Here's another article (really, radio transcript) on this phenomenon: http://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/540515367/familiar-looking-numbers-are-the-latest-twist-in-

Here's another article (really, radio transcript) on this phenomenon: http://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/540515367/familiar-looking-numbers-are-the-latest-twist-in-robocalls http://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/540515367/familiar-looking-num... One thing that this doesn't mention, but which I heard somewhere, is don't call that number back and ask "Why did you call me?" In case it isn't obvious, the caller IDs are spoofed using random numbers, and the person who has the number listed doesn't know their number is being used this way. One amusing anecdote from the NPR piece is the person who received a call with a caller ID of ... their own phone number!