Spoofing

[Andrew12]

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. 

[Bambino]

@Andrew12 

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

Number spoofing scams - Ofcom

[MI5]

@Andrew12 

Nothing you can do unfortunately.

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

[Andrew12]

Thanks. That's a helpful link