Call Spoofing: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself

Call spoofing is a scam tactic threat actors use to disguise the origin of a phone call. Understanding how it works could help you detect and avoid it.

What is call spoofing?

Caller ID spoofing is the practice of obfuscating the origin of a phone call by falsifying the caller ID information displayed on the recipient’s device. Threat actors use it to make a call look like it’s coming from a trusted number, such as a local business, a government agency, or even someone’s personal phone.

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