They've been doing this for years. It's called "SPOOFING". It's the same reason why one gets a call from a supposed "Process Sever" giving the victim a last chance to pay up. They leave a number to call back and pay up.
Only thing is, the one posing as a process server is making the call from the same location as number they left.
Overseas scammers calling and posing as an IRS agent, who sounds more like "Hoji" from Johnny Quest than the "Mike Smith" name they claim to be, spoof US phone numbers all the time. Most of these scambags do it.
Don't worry, CoWinkEDink you stick around these pages and read the reports and the advice and information the Mods give, you'll be edumacated on scams in no time.
It appears telemarketers have more than a few items in their ‘Bag ‘O Tricks’.
Some of them are resorting to changing their caller ID phone number to match the prefix of the numbers they are calling.
For instance, my prefix is ‘856’. Their caller ID starts with ‘856’. They dial 845-0000 up to and including 856-9999. Then they move to the next prefix (‘857’). They change their caller ID to ‘857.xxxx’; and so on. It is pretty deceptive. I’ll be glad when tools are readily available to stop this madness.
They've been doing this for years. It's called "SPOOFING". It's the same reason why one gets a call from a supposed "Process Sever" giving the victim a last chance to pay up. They leave a number to call back and pay up.
Only thing is, the one posing as a process server is making the call from the same location as number they left.
Overseas scammers calling and posing as an IRS agent, who sounds more like "Hoji" from Johnny Quest than the "Mike Smith" name they claim to be, spoof US phone numbers all the time. Most of these scambags do it.
Don't worry, CoWinkEDink you stick around these pages and read the reports and the advice and information the Mods give, you'll be edumacated on scams in no time.