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  2. *82 - Wikipedia

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    If Caller ID is subscribed to or enabled on the line receiving the call, the unblocked phone number and registered name is displayed – unable to determine that the caller subscribes to outgoing callerID blocking or that *82 has been dialed to temporarily override that subscription. *82 can be dialed from U.S. land-line house phones and ...

  3. Caller ID - Wikipedia

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    Caller-ID system response sounds in various cases: analog, ISDN and digital PBX Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is being set up.

  4. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Unlisted number - Wikipedia

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    The second type unlisted number was not listed in the (paper based) phone book, but was listed on the directory service (a voice call to 018 in the 1970s). Listed number with a hidden address is useful for women's shelter etc., where the number needs to be listed, but where the address is to be hidden from the general public. Naturally, there ...

  6. Vertical service code - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID (per call) *31#/1832 [11] 1470 *83 1183 Selective call forwarding disable *85 1185 Caller ID disable *86 1186 Continuous redial cancel *87 1187 Anonymous call rejection deactivation *88 1188 Deactivate call forwarding on busy *89 1189 Last-call return cancel *90 1190 Conditional forward: Busy line *92 1192 Conditional forward: No ...

  7. Call blocking - Wikipedia

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    These devices rely on caller ID information and thus a phone blocker requires a caller ID service active on the line for blocking to function. Treatment of blocked calls may include: Sending the caller to voicemail; Sending the caller to busy signal; Sending the caller to "Number No Longer in Service" Sending the caller to "Keep Ringing"

  8. Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 - Wikipedia

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    On April 6, 2006, Congressmen Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 5126, a bill that would have made caller ID spoofing a crime. Dubbed the "Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006", the bill would have outlawed causing "any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information" via "any telecommunications service or IP-enabled ...

  9. Numbuster - Wikipedia

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    NumBuster! is a phone community that users can access via a mobile phone client and a Web application. Developed by NumBuster Ltd, it allows users to find contact details of any phone number, exchange information about numbers with other users and block calls and messages. The client is available for Android and Apple iOS.