We have all received spoof calls at some stage in our lives of that I have no doubt. You know the ones that I am talking about such as the one where the caller withholds their information so you cannot get back in touch with them. Then there are the ones where the caller ID looks like it is an overseas call yet the person on the other end of the line sounds local.

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 is said that the voice can also be spoofed in such a way that a man can sound as though he is a machine or even a child or woman on the other end of the line which may sound to be a fun way to prank people.

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.

Many organizations and companies worldwide do use these techniques and hold back their number as they may not want their phone number on public file for one reason or another. But as with anything there are always two sides to things and the down side of this concept is that criminals may get their hands on these cards to impersonate other people’s voices. If this was possible to do as has been reported, then it would leave people open to having their voice mail boxes accessed by these criminals.

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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