What Is Call Spoofing?
What is call spoofing?
Call spoofing also caller ID Spoofing or Phone Number spoofing is an attack where an attacker or scammer makes a phone call and tricks your phone into showing a different number or name than the real one. A scammer disguises their identity to steal victim’s information.
Call Spoofing Uses
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Phishing: spoof the phone numbers of banks, government agencies,
or legitimate businesses to impersonate them. This can trick people into
providing personal or financial information.
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Telemarketing and Robocalls: Spoofing local numbers to increase answer rates.
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Prank Calls: Disguising identity to make anonymous prank calls.
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Political or Survey Calls: Displaying familiar numbers to bypass call blocking.
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B2B Call Screening Workaround: In business-to-business contexts,
salespeople might spoof numbers to appear as if they are calling from within a
company or a familiar partner, bypassing call-screening measures.
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Law Enforcement: Law enforcement agencies sometimes use
caller ID spoofing for undercover operations, investigations, or sting
operations to prevent suspects from recognizing the call as being from the
police.
· Privacy Protection: Hiding personal numbers for security or anonymity.
Technology used
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VoIP Technology: Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) spoofers
often use VoIP services to place calls over the internet. These services allow
users to modify the metadata of the call, such as the caller ID, by inputting
different phone numbers and names.
· Specialized Software or Apps: Some apps and websites are specifically designed to spoof caller IDs. These tools allow the spoofer to customize the displayed information for each call.
How call Spoofing is done?
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Making the Call: The spoofer initiates the
call using VoIP or a spoofing app.
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Data Modification: During the
call setup, the software changes the information (phone number and name) that
will be displayed to the recipient.
· Transmitting the Call: The call is then transmitted as normal, but the altered caller ID data is sent along with it, tricking the recipient into believing the call is coming from someone else.
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