2020-09-30 Caller ID spoofing

So I've been notified by some kind stranger that they received a phone call from my Australian mobile number 0419 432 517, claiming to be from the Australian Tax Office (ATO). Having received several of these calls myself, I was quite aware of the running scams.

But now they've decided to use my mobile phone number for their Caller ID spoofing. Great. Looks like this is a growing problem, and there's pretty much nothing I can do about it.

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This also makes a mockery of all the various services that try to block calls from known "spam" numbers. Indeed, the reason these scammers are spoofing numbers is to avoid these filtering services by using known-good, credible, trusted phone numbers.
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See Also

• Phone spoofing: When your phone number is taken over by international scammers from the ABC.
• CLI and spoofing from the ACMA.
• Telstra post on call spoofing.