properly
claimed or verified. This can cause your business to display incorrectly or,
in some cases, not to display at all. Are you aware of this? Oh, okay, sir.
Thank you. Have a

 

 

From: Mark R Lindsey via VoiceOps <[email protected]> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 9:37 AM
To: Aaron C. de Bruyn <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [VoiceOps] Re: Spamming for a week: 463-20X-XXXX

 

So...did you get any Identity headers?  A traceback with ITG, or maybe an
Identity header, is your only hope for tracing the origin.

 

I'm including the below, not to say that you, Aaron, don't know this, but
just in case it's valuable to anyone else reading:

 

In the case of your first number, it  belongs to a thousand block assigned
initially to Bandwidth.com <http://Bandwidth.com> ...but that's not even
meaningful for routing a call to them today. You'd have to do an LRN lookup
to find out how to deliver a call back to the legitimate owner of this
number.

 

I did an LRN lookup for that first one, and it's currently ported to Onvoy,
one of the brands of Sinch. But again, that only tells us how to get a call
TO that legitimate owner.

 

What you want to know is how they're sending calls to you. And if you're
getting an Identity header it would be at least interesting.

 

Failing that, you can file a report with the Industry Traceback Group to
report illegal calls: 

https://tracebacks.org/traceback-requests/

 

Mark R Lindsey | +1-229-316-0013 | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  |
LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrlindsey/> 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





On Mar 18, 2026, at 11:22, Aaron C. de Bruyn via VoiceOps
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

 

A bunch of numbers out of Indiana have been spamming my customers for about
a week.

 

Most are automated recordings about how your Google business listing is
wrong and needs to be fixed so customers can find you.  Sometimes it's a
human prefixed by the telltale "BWOOP" sound.

 

+14632000068 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632001925 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632004002 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632005772 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632006038 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632006422 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632006730 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632009587 - BANDWIDTH.COM <http://bandwidth.com/>  CLEC LLC IN
+14632018300 - BHN IP ENABLED SERVICES LLC
+14632018413 - BHN IP ENABLED SERVICES LLC
+14632018586 - BHN IP ENABLED SERVICES LLC
+14632018682 - BHN IP ENABLED SERVICES LLC
+14632027042 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027073 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027200 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027252 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027397 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027539 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027678 - LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632027899 -LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC IN (Lumen)
+14632030946 - METROPCS INC (T-Mobile US)

 

Kinda hard to believe the big boys haven't caught this abuse of their
network yet.

 

I tried reporting the numbers to bandwidth.com <http://bandwidth.com/>  (as
ID'd by telcodata.us <http://telcodata.us/> ), but their form only allows
for a single entry at a time, and it says most of the numbers don't belong
to them.  Either their form is broken or telcodata.us <http://telcodata.us/>
is out of date.

 

I can't find a reporting for Level3/Lumen.  They seem to be geared towards
"I'm a customer and need help figuring out the star code to block calls".

 

-A

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