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  2. Vertical service code - Wikipedia

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    A vertical service code (VSC) is a sequence of digits and the signals star (*) and pound/hash (#) dialed on a telephone keypad or rotary dial to access certain telephone service features. [1] Some vertical service codes require dialing of a telephone number after the code sequence.

  3. Need to Make a Private Call? Here's How to Block Your Number

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    The person receiving the call will see 'Anonymous' or 'Private' as the caller ID. It's the perfect way to block your number and make a private call without the caller ID blocking capability.

  4. Caller ID - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID system response sounds in various cases: analog, ISDN and digital PBX Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is being set up.

  5. Malicious caller identification - Wikipedia

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    Malicious caller identification, introduced in 1992 as Call Trace, [1] also called malicious call trace or caller-activated malicious call trace, is activated by the vertical service code *57 ("star fifty-seven"), and is an upcharge fee subscription service offered by telephone company providers which, when dialed immediately after a malicious call, records metadata for police follow-up.

  6. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    *82 and 1182 — releases Caller ID block on a call-by-call basis *87 — deactivates Anonymous Call Rejection Service; The four-digit numbers are not implemented in some areas. The star codes (*) are for use on Touch-Tone telephones, whereas the four-digit numbers prefixed 11xx are used on rotary dial telephones which cannot dial the * symbol.

  7. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    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 showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  8. Calling Name Presentation - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the caller name information can be applied either by the client's own equipment (PBX), or by the originating carrier. The altering of caller ID information is allowed, provided it does not violate regulations in place regarding spoofing or fraud. [2] In the US, the caller's name, or CNAM information, is not sent during a call.

  9. Block all senders except for Contacts - AOL Help

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