Caller ID spoofing wil fool you

Posted by zeth 1337
March 12, 2006

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If you have never heard of Caller ID ’spoofing’, welcome to a new term in our vocabulary. We are all aware of the Caller ID technology with our modern phone systems. You see a caller’s name and telephone number because the information is included with the calling signal sent from every phone. Imagine you can edit that caller information that goes out with the calling signal, and you have ’spoofing’.


I’ve heard of spoofing for many years, but it has usually been done by hackers just trying to see how far they can push technology. The best examples are ’spoofing’ Caller ID information to make it seem the call is coming from ‘The White House’ and with the actual White House switchboard phone number displayed.

Spoofcard.com introduced a calling card a few months ago that not only allows you to spoof the caller ID information, but also allows you to change your voice (entrepreneurs take note: they have distributorship offers to sell cards locally).

Spoofing caller ID information promises trouble for everyone. Pranksters can cover their tracks easily and perpetrate non-stop harassment, automatic voice mail systems can be hacked, purchases can be made that appear to be from someone else, and impersonators can try to ruin someone’s reputation.

Be aware of caller ID spoofing, and answer those calls with the spoofing concept in the back of your mind.

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