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March 02, 2006
If you can't trust Caller ID...
An article on USA Today reports about Caller ID spoofing and that...
"spoofing websites are used by people who buy stolen credit card numbers. They will call a service such as Western Union, setting Caller ID to appear to originate from the card holder's home, and use the credit card number to order cash transfers that they then pick up."
They say there is also a service called Spoofcard.com that you dial into, to spoof your number, and also have the option of masking your voice to make it sound like you were a member of the opposite sex.
This kind of takes the fun out of thinking you know who is on the other end. But I've noticed with a lot of long distance calls my service often prints the message "out of area" to the display screen. And too... it is easy enough for someone to block their number from being displayed.
Apparently spoofing your number is legal; just some of the callers might not be.
Posted by Steve MacLellan at March 2, 2006 04:54 PM
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Well, doesn't that just beat all - they're making it easier for "people" to call and harass you anonymously. Nice.
But, I guess like all things, this service may have a legitimate use - I know it would have come in handy when we were doing out monthly competitor checks.
It still creeps me out though.
Posted by: Telian Adlam at March 2, 2006 09:58 PM
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