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Originally Posted by dewilson58
It's an app.
The app can use your number, or a number which looks like your number so you think it might be someone you know.
Soon they will probably be able to get into your address book and actually use a valid name.
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Gosh. Not good to make up stuff to scare people. Spoofing gives no access to anything except the phone number. Then they need to talk you into something. Just hang up.
The tactic has been used in the past by "swatters" who call the police to report hostage crisis hoaxes, so armed police respond at an unsuspecting victim's door. It's even been used to break into people's voicemail boxes, which often do not require a password if called from the phone number associated with it.