Comments on: Caller ID Spoofing to be Made Illegal

By: csppegasas

csppegasas — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:01:07 +0000

I am right now a victim of spoofing! Someone has gotten my phone number and is using it to harass
other people in my area. It shows up as Service Call and my # on their ID. I have received many many calls asking why I’m calling them. As I run a business out of my home I have to answer and try to explain to these people that I did not make the call.
I have called the phone company and have been told that as long as it is legal there is NOTHING that can be done short of changing my number.
I’m all for making it illegal!!!!
I’d love to lock up whoever has my number forever!!!!

By: Songbird

Songbird — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:38:20 +0000

I am on the side of making it illegal. We’ve been harrassed for years by a certain person or persons also with separation anxiety. Constant calls. It’s annoying and really what’s the point? I am seeing alot of similiar stories on here. There is to many people who use it for the wrong reasons. I’d be perfectly happy to see it illegal.

By: fran

fran — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:52:56 +0000

I am right now victim of a person calling me with 800 numbers or out of state area codes to ring my phone and then hang up. This has been going on for the past year and I have about 40 phone numbers that I have kept track of. He tries to get in when my phone is not busy. He keeps trying and finally does. I got a lucky break when I found this 800 number being used several times in a row. I decided to call it back and waa la it was a collection agency (I have never owed a debit)and he asked me if I knew this person who they are trying to collect a debt from I of course said no. It turned out the spoofing guy sent my number to the collection agency to get him off the track. The bell went off that this is the guy calling me (what luck). I have since contacted the FCC with a two page letter with all the numbers and they have taken it from there.

I have not received one phone call from this spoofer so I guess they have the police visiting him now.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:52:19 +0000

Personally I’m tired of getting sales calls (or whatever else) that are straight from India or Malaysia but have a local area code. 90% of the people currently spoofing are doing so for nefarious reasons. This bill will at least give people a leg to stand on when being harassed by various companies using shady means to get into touch with people. Especially in such a bad economy, there is still a fine line between collections and harassment when dealing with credit agencies. I think its time for companies to be a little more honest in their approach to using the telephone system.

By: Person

Person — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:37:03 +0000

So wait it is completley illegal for someone to use caller id spoofing?

By: MIke Hellena

MIke Hellena — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:07:04 +0000

The Zero Group is back up yea! Other caller id spoofing services cannot contend to offshore anonymous caller id spoofing.

thezerogroup.com

By: Edward Caffray

Edward Caffray — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:26:50 +0000

Opps the address should be : http://www.phonecalleridspoofing.com/

By: Edward Caffray

Edward Caffray — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:25:29 +0000

I agree with Patrick. Spoofing caller id is an invaluable tool for Private investigators, skip tracers and the police. More info: http//www.phonecalleridspoofing.com

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:01:15 +0000

So what’s the latest on this? Personally I find it slightly preposterous. I used to spoof on a semi-daily basis when I was a private investigator. Legally, you can be anyone you want as long as you aren’t impersonating law enforcement. Sometimes blocked numbers won’t do, some people have privacy director. I used to make spoof calls and have the ID display prefixes that didn’t exist. There should also be a difference between method and intent. I never intended to obtain sensitive information (I usually already had it). It was a tool used merely to confirm their presence. Spoofing to pretend to be an insurance or credit card company is obviously wrong. It falls under fraud, so why punish spoofing if it has legitimate uses?

By: Spoofed Victim

Spoofed Victim — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:12:29 +0000

I also have been the victim of spoofing. I’m not sure if this bill is correct. People using this type of service for legitimate reasons is one thing but, how can one determine the reason for someone using this service?

In order to keep people from being victimized, I think it best if this bill is passed. The question is, whill it be enforced? and, How?