A few times I got a call from 000-000-0000 on my cell phone. I missed such a call twice maybe, but this time I saw it ring and answered and they didnt say anything and just hung up a few seconds after me saying hello. WTF?! Anyone know what thats all about?
Phone call from 000-000-0000
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Companies that utilize VoIP or PBX are usually able to set what number is displayed on people's callerids.
DrPizza
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Thats what I figured. So is 0's the default number it gives you when there is a malfunction?
Obviously it could be someone spoofing the caller ID, but that would be kinda pointless.
One time I saw a name on someones caller ID that said "John Gotti". He hacked it somehow. How do you do that?
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Even a long time ago you could do it with some kind of phone switchboard hardware, but that was expensive to buy. Nowadays it can be done easily with VoIP.
There is even a website http://star38.com/index.php that you can pay to give you spoofing powers. Its kind of crazy.
The info that says your number and name is just sent along with the signal and is not verified. Only credit card companies and other businesses that REALLY need to see where a call is coming from have the kind of hardware that actually tells where a call is coming from rather than just displaying the info that the caller broadcasts.
I'm sure some people on here know much more about this than me, feel free to elaborate/correct.
Were you aware that 0's is the default PBX error message?? I do not think that is common knowledge
GeekDrew
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000-000-0000 is not necessarily the default CIDR for PBX errors. It can be programmatically set on many PBX's, though it's much easier to do so with newer VOIP systems. Many of them can let you set each phone set to identify itself as any CIDR number you wish.
It's virtually impossible to actually tell who's calling by a cellular CID. An ANAC is just about the only way to truly tell... look up some phone system and switching info if you're interested
It's virtually impossible to actually tell who's calling by a cellular CID. An ANAC is just about the only way to truly tell... look up some phone system and switching info if you're interested
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