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  2. The mystery behind those creepy 'Unknown' spam calls - AOL

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    The mystery behind these creepy 'Unknown' spam calls often begins with data breaches or information leaks. Scammers obtain partial information from various sources, including public records ...

  3. An alarming spike in scam calls originating from robocalls - AOL

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    4. Report the call: Report any robocalls to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or your country’s equivalent authority. The more reports they get, the better they can target these scams. 5. Add ...

  4. Malicious caller identification - Wikipedia

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    The call trace is not dependent upon call duration (as envisioned in dramatic movie plots) and will record all meta-data regardless of source conditions - even if the call was made from an unlisted number, a payphone or a number with caller identification disabled. To protect privacy the resulting trace data is only made available to law ...

  5. When a Stranger Calls (2006 film) - Wikipedia

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    The unknown person calls Jill, indicating he can see her. Alarmed, Jill calls the police, who say the call can be traced by keeping the caller on the line for at least sixty seconds. While waiting for the phone to ring, Jill sees a shadow moving in the guest house. Believing it is the Mandrakis' older son back from college, she investigates ...

  6. This is why you should never call back an unknown number - AOL

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    You’d probably ignore an 800 number, but a number that comes from your hometown seems more likely to be someone you know. “People are curious and they’re counting on that,” says Levin ...

  7. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  8. How to stop robocalls and spam calls for good - AOL

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    By the way, you should never call back an unknown number—here’s why. Use robocall-blocking apps “Two I’ve used with success have been Mr. Number and Hiya.

  9. Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 - Wikipedia

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    Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc., No. 19-631, 591 U.S. ___ (2020) The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1991 and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush as Public Law 102-243. It amended the Communications Act of 1934. The TCPA is codified as 47 U.S.C. § 227.