[buggyone]

I just had a "junk" call on my home phone. It was a recorded call asking me to take a survey. I hung up as soon as I realized that. The reason I picked up the call was my caller ID had my nephew's name - but it was not his phone number. The name was just like I have it listed on my cell phone (Dave B). I am wondering if my cell phone list of names might have been hacked into and this is a way to get people to answer these "junk" calls. I did try calling back the number but got the message that is a non-working number.

The cell phone service is with ATT and the home phone is with Comcast.

Anyone hear of such a thing before?

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I just had a "junk" call on my home phone. It was a recorded call asking me to take a survey. I hung up as soon as I realized that. The reason I picked up the call was my caller ID had my nephew's name - but it was not his phone number. The name was just like I have it listed on my cell phone (Dave B). I am wondering if my cell phone list of names might have been hacked into and this is a way to get people to answer these "junk" calls. I did try calling back the number but got the message that is a non-working number.

The cell phone service is with ATT and the home phone is with Comcast.

Anyone hear of such a thing before?

I have not heard of anything such as what you have described.
Why don't you give Comcast and AT&T a call and tell them the scenario.
Perhaps they can give you some insight into what happened???

[buggyone]

I called ATT and the rep said this is a new scamming thing going on in Florida. She said if I had continued on the call, I would have been asked for some kind of personal information. Best idea is to disconnect as soon as you realize it is not who you saw on Caller ID.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I called ATT and the rep said this is a new scamming thing going on in Florida. She said if I had continued on the call, I would have been asked for some kind of personal information. Best idea is to disconnect as soon as you realize it is not who you saw on Caller ID.

There was a thread last week about someone getting a call where the caller ID was a villages number but it was a scam. They called the number and the resident had no knowledge of what was going on.

[JourneyOfLife]

Two things to consider.

1) Information about people and their relationship link to other family members is for sale. Sad but true!

2) The caller id technology is not adequate for the convergence of voice systems and internet technology. The phone companies will need different methods of identification and ensuring the information is not tampered with will be required. Caller ID spoofing will only get worse as shady businesses, criminals, etc figure out ways to exploit it. Plus, we will probably be transitioning from old phone systems to newer technology for another 10+ years... maybe longer.