April 27, 2005

A number of services for faking Caller ID information have sprung up over the past few months. These services allow your phone call to appear to be coming from any number you desire. Because many large companies use Caller ID information for authentication and routing calls, these new Caller ID spoofing services are seen as a big problem. Many credit card companies use Caller ID to allow instant activation of newly issued cards and many voice mail systems allow instant access based on Caller ID information. In addition, criminals are starting to use these services to make their bogus phone calls look like they are coming from legitimate and trustworthy companies. Criminals can even use such services to call large companies and make their calls appear to be coming from within these companies themselves. Companies providing Caller ID spoofing services include Star38, PI Phone, US Tracers, Telespoof, Spooftel, Camophone, and Covert Call.

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The BBC Article