Comment on I am getting inundated with calls from some sort of tax scam and it's driving me nuts.
PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe can spoof any number. They usually go with something local (to you) to increase the odds of you picking up.
Calling back will get you Bob on the other side of town who has no idea what missed call you’re talking about.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Do you have a source on them being able to spoof any number? I find that hard to believe
PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve heard of it in an old 60 minutes segment, but seems this commenter knows the technical details.
Veritasium had an episode on even more haunting exploits in the phone networks a couple of weeks back. Always prefer 2FA apps over SMS.