iphone security

karenfromheathfield wrote:

Number hacked and making random numbers which are not registering on my recent call list. Anyone else have this issue?

You mean your number was spoofed and making calls that you didn't make?

If so there isn't much you can do, until the spammer choose a different number to spoof.

Please describe what is happening, and what you mean by “number hacked”.

If some spammer sent text messages or made calls spoofing your telephone number—as can similarly happen with spoofed sending email addresses in email—there’s not much that users can do, other than maybe grumbling to our legislators.

If there is something else going in, what are the details of what you are experiencing here?

karenfromheathfield wrote:

Spammer spoofing my number and making calls. I just have to ride it out by the look of it!

Yeah; I once had somebody do a massive spam run using my email as the return address.

The mail server I was using then was unable to keep up with the rate of responses arriving.

The arriving mail chime was approaching a continuous tone, too.

In this case, you might want to chat with your carrier, and see if they have options for this.

Like MrHoffman, I've had that happen twice.

The first time, a spammer was spoofing my business email address so heavily it got blacklisted. Took a few days to get it reinstated.

The second time, someone was spoofing the business phone number to try and scam people with something. I found that out when a person called and asked if we had just called him. Once he explained what the phone call was about, I needed to explain spoofing to him. And no, just because the name and number on the Caller ID was us, didn't mean the call actually came from us. He called again a few days later asking if we had just called. Nope, just a spammer hitting you again. No idea how many of those calls were made under our name and number, but probably a lot.