What is going on here? Phone spoofing, also known as phone number spoofing, is a deceptive practice that scammers use to trick you into answering their calls. By using software or devices, they can ...

Until recently, one of the giveaways for these scam calls was that they came from an unknown number – often from an international number that is immediately suspicious and gives people cause to ...

Bank caller ID spoofing scams are still happening frequently. But your bank will most likely never call you; if you get a call of any kind, hang up and call the number on your card directly or go into ...

When I called the FBI field offices, the agents were also mindful to tell me that it's not the technology that is illegal but the acts. President Obama signed the Caller ID Act of 2009 into public law ...

It’s not me mounting the defense, mind you. However, I thought it worth noting that a pair of recent columns — “Confessions of a Caller-ID spoofer” and “Caller-ID spoofing burns fire equipment company ...

FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Oculeus, a leading provider of innovative software solutions for telecommunications service providers, today announced that the company has launched ...

In another misguided attempt to stop some dubious behavior, the House of Representatives is trying to outlaw caller ID spoofing. This is another example of legislation that will not achieve the ...

That same month, the Federal Trade Commission filed its first case alleging the transmission of bogus caller ID information against a mortgage loan provider. The business, the FTC alleged, violated ...

The threat is simple: with vendors offering web services to "spoof Caller-ID," the legitimacy of Caller-ID is destroyed. The Caller-ID topic has the lamp burning in our offices. During the next couple ...