In the scam, someone pretending to be a Geneva police officer calls from a number that has been spoofed on caller ID to be ...

Most people know to hang up on con artists supposedly calling from the power company or the IRS, demanding money. The problem is, there's little the police can do — even when the scammers go so far as ...

When I called the FBI field offices, the agents were also mindful to tell me that it's not the technology that is illegal but the acts. President Obama signed the Caller ID Act of 2009 into public law ...

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — The Elizabethtown Police Department has issued a warning to Pennsylvania residents of an ongoing “Caller ID Spoofing” scheme. Elizabethtown Police say they have received ...

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — A Lancaster County Police Department is warning the public about an ongoing caller ID spoofing scheme. The Elizabethtown Police Department said Monday it has received numerous ...

A local senior citizen lost nearly $10,000 in a phony police scam, as real police warn residents that “Caller ID can be spoofed.” A 65-year-old Hingham woman reportedly fell victim to a scam, as the ...

Until recently, one of the giveaways for these scam calls was that they came from an unknown number – often from an international number that is immediately suspicious and gives people cause to ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado State University Police Department is warning community members of calls spoofing the CSU 491 prefix and pretending to be immigration authorities. Spoofing refers to ...

After a Woodhaven resident received several calls with Police Chief Scott Fraczek’s name showing on the caller ID, the department issued a warning to all alerting them to a scam. Recently, the ...

K.C. Halm, John Nelson Jr. FCC proposes a $2 million fine against a carrier and a $6 million fine against a political consultant for caller ID spoofed robocalls using voice cloning technology that ...

In a February 2, 2023, article titled “USPTO warns of new spoofing scam targeting trademark owners,” we warned you about a spoofing tactic where scammers were calling trademark owners using “spoofing” ...