SELF-DIALING PHONE?
doglady64
Newbie

My home phone (land line - remember those?) rings this morning at 9:44 a.m.  Looking at the caller i.d. on the phone, it gives our name and phone number.  How is it that my phone just dialed itself?  Of course I picked it up and answered; no one there.  How does this happen; why does this happen?

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Re: SELF-DIALING PHONE?
manhattanNYC1
Contributor - Level 2

forget it

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gs0b
Community Leader
Community Leader

Your phone is not calling itself.  It's "CallerID Spoofing," which is a technique that allows some VoIP phone users to insert whatever CallerID they want displayed.  There is nothing you can do about it except don't answer calls from yourself.

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