Wednesday, January 31, 2018

That’s not your neighbor calling

Federal Trade Commission Consumer Information

by Emma Fletcher
Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC

When your phone rings and it looks like a local call, you may be more likely to answer. Scammers count on this and can easily fake caller ID numbers. They even can match the first six digits of your own number, which is called "neighbor spoofing."

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