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Anyone else been the victim of phone number "spoofing"?
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:45 pm
Apparently spoofing is when a telemarketer uses your phone number to make calls in the local area so people are more likely to answer. I have no clue how they do this but it sucks. I'm getting about 2 calls a day from random people asking why I called them. No telling how many people have been called by my number but don't try and call back to see who called them. This has been going on for over a month. Supposedly there isn't shite I can do butwait it out or get a different number.
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Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:46 pm to Chuker
I think this is impacting practically the entire country
I haven't returned a missed call from my area code and prefix in like 2 years because of this shite
I haven't returned a missed call from my area code and prefix in like 2 years because of this shite
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:48 pm to Chuker
In the past 2-3 months it has really picked up. I am getting 2-3 calls a day from telemarketers or as soon as I answer the line disconnects
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:49 pm to Chuker
This is the kind of thing government Intellegence services should be used for. Hunt down and destroy these people.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:51 pm to Chuker
If you answer they’ll stop calling
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:51 pm to Pettifogger
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I haven't returned a missed call from my area code and prefix in like 2 years
Same here. I never answer calls from unknown numbers now. I started that in the last 2 - 3 years.
I get email from my own email address frequently. Don't know why anybody thinks this will work. Goes straight to my junk folder.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:51 pm to Breesus
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This is the kind of thing government Intellegence services should be used for. Hunt down and destroy these people.
Hopefully after they are done trying to take down the president, they can look at shite like this.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:51 pm to Chuker
Yes and the FTC does not give a shite. The Do not Call list is worthless.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:52 pm to Chuker
I've stopped answer all unknown phone calls now because of this. A credit card company routinely spoofs my local area code with some BS offer to lower rates.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:53 pm to crazyLSUstudent
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In the past 2-3 months it has really picked up. I am getting 2-3 calls a day from telemarketers or as soon as I answer the line disconnects
This. I am getting 2-3 a day myself and usually never answer. These motherfrickers better hope I never find out where they are, I want to personally strangle them all.
As another poster said, with all the surveillance the government has, they need to fry these assholes, this is harassment.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:54 pm to Chuker
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Apparently spoofing is when a telemarketer uses your phone number to make calls in the local area so people are more likely to answer. I have no clue how they do this but it sucks. I'm getting about 2 calls a day from random people asking why I called them. No telling how many people have been called by my number but don't try and call back to see who called them. This has been going on for over a month. Supposedly there isn't shite I can do butwait it out or get a different number.
Happened to me too. I was up to about 10 phony calls a day.
****There is something you can do about it****
Download the app "Hiya". On the app, you can create a rule to block all spoofing calls. It has eliminated almost all of the junk calls. I am a fan. I thought I was going to have to replace my number that I have had for almost 20 years.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 12:58 pm to crazyLSUstudent
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2-3 calls a day from telemarketers
I'm actually not getting that many telamarketer calls. Its mostly from people who've been called by them using my number.
I need to edit my voicemail and remove my full name so people calling me "back" Won't think "John Smith" is a fu king a-hole for calling them and not saying what for.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:00 pm to Chuker
I get one of these calls nearly every day. And someone has also left me a message asking why I had called them (I didn't). Now, I don't answer any numbers I don't recognize. If they don't leave a message, it obviously isn't important.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:03 pm to J Murdah
The Do Not Call list only applies to legit telemarketers and they are shrinking.
These spoof assholes in Bangladesh and India could not care less about the DNC list.
These people need to be killed with a lot of fire.
These spoof assholes in Bangladesh and India could not care less about the DNC list.
These people need to be killed with a lot of fire.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:05 pm to Chuker
"WASHINGTON STATE" number calls me 3x a day. It is time I answer and waste 30 min of their time.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:07 pm to Chuker
I'm convinced it's tied to all the apps on our devices.
Think about the permissions you give to the installed apps on your phone.
Think about the permissions you give to the installed apps on your phone.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:12 pm to Chuker
This has also happened. Had a missed call from a number and called it back. Person on other line claims they never called me. Very weird
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:13 pm to Chuker
Pretty much everyone these days. This has been going on in BR for close to a year.
I don’t answer calls unless they leave a message or I recognize the number.
I don’t answer calls unless they leave a message or I recognize the number.
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