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2. Spoofing scams: How to recognize and protect yourself from ...

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   The phone numbers sending these texts may not be as they appear; Clemson University in South Carolina released a statement Wednesday saying the phone numbers sending the texts are associated with ...

3. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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   Example of caller ID spoofed via orange boxing; both the name and number are faked to reference leetspeak. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display ...

4. 9 ways scammers can use your phone number to try to trick you

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   Be cautious about sharing your phone number publicly: Avoid posting your phone number on public forums, websites or social media platforms where it can be easily accessed by scammers. 2.

5. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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   SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which the message is ...

6. IMSI-catcher - Wikipedia

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   A virtual base transceiver station (VBTS) [5] is a device for identifying the temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI), international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a nearby GSM mobile phone and intercepting its calls, some are even advanced enough to detect the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

7. Are You Being 'Spoofed'? This Specific Type Of Scam Is Hard ...

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   Phone spoofing can be hard to spot because there are apps that can replicate caller IDs so that they can carry the display name of people you know, as well as the local area codes that you are ...