Number being spoofed by scammers...

[GrapplingGuy]

So for the last 2 months I have been receiving between 0-5 calls a day from various people saying I have called them about something to do with immigration/called them and left a missed call.

I, obviously, have not called them.

My account is secure. My device is secure. This only started after getting an eSim earlier this year. I assume someone is manipulating caller ID and making it look like my number (or so says Google).

Questions:

1) How do I stop it? Customer service basically said they cannot stop it, so do I just tolerate this forever?

2) Because a lookalike of my number is being used to scam people, does that mean my actual number will get flagged and banned/blocked/locked/idk the word? This number is also comething I use for my business and changing it would mean losing a LOT of customers.

So tired of this now... Thanks for the help!

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@GrapplingGuy 

It's very unusual for a number to be used in this way for that long, but it is a known issue that OFCOM are investigating.

Unfortunately, nothing can be done currently.

Number spoofing scams - Ofcom

[GrapplingGuy]

This brings sadness and mayhem to me 😞

[MI5]

It is an unfortunate situation @GrapplingGuy 

Sorry there's no more help available.