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Calls from people saying they have missed calls from me but I haven't called them (and vice versa!)

Carol196412 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:30:06 GMT

I have had missed call notifications from numbers I don't know, but when I phone them back they say they have not called me. Today I received a call from someone who said they had a missed call from me, but I hadn't called them. This has been happening a fair bit recently - has anyone else had this and can it be stopped?

Re: Calls from people saying they have missed calls from me but I haven't called them (and vice vers

MI5 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:34:16 GMT

@Carol196412

They are popular number spoofing scams.

OFCOM advice here https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/problems/tackling-nuisance-calls-and-messages/phone-spoof-scam

Re: Calls from people saying they have missed calls from me but I haven't called them (and vice vers

Carol196412 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:00:16 GMT

Thanks. I have reported it to Action Fraud. I've received a few today which is becoming a nuisance.

Re: Calls from people saying they have missed calls from me but I haven't called them (and vice vers

MI5 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:01:59 GMT

All too common these days unfortunately.

Re: Calls from people saying they have missed calls from me but I haven't called them (and vice vers

Bill17 — Tue, 30 May 2023 16:33:31 GMT

It has been happening almost every day for the past few weeks. A different mobile number each time calls me, usually I don't answer but I have done a few times. In each case, the person (a different voice each time) on the other end says that they are returning a call made to them from my number. Needless to say I have not called them and tell them so. They usually apologise and hang up.

Re: Calls from people saying they have missed calls from me but I haven't called them (and vice vers

Enlli — Tue, 30 May 2023 16:49:25 GMT

Had a couple last week. Again, spoofed number.

Only problem is the first five digits of my number is popular with spammers so my number comes up as suspect on some lookup websites