Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Caller ID Spoofing On The Rise?

Caller ID Spoofing On The Rise?: "Caller ID spoofing certainly isn't new, but it seems to be getting more and more attention these days, with stories such as this one, from Memphis, where an older guy says he received spoofed messages complaining about him cutting his grass early in the morning. The messages looked like they came from a neighbor across the street, but she was away at work at the time. When the neighbor called BellSouth to complain, the company told her about a particular caller-ID spoofing service. Who's to blame for the apparent growth? Perhaps Paris Hilton. She's no stranger to spoofing, as it was used to hack her voicemail last year, but apparently lately she's been using a spoofing service herself, as one recently terminated her account after she used it to enter other people's voicemail -- reportedly as part of her ongoing feud with fellow overexposed celebrity Lindsay Lohan, though Hilton's people have denied the whole thing. All the interest seems to make just one thing inevitable: that caller ID spoofing will eventually be banned."

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