[call meVeronica]

I have gotten those call too. Recently in a new twist, solicitors are using software to hijack legitimate cell phone users real phone numbers. The number that shows up in your caller ID is a real person's cell phone & not the solicitors number.

I try to let the poor person know their cell # has been hijacked. It's only happened a couple of times but is becoming more common.

[Excellence]

My auto mechanic lost his cell phone, so he got a new one while keeping the same number, and switched carriers. I got a phone call from his old phone! So I guess phone numbers aren’t that secure.

[FrdmLvr]

Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of the call? If I got a call from a salesman using a hijacked number, I’d slam down the phone so fast and I’d never do business with them and their company would remain firmly etched in my memory.

[Fred Hayek]

Caller ID spoofing is illegal per a recently passed Federal law. I have received calls from some boiler room claiming to be a credit company. The number showing up on my caller ID is a local person, who has no association with the apparent scammer.