Cousin Dave
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join:2002-10-29
NN,VA | My phone just rang and my own number was on the caller ID
How the hell does that happen?
It was my own number in this format 1-757-59X-XXXX.
I didn't answer and when I returned the call, of course, I got a busy signal.
Any thoughts?
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jjoshua
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Scotch Plains, NJ | It's a slimeball telemarketer. Don't answer. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | reply to Cousin Dave
Apparently caller ID is easy to forge from VOIP. There were some earlier threads on that, maybe a year or three ago.
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Chinabound
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join:2002-12-21
Antioch, IL
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Get out! Get out of the house NOW! |
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Cousin Dave
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NN,VA | reply to Cousin Dave
Freaked me out a little. |
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Cousin Dave
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NN,VA | reply to Chinabound
said by Chinabound  :Get out! Get out of the house NOW! I know, right! |
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vaxvms
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Worcester, MA | reply to Cousin Dave
You need to use WEP on your phone.  |
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Ray
Mahnahmahna
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Mesa, AZ | *blink* *blink* |
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punker
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Palmdale, CA
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| reply to vaxvms
said by vaxvms :You need to use WEP on your phone. or a condom |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | reply to Cousin Dave
its as easy to do as receiving email from yourself. |
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MysticGogeta
The Robot Devil
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League City, TX
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Its Morpheus take the red pill.  |
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Caller DI
@sbcglobal.net
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said by nwrickert :Apparently caller ID is easy to forge from VOIP. I was led to understand that it's also possible to forge caller ID from a regular landline without VOIP.
IIRC, there's a company or two that provides a subscription-based service where a caller decides what number they want to appear to be calling from, then inputs that number on a website before they make a call.
The primary market for Caller ID spoofing seems to be collection agencies who have people trying to dodge their calls using Caller ID. Apparently, chances are good that if a call is listed as coming from your number, you're likely to pick it up, if only to see who it is.
Someone posted a link for a piece of hardware known as a "call manager" a while back that ran about $100, but featured the ability to reject calls that weren't on a pre-programmed "white list." That's about the only way I know of to avoid junk calls entirely and obviously that method only works for phone numbers you're aware of beforehand.
Some people swear by the DNC list, but it's only fair to point out that there's nothing to stop unscrupulous (and fly-by-night) telemarketers from making use of that list, especially since the numbers on it are almost all viable numbers. A firm has to stay in one place for the FTC to catch up with them for prosecution, and not all telemarketing firms are obliging enough to stay in one place long enough to be found and busted. |
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lordpuffer
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West Hollywood, CA
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| reply to Cousin Dave
It's just a scumbag telemarketer who learned, as said above, to use your number to show up in Caller ID. They probably do it so you will be curious enough to know who it is to answer. Next time it happens, answer it as "United States Attorney's Office" and I bet they hang up pretty quick and don't call you again.
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Every One
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join:2001-12-05
Vancouver | reply to Cousin Dave
I remember this program i downloaded on the PC a few years back that would call any number in North America with a spoofed number and spoofed name. It was fun while it lasted. |
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CoxCable4
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone
·RoadRunner Cable
| I get this crap all the time. It's an autodialer. For me it often says it's from some non existant area code. I've even got one where the area code was 911.
I suspect it was because I had my phone # posted on my resume somewhere on the internet |
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bigunk
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join:2001-02-10
Santa Clarita, CA
·AT&T Yahoo
| This is easy to do if you have the right circuit and equipment. On a recent phone system turnup, I demonstrated it to my client. I asked him what number he would like to appear on his cellphone when I called him. He said 1234567890. So I did that. It took a PRI and a system with CLIP changing abilities to do it, but it was simple. It's illegal as hell but simple. I did this to show the client that he could have DIDs hitting any phone in his company, but have all those same phones dial out using the company main number. In case you think we're pulling a fast one, nice try. I have way too much at stake to spoof numbers, and so so my clients.
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | I've not seen anything that makes it illegal to spoof caller ID. I think what makes it illegal is how it is used. We have customers who might have 16 different numbers at their location with all 16 lines showing the same outbound caller ID. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | reply to Cousin Dave
It's a telemarketer or collection agent. You can easily spoof Caller ID from a VoIP switch or PBX. |
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Jeffrey
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Long Island
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| reply to Cousin Dave
If instead of a busy signal, you picked up the phone and said "hello?" to yourself, I would probably advise you to get out of the house.
For now, like others have said, it's just some telemarketer spoofing the #. |
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altermatt
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White Plains, NY
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Caller DI
said by Caller DI :
That's about the only way I know of to avoid junk calls entirely Or just get an answering machine and screen your calls---don't pick up if you don't want to. What's wrong with that?
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