Return Phone Calls
- Thread starter roker
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@roker - YES... I received multiple "call backs" on a day last week, from different people claiming I rang their number. Obviously I hadn't.
I asked them what time these calls were made to them etc - all within the previous 4 hours. The people who rang seemed legit (didn't try to sell me anything / tell me my bank account was hacked or asked me to "press 1 to continue"
). It was only over the afternoon I got the call backs - nothing since that day
I contacted my mobile service operator & they said ignore it and they can change my phone number if I wanted it changed.
I asked them what time these calls were made to them etc - all within the previous 4 hours. The people who rang seemed legit (didn't try to sell me anything / tell me my bank account was hacked or asked me to "press 1 to continue"
). It was only over the afternoon I got the call backs - nothing since that dayI contacted my mobile service operator & they said ignore it and they can change my phone number if I wanted it changed.
Phone number spoofing is simple and rife.
That might explain such calls and callbacks.
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That might explain such calls and callbacks.
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What’s the angle though? What’s in it for the ‘spoofer’?Phone number spoofing is simple and rife.
That might explain such calls and callbacks.
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My understanding is that they call from another country and a lot of people won't answer a call from a random foreign number so they pretend that it's someone calling from an Irish number.
The original call using your spoofed number was probably intended to extract money from the other party. The returned call from them to you is just collateral damage.