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These spammers often spoof the phone numbers of people with the same 3 digit prefix as you in hopes that you’ll be more likely to pick up. I even get calls from
by webinvest 5y ago
These spammers often spoof the phone numbers of people with the same 3 digit prefix as you in hopes that you’ll be more likely to pick up. I even get calls from people saying they got a missed call from me when I never called them. People shouldn’t be able to spoof outgoing phone numbers. It’s messed up.
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- NickNameNick 5y agoI still think the carriers should just reject calls with obviously fraudulent caller-ids. Call coming from an external interface, but presenting an id owned by the carrier? Reject the connection. And tag the network partner for follow-up investigation.
- bluGill 5y agoYou just killed number portability when switching carriers.
- diggernet 5y agoNumber portability just means that the owner of the number can change. When an ownership change happens, the new owner knows they are the current owner, and can reject calls entering their network claiming to come from that number. Likewise, the former owner knows they no longer own it, and can accept calls from it.
- bluGill 5y agoThen we got nothing because it isn't hard to find a number from a different network to spoof.
- nobody9999 5y ago>I still think the carriers should just reject calls with obviously fraudulent caller-ids. An excellent idea. In fact, that's exactly what the technology discussed (STIR/SHAKEN) in TFA is designed to enable.
- RHSeeger 5y agoConveniently, my phone number is from when I lived in another state. So now I can use a call being from that state as almost a 100% sign it's spam.
- paulmd 5y agosame, my cell number is in a distant region of the state and I don't actually know anyone who lives there, so it's almost a 100% indicator that it's a scam