Search Info On BlackBerries
By Trenton Miller
Did you ever receive one of those calls where the number was withheld? Or the ones that seemed to come from abroad only to hear a local voice on the other end of the line? If you have as we all have done then you have been spoof called.
These spoof calls work in much the same way as the spoof email that we often receive whereas you think they are coming from one party when in fact they are coming from somewhere completely different.
It is possible when you are ringing somebody to hide your own number from view. You can actually let them see either another persons number as the caller ID or even a number that does not actually exist.
It has even been noted that you can also spoof your voice when calling people. For example if you are a man calling somebody you can in fact make it sound as though you are a child, a woman or even a machine to the person receiving the call. This may sound a fun thing to do but it can be very harmful too.
It is not as hard as it sounds to be able to do this either. Purchasing a card online for $10 can give you around 60 minutes of call time and it works in a similar way to an ordinary VOIP card. You just need to access the system and you can then use the card to customize your caller ID.
This concept is good if you are a business that does not want their phone numbers freely available to the public for some reason. But the good is far outweighed by the bad I am afraid with this system as unscrupulous people can use these to their own devious ends, such as impersonating somebody else's voice in order to gain access to the mailboxes of the said people.
This is not as serious as having certain criminals ringing people up and using the caller ID of the banks. In this way they may trick people into believing that they are from their bank and could in fact get them to divulge their bank details to them. They could also be used to scare people with nasty prank calls.
So as you see it may look like a bit of harmless fun but the consequences of these actions can be pretty serious if they get in the wrong hands.
These spoof calls work in much the same way as the spoof email that we often receive whereas you think they are coming from one party when in fact they are coming from somewhere completely different.
It is possible when you are ringing somebody to hide your own number from view. You can actually let them see either another persons number as the caller ID or even a number that does not actually exist.
It has even been noted that you can also spoof your voice when calling people. For example if you are a man calling somebody you can in fact make it sound as though you are a child, a woman or even a machine to the person receiving the call. This may sound a fun thing to do but it can be very harmful too.
It is not as hard as it sounds to be able to do this either. Purchasing a card online for $10 can give you around 60 minutes of call time and it works in a similar way to an ordinary VOIP card. You just need to access the system and you can then use the card to customize your caller ID.
This concept is good if you are a business that does not want their phone numbers freely available to the public for some reason. But the good is far outweighed by the bad I am afraid with this system as unscrupulous people can use these to their own devious ends, such as impersonating somebody else's voice in order to gain access to the mailboxes of the said people.
This is not as serious as having certain criminals ringing people up and using the caller ID of the banks. In this way they may trick people into believing that they are from their bank and could in fact get them to divulge their bank details to them. They could also be used to scare people with nasty prank calls.
So as you see it may look like a bit of harmless fun but the consequences of these actions can be pretty serious if they get in the wrong hands.
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