Talk:Caller ID spoofing
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This is not a hoax, see, for example: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/28/caller_id_website/, or just Google it. -- X15 10:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Reads like an ad... -- Taral 21:17, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Added section on spoof program.
I don't think this article reads quite like an ad, but it does fail to explain (rather than just name) the techniques of Caller ID spoofing. I have provided an example with the sentence (now paragraph) summarizing Orange Boxing. We don't need to write a whole section on each one, but we do need to briefly summarize, for example, how VoIP or PRI ISDN are used to spoof CID, rather than simply saying that they are. I would be particularly pleased to see a brief explanation of how access to an SS7 trunk would be gained for the purpose of spoofing a call.
More article links would be nice too. I added a bunch tonight but the article still needs more. A casual user reading this article may not be familiar with the technical terms, and we should be making it easier for him to learn them.
Dethme0w 07:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I have been robbed of my wallet at gunpoint. It appears to me that the perps are now trying to get into my house to get account numbers. I am getting calls from numbers that a reverse lookup says aren't in use. They appear to be trying to determine when I am not home.
My question for the experts: Can the phone company (Qwest) or a VoIP company (Lingo) determine where these calls are really coming from? Would the police be able to extract that information? If the answer is "yes," I will pursue it with the police, and see if I can break up a large burglary ring. (Eight houses have been hit in a nearby neighborhood of 50 houses.) --Docduke 16:45, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
