someone is calling from my number

According to WSPA, the “number spoofing” scam calls victims and displays the person’s own phone number on caller ID. Spoofing works by imitating someone else's number — like your own. There have even been cases where a scammer will spoof another easily recognizable number, including 911. I occasionally get a call from the same 604-XXX exchange that my number is in. Scam artists are using this method to defraud people, so be careful. I got a call from an unknown number tonight and logged into my Sprint account to see if the number was listed in the call log. Spoofing is a common tactic for robocallers that allows them to trick caller ID systems into indicating that a call is coming from a local number or, in some cases, from one’s own number. 1 – Your phone number is in working order and hasn’t been disconnected.

You can call mobile or call phone landline so enter the number of the phone you want to call.

The cellular carrier will ask them to provide some personal information to identify themselves, but often providing your social security number is good enough. Confused, I answered but didn't say anything, and the other end hung up after about 5 seconds. Enter the number using the international phone number format, by placing respective country code followed by the phone number to which a call will be placed. Unfortunately, it's pretty easy for scammers to spoof your phone number in the outbound caller ID number. @TgFloorman Telemarketers/Scamers are using a computer program to spoof you phone number.The program can dial hundreds of numbers per minute hoping someone will pickup and fall for their scheme. One woman in South Carolina says … You can answer those calls and rant and rave all you want to the scammers but that won’t prevent you from receiving more scam calls in the future. 2 – Calls to your number are answered by a human being instead of a machine. When I tried calling back, it led me to my voicemail. In fact, it will do just the opposite. Despite the familiar number, most phone thieves aren't hiding in your neighborhood, or even the U.S. They are now using neighborhood spoofing, using area code and prefix from an your area to disguise the number and hope the recipient thinks it is a local number. Many people use Reverse Phone Lookup to determine whether or not a strange number is a scam, and then they block that number. If you get a phone call from your own number, do not answer it! Enter the phone number using your keyboard. If you think someone calling could be legitimate, call that business or agency at a known, published phone number from such sources as a bank statement or the back of your credit card. I was on my phone just casually when I received a phone number from my own number. Someone with your personal information pretends to be you, asking your cellular carrier to move your phone number to a new phone. This may be someone spoofing you, which is changing the caller ID their phone sends so that it's your number.

I never answer them because I know they are always spoofed calls trying to trick me into answering because the number is similar to my own.