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	Name:	GoneFishin -
	Subject:	SPOOFING
	Date:	4/7/2010 8:46:07 PM

My wife has been receiving calls on her ATT cell phone but does not recognize the number so will not answer. I noticed today the number has called 6 times. I decided to do a search of the number and found it is a cell number in Santa Monica CA. I decided to call if from our land phone and use a call block *67 before the call. The call was intercepted by Verizon with the message that the phone number is not a working number. I called again to satisfy myself that I had dialed correctly. I received the same message.

I then called Verizon and was able to eventually reach a representative who said it sounded like spoofing. This was a new one to me. H e explained spoofing is where someone can dial your phone and have ANY number they want appear on called ID.

I then called ATT and they offered her a service to block numbers for $4.95/month or a new number.

He said it is legal as recently the court threw out a Florida law outlawing it as a violation of the Commerce Clause.

What is so scary is anyone can sign up for a plan to Spoof. Someone could call you at 2 AM and have the number that shows on Called ID as your home phone number and say they are downstairs in the kitchen.

I am debating whether to answer the call myself.

Another thing I learned as I checked Spoofing is if you try and block a toll free number when you call it the block does NOT work. The reason is a loop hole that you can not block a call unless you pay for it. A 800 call is at no cost to you.

This is not some email that I received or some Urban myth. This is really happening.

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SPOOFING - GoneFishin - 4/7/2010 8:46:07 PM

SPOOFING - water_watcher - 4/8/2010 7:19:09 AM

Thanks for the heads up GF - MartiniMan - 4/8/2010 8:21:33 AM

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