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This doesn't help when it's so common to spoof caller-id. The telco industry has blown any trust we can put in this information.

[I just learned that the FCC is considering not allowing calls made outside the US to be spoofed as numbers originating inside the US. I thought that was the whole point behind STIR/SHAKEN, silly me].




It does help because you can call back if you recognise the number (which defeats spoofed caller ID) or call the number published.

There's not really any alternative to calling a trusted number.




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