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Caller ID spoofing is a technique used to change the phone number seen on a caller ID. It is being used by scammers or cybercriminals to steal their victims' personal and financial information and hard-earned money. The scammers use caller ID spoofing technology to imitate the phone numbers of trusted local businesses or government agencies! Caller ID spoofing is also used by pranksters to trick people into believing someone else is calling them.
If someone spoofed a telephone number, it doesn't mean that he/she has been hacked and hackers have gained access to his/her phone or account. Or, it doesn't mean that the account of the owner of the telephone number that was spoofed account has been compromised.
Here is a scenario where a scammer can rip-off his/her victim using Caller ID spoofing scam.
Your phone rings and to your surprise, you notice on the caller ID that your bank is calling you. You must be wondering to yourself what has happened. Scammers do this in the hope of you answering their calls. Upon answering you will hear a message from a computerized voice asking you to verify your credit card number for an opportunity to lower your credit card interest rates.
This type of scam is used to steal credit card information or online banking account credentials. Scammers also spoof telephone numbers from Microsoft and other large organizations and pretend to be technical support representatives.
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I've been getting literally dozens of calls from random numbers identified only as small towns all over the state of Virginia. NOMOROBO blocks them, but they show up in my Recent Calls list. I cannot for the life of me figure out what the purpose would be to spoof phone numbers like this. They don't display as anything but the name of the city.
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My caller ID is being used to make scam calls. What can I do to get this stopped. My phone carrier tells me there is nothing they can do stop this. They say just ride it out.
If your phone carrier cannot help you, no one can.
