I gave my number to someone named Karl on the plenty of fish site. He was from Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada apparently. I received a text this morning at 01:30 from Karl. He called me Queen pertaining to the first part of my email. I googled where the number was from and it said Miami Florida. He has not responded since I asked where he was.
I gave my number to someone named Karl on the plenty of fish site. He was from Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada apparently. I received a text this morning at 01:30 from Karl. He called me Queen pertaining to the first part of my email. I googled where the number was from and it said Miami Florida. He has not responded since I asked where he was.
I got a call from this company. So I called them. They told me they did not called. So I wonder how someone can call me from a number that they do not work for.
Thank you
We can no longer believe the phone number we see on our caller IDs (CID) belongs to the person who called! The bad guys are now using easily accessed technology to "spoof" the CID numbers, so their real number does not appear.
The problem has gotten so bad, the US government actually passed an Act, called "The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009", making such spoofing illegal. See http://www.fcc.gov/guides/caller-id-and-spoofing
for more information.
The FCC adopted that Act in June, 2010, stating that violators could be fined up to $10,000 for each violation.
However, the bad guys are ignoring this law ... after all, they are criminals, and that is what criminals do. Although we now have a "law" against spoofing, it is very difficult to enforce it.
So, if you see a CID number on your phone when you are called by some scammer or telemarketer, it might not belong to the scammer! It might be the number of some unsuspecting third party ... or, it might be one of those numbers that charge $25 (plus about $9 per minute) if you call it back, or the number might not be "real" at all.