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NCjack

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10. I also had fun like that. Until the asshole punished me by entering
Thu May 9, 2019, 04:19 PM
May 2019

my landline tel number into his auto dialer as the fake originating caller. Within a day, I as getting about 1 call/min from people asking me why I had called them. They were small business people who can't afford to miss a potential client.

I had to silence my landline and rely 100% on my cell phone. In about a month, the asshole decided to stop spoofing my number. Probably replaced me with another person who liked to play with him.

Seriously, you don't want your number on their auto dialers. Just don't engage and terminate their call. You may be interested to know that their auto dialer selects numbers to call by -- no surprise -- an automatic selection computer program. Usually the area code (the leading 3 numbers) and the prefix (the next 3 numbers) are specified by the asshole. The line number (last 4 numbers) are random within the group, which includes the number that is being spoofed. That makes the spoofed number look like one of your neighbors. Sometimes, the auto dialer calls the tel number being spoofed. That is how you get "called" by your self.

FCC lunasun May 2019 #1
Thank you! csziggy May 2019 #3
I Usually Tell Them Me. May 2019 #2
That doesn't work for robocalls csziggy May 2019 #4
I also had fun like that. Until the asshole punished me by entering NCjack May 2019 #10
Maybe that is what happened here BUT csziggy May 2019 #13
True Me. May 2019 #16
Search FCC spoofing for info on complaining. nt NCjack May 2019 #5
I just put in a complaint on the link supplied by lunasun csziggy May 2019 #6
Remember this -- the real Microsoft will never call you for any reason -- it's a fact. earthshine May 2019 #7
Oh, I know csziggy May 2019 #9
I Keep Getting Daily Calls About My Expiring Extended Car Warranty That I Don't Have Indykatie May 2019 #8
The part that pisses me off is that we have the technology to stop the calls csziggy May 2019 #11
NoMoRobo seems to be working for spoofed robocalls. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #23
I got a call from "Microsoft" once PJMcK May 2019 #12
The Microsoft Technical Support scammers were the most fun to play with csziggy May 2019 #14
I loved the Commodore 64 PJMcK May 2019 #15
My first computer was an Apple ][ csziggy May 2019 #17
Good story PJMcK May 2019 #18
I amused myself once with those guys - the caller told me there was a problem with my "windows." The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #24
I've done the Mac thing and Linux csziggy May 2019 #25
Almost can do nothing coolcat_riley May 2019 #19
I remembered that our new phone can block numbers csziggy May 2019 #20
Yep, a new enterprise must have just kicked in. Fla Dem May 2019 #21
The State Attorney General's Office Evergreen Emerald May 2019 #22
Ooooh - I might call on Monday! csziggy May 2019 #26
I used to get that call. I now use a 'robo call blocker'. The silence is GOLDEN Siwsan May 2019 #27
Same here for medical stuff - I can't not answer the phone csziggy May 2019 #28
I got 2 robocalls today about liens on my Social Security, which I know is a scam because I don't vsrazdem May 2019 #29
Great - a type of scam call I haven't gotten yet csziggy May 2019 #30
I used to get the IRS ones, now they're moving on to Social Security. I guess they figure its older vsrazdem May 2019 #31
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