topic Re: Spoofing in Tech Support

Spoofing

Andrew12 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:11:31 GMT

I got a call from a woman who said I had phoned her daughter. I had not used my phone at all today until then. So it wasn't me. I understand this is called spoofing - someone uses my phone number without permission and it doesn't appear in my list of calls. Is there some way I can prevent this? I can't get through to O2 to discuss this with anyone.

Re: Spoofing

Bambino — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:32:03 GMT

@Andrew12

There's been a lot of number spoofing from scammers lately. See this link for what you can do.

Number spoofing scams - Ofcom

Re: Spoofing

MI5 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:32:33 GMT

@Andrew12

Nothing you can do unfortunately.

Spammers just select numbers at random to use and then move on to a different number.

Re: Spoofing

Andrew12 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:40:17 GMT

Thanks. That's a helpful link