I Called Myself (Robocall Vanity)

01/29/2020 | R2

[Responsibility2nd]

Anyone else ever received a call from yourself?

[Grampa Dave]

About 4-6 weeks, our home phone rang.

My wife picked up the phone and started laughing.

Our Comcast home business phone and number had dialed us.

Some how the call went through.

[z3n]

They didn’t actually hijack your number.
They just spoofed it in caller ID.

IF they really hijacked your number, then all the outbound robo-calls made from your number would show up in your phone bill/statement.

[dp0622]

Well I talk to myself and I hear other voices that talk to me and Sometimes I hear my Own voice calling me.

But that’s a whole bunch of other issues...

[mountainlion]

I had a call once that had a strange tone. When I went back to my computer the camera was on.

[decal]

Yup, happened once so far.

Fortunately I know the guy who owns that number - he’s a jackass - so I didn’t bother to answer...

[The Sons of Liberty]

Yes, I did about 2 years ago. I had been receiving robocalls - all from my exchange, which I routinely blocked, but when I received a call from my number calling my number I wasn’t sure whether to block it or not. I decided not to.

[rstrahan]

Had it happen to us. Our biggest problem is when they use our business number and we get a call back from an irate person wanting to know why we keep calling them. They’re generally apologetic when we tell them it wasn’t us.

[facedown]

They can spoof any number they want to. To use the number they’re dialing is a bit of humor/cynicism on their part.

[blueunicorn6]

I called myself once, and I answered.

I wanted to be sure it was me, so I asked me a question.

“Where were you born?”

“In a hospital.”

I knew it was me then.

[dp0622]

I Do remember first getting calls with my area code and first 3 numbers :)

I was confused for a minute but by the 2nd or 3rd call I realized what was going on.

somebody probably thought that was the greatest idea since...the last dumb idea :)

[Responsibility2nd]

I never listen to the voices in my head.

[Lurkinanloomin]

So far just today, I have had my final call for lower credit card rates four times and three from Apple insisting an I-cloud account I don’t have has been breached.

[dp0622]

That’s awful man.

Vultures.

[6ppc]

Yep...on my landline.

[Cboldt]

Yep. On both land line and on cell ... caller ID is the same number as the device I am on.

[SubVet72]

I’ve received several calls from myself. Pretty weird. Like you I ignore numbers I do not recognize.

[thoughtomator]

They’re just spoofing the ID information... you can make the number read whatever you want, or nothing at all.

[Responsibility2nd]

You are correct.

One time I didn’t answer a robocall and I had an auto-reply...

“I’m sorry I can’t take your call right now”.

I soon got a text back. From a real person. “Who is this?”

[Blood of Tyrants]

Same thing happened to a friend.