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Old 06-07-2017, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328 View Post
It is called "spoofing" and an app you can buy for your phone will let anyone do it.

No, it is not used to open credit cards or apply for loans but merely to have you answer the phone for some spiel.

I have my own phone number blocked so if "I call my landline from my landline" , it will automatically hang up. It has happened a few times.
Does the phone user have to download the app themselves to show their own number/name, or do you do it yourself...and then can "spoof" other people of which you have a phone number?

In other words, if Joyce didn't do it herself...then how else could it get there?

Thanks for the heads up...but I'm still .