@Curtis was more interested in attempting to get removed from mass lists by having the not-in-service tones play, but your way is probably the way to go if you care deeply about possibly legitimate callers calling from toll-free services.
J
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RE: Block Spam callers
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RE: Block Spam callers
This got so bad for us - double-digit spam calls an hour - that I essentially blacklisted all toll-free numbers. The blacklist module in FreePBX wouldn't do this correctly - I can't remember why - so I
- created new inbound routes
- set DID for Any and create a route for:
_800NXXXXXX
_822NXXXXXX
_833NXXXXXX
_844NXXXXXX
_855NXXXXXX
_866NXXXXXX
_877NXXXXXX
_888NXXXXXX - set destination to Terminate Call: play no service message
Immediately cut down by 95% the spam calls we were getting. I am sure we lose some legitimate callers but the problem was getting so bad the collateral damage is acceptable for the payoff.