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dj_narwhal t1_iy8g3xq wrote

They spoof the numbers and then their database learns which ones you pick up and which ones you do not and changes the number the next time. Every once in a while you get a lucky spoofed one and they will call you with your own number. Try explaining that to a boomer.

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Vertex138 t1_iy98k4r wrote

Mine gets faked so often because it's really generic (think something like "100-0001"). I actually had a call from a police department telling me that a handful of people in their town reported my number under the grounds of harassment. I had to tell them it wasn't me and that my number was faked. And they claimed that wasn't possible...

I've literally done it before! Just to mess with my brother once or twice by pretending to be his own phone number calling him, and then never again. It's totally possible and frankly easy to do!

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