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[proudlyfromNJ]

I also receive calls on my landline from myself. The info appears on our tv along with on the screen on the phone. Has my first and last name and my phone number.

[chlema]

Yes, this also happened to me.  Distressful because last year when it first happened it was shortly after my DH passed and to see his name pop up on the caller ID was spooky.  To make matters worse they called at least 5 times that same day.  

[Katcat1]

Do you have ghosts?

[HerRoyaLioness]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

Do you have ghosts?

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@Katcat1- LOL!!  I just got these phones last week, my old ones finally died, and thought what is going on??  are these phones possessed??!!!  They're calling me! 

[shoptilyadropagain]

Yes, it's happened to me and several I know although it was a cell number not a landline number.

[Katcat1]

@HerRoyaLioness  The new phone is defective if it is telling you that you are calling.  Take it back to the store.  Good luck.

[2blonde]

@HerRoyaLioness   I've had this happen before too.  Your own number was spoofed.  In my case, they kept calling, and I had to go to my U-Verse online account and block my own number from my own landline phone in order for it to stop!

[Kachina624]

@HerRoyaLioness.  The more often you pick up your phone and answer these "spoof" calls, the more you're going to receive.  When you answer. They know there's a "live one" at your number, they'll share it and the calls will increase.  I never answer my phone unless I recognize the number.  The callers never leave a message, usually hanging up before the answering machine comes on.

[itsmagic]

This has happened to me too.  Spoofing seems to be a part of life now. 

[HerRoyaLioness]

@2blonde- I also have AT&T U-Verse, so good to know how to do this.  Even though it's ridiculous that we should even have to block our own phone number!