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Old 05-11-2021, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Decadeofdave View Post
When these hijacked numbers first started about 5 years ago, I texted back to the local looking number with the the same first 3 digits as my number. It was the actual owner of the phone number who didn't know their number was highjacked. Unfortunately it's not illegal to take someone else's number.....total BS
It's called spoofing. I've had calls from my own cell phone number - to my cell phone.