When a scammer calls: 3 strategies to protect customers from call spoofing
Call spoofing, which refers to the process of changing the caller ID to any number other than the actual calling number, is a tactic that has lately been on the rise.
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Call spoofing, which refers to the process of changing the caller ID to any number other than the actual calling number, is a tactic that has lately been on the rise.
Scamwatch is warning Australians to be wary of an online scam pretending to be from the Australian Boarder Force. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said a recorded message claiming to be from the Australian Boarder Force (ABF) is being sent around.
Got a call from this number. Identified himself as Glen Lewis with a middle eastern accent and said he was from the US Treasury about the impending lawsuit against me. I hung up and blocked the number.