Caller ID spoofs on the rise

Even though most of the customers use the technology to play a prank on their friends, caller ID spoofing is cheap enough right now to be used for malicious schemes such as phishing, BBC News article says. One of the first caller ID spoofing services, pitching to debt collection agencies, was recently forced to shut down after getting harassing e-mails and one death threat.

Posted in Internet scams at April 25th, 2005. Trackback URI: trackback

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