Honest, changing phone number is not useful. As I said , they are not really targeting the caller id they spoofed, they are targeting the receiver end.
E.g, if they want to called something at 519-221-0022 , they will spoof the caller id as 519-221-1234 , and it might happen to be your number. But again, the intention is not for you, they were just randomly generating any number in that area code+exchange. Intension is to fool the receivers thinking it is just a regular caller and NOT any kind of telemarketers (those with numbers in nice pattern or 1-800 numbers) There is really not that they like to use your number more often then other 9999 phone number
All provider are supposed to do something by end of Nov. Let see if this will really "kill" this practice , or at least lower the number
We (CRTC) asked telecommunications service providers to implement, by 30 November 2021, the STIR/SHAKEN framework which is a caller ID authentication and verification measure. It aims to certify the extent to which a given caller’s identity can be trusted. This will empower Canadians to determine which calls are authenticated, thus reducing the frequency and impact of caller ID spoofing on consumers.
