Many times we have had phone calls where we could not see the number of the person calling. There have also been times when the caller ID was from overseas and when it was answered a local accent was on the other end. These are what are commonly referred to as spoof calls.
An email that appears to be sent from one address and turns out to be from somewhere completely different is referred to as a spoof email. Likewise a telephone call that is not what it appears to be is called a spoof call.
The most common spoof calls are to keep your number and ID a secret from the person you are calling or to make the recipient see somebody else's number when they check the caller ID. It is even possible to use a number that does not exist for this purpose.
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.
Spoof calls are easier than you think to do. All it takes is a card similar to a VOIP card which you can buy online for about $10 for an hours worth of calls. Then it is a simple case of getting access to the system and customizing your caller ID to anything that you want.
This may seem great for many organizations that do not want their numbers accessible to the public. But the other side of the coin is that they can be used for illegal purposes too. It has been reported that people could use these cards to imitate people's voices in order to access their voice mail boxes.
But that is not a patch on the fact that they could even trick people into thinking that their bank is ringing them up. They can then get these people to freely give out their personal bank details to them without their knowledge which could lead to all their money being stolen. You could even get some people using this system to make malicious prank calls in order to panic others.
So even though it may sound fun to make prank spoof calls it can also be very serious too with very serious consequences.
An email that appears to be sent from one address and turns out to be from somewhere completely different is referred to as a spoof email. Likewise a telephone call that is not what it appears to be is called a spoof call.
The most common spoof calls are to keep your number and ID a secret from the person you are calling or to make the recipient see somebody else's number when they check the caller ID. It is even possible to use a number that does not exist for this purpose.
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.
Spoof calls are easier than you think to do. All it takes is a card similar to a VOIP card which you can buy online for about $10 for an hours worth of calls. Then it is a simple case of getting access to the system and customizing your caller ID to anything that you want.
This may seem great for many organizations that do not want their numbers accessible to the public. But the other side of the coin is that they can be used for illegal purposes too. It has been reported that people could use these cards to imitate people's voices in order to access their voice mail boxes.
But that is not a patch on the fact that they could even trick people into thinking that their bank is ringing them up. They can then get these people to freely give out their personal bank details to them without their knowledge which could lead to all their money being stolen. You could even get some people using this system to make malicious prank calls in order to panic others.
So even though it may sound fun to make prank spoof calls it can also be very serious too with very serious consequences.
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