Spoofing a phone number is as easy as spoofing an email sender address. (See spoofcard.com)
A malicious caller who wants to hide his phone number is often not that particular about who his phone number he pretends to be instead. You just got unlucky. Don't expect to get help from the FCC. The government is happy to pass any law you want against this sort of abuse, they just can't be bothered to enforce any of them. > On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Martha Huizenga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yesterday we started receiving a large number of calls saying that we were > calling them and they got disconnected or talked to someone who tried to scam > them (yesterdays's scam was a government grant sent to their nearest > western union). > > We called our provider (RingCentral) and they said our phone number had been > spoofed. > > Anyone ever had their number spoofed? How long did it last? Did you have to > change your phone number? > > This is the second day in a row. We changed our voice mail letting people > know and asking them to call the FCC - we called the FCC yesterday and > reported it, but they need the people receiving the calls to call and > complain. > > any thoughts appreciated. > > Martha > -- > ----- > > Martha Huizenga > Partner > 202-546-5898 > DC Access > Friendly, Local, Affordable, Internet! > Connecting the Capitol Hill Community > Join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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