What Is Spoof Calling?

Spoofing is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity.

What is the purpose of spoof calls?

While the caller's information may appear local, the calls are often placed by telemarketers located outside the state or country. Spoofing is usually done with malicious or unscrupulous motivations by the caller and it has led many people to believe that you can no longer trust Caller ID.

Can spoof calls be detected?

As telephone networks are fragmented between enterprises and countries, no mechanism is available today to easily detect such spoofing attacks. This vulnerability has already been exploited with crucial consequences such as faking caller IDs to emergency services (e.g., 9-1-1) or to commit fraud.