With caller id spoofing become so easy and accessible to the masses like the Fake Caller ID system. You now need to protect yourself and things like your voice mail from caller id spoofing. Some voice mail systems won’t ask you for a pin if you are calling it from the correct number. But this number can be spoofed and that creates a major problem. So if you get a new cell phone always password protect your voicemail. Many cell phone operators, like Aliant, NBTEL, Bell, ATT, T-Mobile use caller id authentication for voice mail.

It is even rumored that Paris hilton used sites like Fake Caller Id to gain access to other celebrities voice mail like Lindsay Lohan. ” Spoof announced today that it had terminated the accounts of more than 50 customers, including non other then Paris Hilton, who they claim used the Caller ID Spoofing service to obtain unauthorized access to voice mail accounts on a national mobile telephone network. Many of the terminated customers and the victims whose mailboxes were accessed are well-known celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan.” So what was the cost to Paris? Around $0.07 a minute. That’s what Spoof ID, another site, was charging for a hundred minute card this morning when I took a look.

If you must provide information on the phone only provide it to someone you know and you can always call them back on trusted 1-800 numbers on the back of your Bank/VISA/Mastercard/AMEX card etc. The easiest way to remove the possibility of fake caller ID related crime is to know them well enough so you can recognize their tone of voice on the phone. This way, if you absolutely have to share personal information over the phone, you will be able to do so or atleast have somewhat of a peace of mind.

Also be very carefull of digital emails. One of the emerging strategies is the combining of phishing and marketing technologies, such as mail merge, with automated voice response technologies. In these scams, a number is included in the email for you to call. Do not call these numbers ever. Hackers are increasingly making use of Automated Voice Response approaches almost the same as your bank does with (”please enter your credit card number you’re calling about, followed by the phone number associated with this account”) that may sound real, but they are designed to steal the four things they need the most most your name, your social security number, your credit card, and your phone number.

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Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient’s caller ID display which is not that of the actual originating phone station; the term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered nefarious by the speaker. Just as common e-mail spoofing can make it appear that a email message came from anywhere the sender chooses, caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to have come from any phone number the caller wishes. For example you could prank your friend with a call from 666-666-6666. Because people are prone to assume a call is coming from the number (and hence, the associated person, or persons), this can call the service’s value into question. A lot of people are so used to Caller ID and trust it without even thinking about the call can be spoofed. One of the big players in selling the phone cards used in caller ID spoofing is SPOOFCARD.

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This video shows that it is entirely possible to find out who is calling you from a blocked phone number. It’s not an easy method and for someone without some technical know how, but pretty useful indeed. It involves using Asterisk and a SIP Trunk. For some of you this might be a fun project to try out, you will learn all about VOIP and PBXs.

Also of note: By using a third party caller id spoofing service, your phone number will NOT show up if someone is using this method. By allowing your call to be placed on your behalf and connected to you with one of these services, your anonymity remains intact because only the real number of services’ outbound line would show up…if anything at all.

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A great byproduct of using the caller ID spoofing technology is the ability to look up the owner of a phone number. For instance if you use one of the caller id spoofing services, and enter in the number you want to be displayed (the number you want to know who owns) without a name, 9 out of 10 times it will display the real owners name. This usually works most of the time if you are in the same area as the number in question, but it will work sometimes even if it’s not.

Although not the intended usage of fake caller ID, it is a great product and is used by private investigators as a fast, easy, and inexpensive method of obtaining ownership information of a phone number. Check it out for yourself!

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For anyone out there thinking of pranking their friends for April Fools Day, how about doing it with a fake caller ID phone call…. The possibilities are endless with this one, and you can re-live the prank over and over for years if you choose the record call option available from most of the caller id spoofing service providers. You can even change your voice to make the call more believable. If you have heard about caller id spoofing and wondering what it was, this is the perfect chance to check it out.

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