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Phone Call???

kismet — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:35:32 GMT

There is something that happened that I am confused about. This is about a phone call that came in on my caller ID. I have a private unlisted phone number. The other morning a phone call came in with the ID of my name and phone number. I find this odd since no one here made the phone call and I doubt it could be made anyway. So how does a call come in with my phone number and name. I checked with some friends and my number comes over on their phone as unknown so my ID is still unlisted. Any ideas on this?

Re: Phone Call???

lolakimono — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:38:17 GMT

It's call spoofing.

Use nomorerobo.com and it will drastically cut down on the nuisance calls that aren't weeded out already by the Do Not Call list.

Re: Phone Call???

GypsyKarma — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:40:34 GMT

It happens to me also and if I answer there seems to be no one on the line.

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Marybella — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:41:35 GMT

It has happened to me, too.

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June Lands — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:42:07 GMT

On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
It's call spoofing.

Use nomorerobo.com and it will drastically cut down on the nuisance calls that aren't weeded out already by the Do Not Call list.

I went to the website....what do you do? It is just a page with someone ranting about the government stealing from them?

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circles — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:43:20 GMT

happened to me yesterday while talking to my sister....all of a sudden my own name was on my caller I.D......spooky...

Re: Phone Call???

curlywhitedog — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:45:51 GMT

As others have said, it's called spoofing and it's designed to work around call blocking machines because who's going to block their own number. It's happened to me twice, I just don't answer. No matter what they think, I get the last laugh every time.

Maria

Re: Phone Call???

lolakimono — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:45:54 GMT

On 12/18/2014 AnnaBella said:
On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
It's call spoofing.

Use http://www.nomorobo.com/ and it will drastically cut down on the nuisance calls that aren't weeded out already by the Do Not Call list.

I went to the website....what do you do? It is just a page with someone ranting about the government stealing from them?

Oops-

Here it is-

http://www.nomorobo.com/

Re: Phone Call???

June Lands — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:57:56 GMT

On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
On 12/18/2014 AnnaBella said:
On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
It's call spoofing.

Use http://www.nomorobo.com/ and it will drastically cut down on the nuisance calls that aren't weeded out already by the Do Not Call list.

I went to the website....what do you do? It is just a page with someone ranting about the government stealing from them?

Oops-

Here it is-

http://www.nomorobo.com/

Thanks, it looks like my carrier does not support this....bummer.

Re: Phone Call???

lolakimono — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:00:10 GMT

It really works. It even got rid of a charity the other day. I thought they would have been exempt. It will ring once, and the Caller ID will show who it is (on the TV) and then it no longer rings.

Re: Phone Call???

June Lands — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:13:53 GMT

On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
It really works. It even got rid of a charity the other day. I thought they would have been exempt. It will ring once, and the Caller ID will show who it is (on the TV) and then it no longer rings.

Cool!

Re: Phone Call???

Kachina624 — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:57:25 GMT

On 12/18/2014 AnnaBella said:
On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
On 12/18/2014 AnnaBella said:
On 12/18/2014 lolakimono said:
It's call spoofing.

Use http://www.nomorobo.com/ and it will drastically cut down on the nuisance calls that aren't weeded out already by the Do Not Call list.

I went to the website....what do you do? It is just a page with someone ranting about the government stealing from them?

Oops-

Here it is-

http://www.nomorobo.com/

Thanks, it looks like my carrier does not support this....bummer.

Me too.

Re: Phone Call???

Marybella — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:59:21 GMT

I can't get this in my area, either. I am right on the verge of cancelling my land line because of it. It is such an intrusion and annoyance to have these calls.

Re: Phone Call???

OnlyShopsOnline — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 04:09:39 GMT

I get spoofed calls every day and just got my first one, with my own phone number, a couple of weeks ago. I am beyond fed up with these calls, and have started turning off my phones when I go to bed. They are all scams, and many of them come from outside of the country.

If my husband or daughter need to tell me something, they send a message to me on my iPad, until I get up and turn the phone back on. There have been days when I forget to turn my phone on, and I don't even worry about it now. If it's an important call, they'll leave a message, which a spoofer won't do.

I had thought about just getting rid of the landline phone, but we get a better deal through Comcast by having a triple play package. AND, now the scumbags are calling my cell phone, so you can't get away from them.

Nomorobo isn't available in our area, so I do block quite a few of the phone numbers. However, it's an endless battle because a few days later they are calling back using another number.

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Still Raining — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:06:18 GMT

Is it possible to block your own number?

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BichonEmma — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:45:44 GMT

I got rid of my landline. I was only getting robo calls and telemarketers. My mother on occasion. I briefly got a landline with comcast for a bundle. I ended up disconnecting it after a few months for the same reasons. Thankfully I've yet to get telemarketers on my mobile. I am careful about giving my number out though.

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Lynnj — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:59:35 GMT

I havent received this type of call yet, where I see my own number in the caller ID, but I was getting robo calls everyday coming from a 410 area code. I would restrict the number, and the next day, a new number from the same area code called. Sometimes they called several times a day, and some of the times were early in the morning. It was driving me nuts.

Although I have registered on the national do not call list in the past, I went to the site again recently and registered again. I registered both my home and cell phone numbers. The daily calls I received for months stopped instantly. I've not received an unwanted call since the day I re-registered.

Maybe we are supposed to register on do not call list annually? i've never read that we were supposed to. But next time I start to get calls again I will go to the site and register again.

Ahhhhh, so peaceful now!!!!

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OnlyShopsOnline — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:20:26 GMT

On 12/18/2014 bichon_emma said: I got rid of my landline. I was only getting robo calls and telemarketers. My mother on occasion. I briefly got a landline with comcast for a bundle. I ended up disconnecting it after a few months for the same reasons. Thankfully I've yet to get telemarketers on my mobile. I am careful about giving my number out though.

I thought my cell phone would be immune also. In fact, I never give out my number because I have no idea what it is. It's just a Tracfone that I keep in my handbag and for times when my Comcast phone loses service. So, I always thought that I would eventually drop the landline and upgrade my cell phone.

However these callers are mostly robocallers. Computers call phone numbers at random, so eventually my cell phone number ended up on their list anyway.

The whole thing has become a major PITA to me. I'm trying to figure out a way to get rid of phone service all together, lol. But, I guess that's not an option.

Re: Phone Call???

kismet — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:19:28 GMT

I can understand my phone number coming through but how does a robocall get my name?

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gabstoomuch — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:51 GMT

I keep my land line (its in a triple bundle so its pennies to keep) only because it is a phone number to give out to places that need it, or to enter in a paper form.

I may or may not answer if anyone calls, but having a number to enter means NO ONE that I do not want to talk to gets my cell number.

My kids use their cell phone numbers for everything (they have never had a land line, ha! new generation). The problem is that their cell phone rings constantly, and 90% of the time they just let it go to voice mail.

I can't be bothered emptying out my cell phone voice mail. My home phone I answer if I know who it is and want to, otherwise it just rings and they hang up after 4 rings. (impatient society).

Someone else recently said they gave up their land line and just make up a fake phone number for forms that have a *phone number required. That's not right either. They could be randomly giving out someone's real phone number!