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"This will do you no good. They are using a hijacked PBX. There is no way possible they are going to make it that easy to find them." Yup. But more likely the
by crag 12y ago
"This will do you no good. They are using a hijacked PBX. There is no way possible they are going to make it that easy to find them."
Yup. But more likely the caller is using SIP. Which is easy to manipulate to one needs. Quickly too. PBX's, when hacked (and they are hacked regularly), are being used to sell calls. And most PBX's rely on service from carriers. Carriers usually set the CID info (they'll set it to what you want - but it takes time). But with SIP it's a different story. I could call you sitting in Russia and you'd think I was down the street.
And it gets worse too. Cause most carriers (ATT, Earthlink, Verizaon, Windstream, XO, etc, etc) got lazy and greedy and are now using SIP to host 800 service. And all the carriers are getting hacked DAILY.
So reporting the number is a waste of time. If the carrier traced it (and they won't) they'd probably trace it back to their own service.
So it's buyer beware really. I trust email more than phone calls.
PS: I didn't mean to imply these guys are from Russia. They could be (a lot of shit has it's roots in that country - since its mob rule basically), but PLENTY of Americans are scamming too.