Back in February, I read Confessions of a Caller-ID Spoofer by Paul McNamara over at Network World. Caller-ID spoofing is a "feature" in many telephony platforms. Let me explain further. Showing the ...

UMass Amherst Police are warning about a phone scam using a spoofed caller ID that looks like their business line.

The Federal Communications Commission levied a nearly $10 million fine on Scott Rhodes, a man the FCC accuses of spoofing local telephone numbers to make threatening or intimidating phone messages.

Scammers are lighting up phones across Carter County, pretending to be sheriff’s deputies and threatening people with arrest ...

A growing wave of caller ID spoofing attacks, in which criminals falsify the number displayed on a phone to appear legitimate, has prompted Europol to call for urgent, coordinated action across Europe ...

The threat is simple: with vendors offering web services to "spoof Caller-ID," the legitimacy of Caller-ID is destroyed. The Caller-ID topic has the lamp burning in our offices. During the next couple ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, N.J. - Authorities in Hunterdon County, New Jersey are warning people to look out for a phone scam where callers falsely claim to be representatives of the New Jersey Department of ...

LEHIGH CO., Pa. - Authorities are warning the people to be aware of an uptick in scams this holiday season. Lehigh County Sheriff Joe Hanna warns his office is getting five or six calls a week. He ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Caller ID is designed to tell us exactly who’s contacting us, but clever cybercriminals have found their way around it, and they’re using it to your disadvantage. You’ll get a call ...

With scammers becoming more sophisticated using spoofed caller ID, phishing emails, text messages and even AI-generated voices, fraud losses are at record levels. According to the FBI’s 2024 Internet ...

Alameda residents are being warned about a phone scam in which callers impersonate officers and make it appear the calls are coming from a police non-emergency number. The Alameda Police Department ...