01-10-2019, 09:46 AM
They most likely aren't really where the number says it's from. These scammers use spoofing to make the number say they are from where ever they feel like using a flaw in the phone system and caller ID. If you ever pick up you'll often times here a long pause then what sounds like someone on the other side picking up the phone, this is because auto dialers are attempting to get people to pick up and when they do a guy sitting in a room is waiting to take the call, it's a numbers game.
It happens to almost anyone anymore and there is nothing that can be done about it. The phone industry is working on rolling out a new standard to stop this but it's still a year or two away. I simply don't answer any number that I don't know. They have gotten smart though and will try to make the number look like it is from your same exchange, your number is 555-5XXX so they use 555-5XX+1, in order to make you think you know the person.
It happens to almost anyone anymore and there is nothing that can be done about it. The phone industry is working on rolling out a new standard to stop this but it's still a year or two away. I simply don't answer any number that I don't know. They have gotten smart though and will try to make the number look like it is from your same exchange, your number is 555-5XXX so they use 555-5XX+1, in order to make you think you know the person.
