August 12th, 2010Ideas To Keep Your Number Hidden On A Call
We have all received spoof calls at some stage in our lives of that I have no doubt. You know the ones that I am talking about such as the one where the caller withholds their information so you cannot get back in touch with them. Then there are the ones where the caller ID looks like it is an overseas call yet the person on the other end of the line sounds local.
These spoof calls work in much the same way as the spoof email that we often receive whereas you think they are coming from one party when in fact they are coming from somewhere completely different.
It is far too easy now to ring somebody and when they look at the caller ID all they see is not your actual number but that of another person or even a non existent number.
It is said that the voice can also be spoofed in such a way that a man can sound as though he is a machine or even a child or woman on the other end of the line which may sound to be a fun way to prank people.
Spoof calls are easier than you think to do. All it takes is a card similar to a VOIP card which you can buy online for about $10 for an hours worth of calls. Then it is a simple case of getting access to the system and customizing your caller ID to anything that you want.
This concept is good if you are a business that does not want their phone numbers freely available to the public for some reason. But the good is far outweighed by the bad I am afraid with this system as unscrupulous people can use these to their own devious ends, such as impersonating somebody else’s voice in order to gain access to the mailboxes of the said people.
But that is not a patch on the fact that they could even trick people into thinking that their bank is ringing them up. They can then get these people to freely give out their personal bank details to them without their knowledge which could lead to all their money being stolen. You could even get some people using this system to make malicious prank calls in order to panic others.
So even though it may sound fun to make prank spoof calls it can also be very serious too with very serious consequences.
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