02-01-2024
01:12 PM
- last edited on
02-01-2024
10:47 PM
by
computergeek541
Someone I don’t know say they received a missed call / phone call from my phone number, but I didn’t call them. It says on their phone I called them, but doesn’t say that on mine. Is this some sort of Spam? Has happened 2 times till now in like 2 months.
02-01-2024 01:17 PM
this is Caller ID spoofing.
Scammer use system to fake the caller id to fool people to think a real person is calling and not those annoying sales calls. The one receive that call see your number and not aware of caller id spoofing and hence call you back and ask
More infor Caller id spoofing
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/telemarketing/identit.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing
Sorry, there is really nothing much you can do to stop, but you didn't have anything compromised. So, thing to worry about
02-01-2024 01:17 PM - edited 02-01-2024 01:18 PM
Your number has been spoofed by scammers. They are hiding their number by using your number.
It happens a lot and not much can be done now. Hopefully the Canadian government can crack down on scammers.