In Touch - Fall 2016

One of the best ways to avoid phone scams has traditionally been to not answer calls from numbers that you do not recognize on your Caller ID. But crooks have a sneaky way around this. With Caller ID spoofing, they are able to make it appear as if their calls are coming from a local phone number. They literally hide behind the “mask” of a legitimate phone number in order to increase the likelihood that you’ll pick up the phone.