In August last year, the FCC hit a North Carolina telemarker with a proposed $82 million fine for making more than 21 million illegally spoofed robocalls. Those complaints might help the feds catch the spoofers and shut them down. So far, there’s no easy way to stop spoofers from calling your number.īut anyone who receives a spoof call can complain to the FCC here. It’s just annoying.Īnyone who is illegally spoofing can face penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation.Īccording to the FCC, courts sometime permit spoofing for people who have legitimate reasons to hide their information - law enforcement agencies working on cases, victims of domestic abuse, or doctors who want to talk about private medical matters. If no harm is intended or caused, spoofing is not illegal. Under the Truth in Caller ID Act, FCC rules prohibit anyone from transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller ID information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongly obtain anything of value. Most common these days is trying to look like your neighbors or relatives, or even your own phone number. Sometimes they try to look like banks, or insurance companies, or the government. You can see who’s calling and decide whether or not to answer the call.īut the spoofers have figured out how manipulate caller ID and masquerade as others. law and FCC rules prohibit most spoofing.Ĭaller ID is a great feature. Sometimes its used to phish for personal information. Spoofing is usually used to trick someone into taking a sales call. The FCC says “spoofing” is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity.
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