Something weird is going on!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I checked my caller ID a bit ago and it had the strangest call showing. Strange because it had my name and number on it like I called myself. Only thing is, I can't call myself from this phone because I'd get a busy signal. If I call from my cell it shows the cell number. Same thing for any other incoming call.

If someone had stolen my name and number how could it ring in here as the same number?

[Grace]

Join the party - this has happened to us and a friend of ours. I called AT&T about it. Apparently there is nothing they can do.

[Catty1]

My guess is that a spammer has "spoofed" your number. Sad thing is, it's probably not just you they are calling. People are likely to answer a call with a name showing, even if they may not know the person.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I can see how they could put my name on the call. It's exactly the way it is in the phone book. How on earth they got my number to show on my caller ID is still a puzzle to me. I thought the caller ID just picked the number up from the phone calling in.

It does make me feel better that I am not alone in this though.

[pomtzu]

I no longer have a land line - just my cell. If I don't recognize the number, then I don't answer and let it kick over to voice mail. If there's nothing on the voice mail then it must not be a legit call,, and then I just block that # for any future calls.

I got a real funky email this a.m. and the sender was someone I know - yet it wasn't them at all. It landed in my spam folder and some of it was in French, so I knew it was not from her. I alerted a common friend of ours since I lost her "real" email, and asked her to let C know that her Yahoo account appears to have been hacked.

Why do idiots do this????? Looks like a lot of folks just need to get a life................

[Karen]

I think we all get this from time to time. Telemarketers know that something will appear in the "caller id" so they "spoof" it to appear as the person they are actually calling so that maybe someone will answer.

As for emails purporting to be from someone you know, but when you open it, they are not - that is also a common scheme for spammers.

And sadly, these people do "have a life," - they are being paid to do this, it is their job. I don't feel "sorry" for them, but I do not applaud them, either. Yes, it is illegal. Yes, it is annoying. But if people make money at it, they will keep doing it!