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Comment by ceejayoz

It's absolutely trivial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing

> Providers which market "wholesale VoIP" are typically intended to allow any displayed number to be sent, as resellers will want their end user's numbers to appear.

I've gotten calls from banks' 1-800 numbers that were 100% definite scams this way.

parent ceejayoz 4 years ago

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