Display Name = "V" + sequence of digits

With all the craziness on here I thought it was a duplicate thread especially considering this one is only 2 pages long.  My goof!

I would not say you made a goof.  This is basically a duplicate thread.  Admin could (and should) merge it with the "Caller ID shows "V"+ a whole bunch of digits" thread and It would not cause any confusion there.  Unfortunately, some people do not bother to exert a little effort to see if there is an already existing thread that covers the subject they want to discuss, or they feel that their information is "too important" to go to the end of an existing thread.

I agree this thread is a duplicate and should be consolidated into the older version. In both, I believe the “V” stands for Victim… which is how we will be treated if we answer such a call.

These spoofed “V” calls mostly come from telecriminals using VoIP-based progressive/power-dialers running in the cloud in foreign countries. The software that fuels the fraudulent calls has become a booming business. Too bad the businesses can't be sued in the USA for enabling criminal activity from foreign countries. Some of their software offerings are reviewed here: https://www.capterra.com (do a search for power dialer)

While I feel the "V" probably refers to the VoIP nature of the dialer (although it might represent the model name or manufacturer), I like your definition more.

I have been receiving these calls for months now.  It is not on my cell phone but my Vonage line phone.  Vonage says that they can't help because it is always a different number.  I have tried doing a call back and get nothing.  I don't even bother picking it up anymore and a message is never left.  When I have answered I just hear background noise and nobody is  on the line.  I have filed a complaint with the No Call Registry and nothing helps.  This morning it started at 8:15am.  It is getting ridiculous.  Does anyone have any ideas on this?  Don't know why they call since nobody is there or they hang up right away, like a prank call.

Buy a newer call blocker. Mine blocks V#'s as a factory setting. It also blocks names,numbers,area codes,exchanges,not enough digit #'s and allot more !

can calls starting with a V + many numbers be blocked on cell and home phone.

Try reading the other posts in this thread. Your answer is there.

My number was much longer
V 2210838540000678255
That's what it said on my Verizon caller ID but on my hiya app it said it was blocked at show private number but it said they called on Friday at 7:39 a.m. and I don't see 7:39 a.m. in there anywhere. It was Friday the 21st of February so the 221 would be correct. I don't know what the four zeros or I just seems like the numbers too long

The way these "V" + sequence of digits IDs are structured is this: Column 1 is the V (sometimes a M but always a letter), column 2 is the ones digit of the month the call is made (so Jan.-Sep. are 1-9, Oct.-Dec. are 0-2), Columns 3-4 are the day of the month, columns 5-10 are the time the call is made (starting time) in 24-hour time - hours: minutes: seconds with leading zeroes before each fields if needed; (This is the time of the location where the call originated from. That's why your phone had 7:39 AM, but the call time was 8:38:54 AM), columns 6 to the end are a mystery.

   It is interesting that in your case this number is 10 digits long. Mine are only 5 digits. Some recent posters have 4 digit numbers. All the numbers have leading zeroes so that all number have the same length. The length should be the same for all calls made by a particular caller.
   Whatever the number after the time field is, it is apparent that when appended to the other fields it forms a name tag that is unique to this call, at least within a window of a 9 month period. So the Caller ID CNAM is meant as a key to a database record. My guess is that the Caller ID is a function of the technology that produces these calls and used to create a database of call meta-data. I also think that the last field is an index number for the calls. Many think these calls come from auto-dialers and this mystery number is part of that process. This could explain the use of a date/time data as part of the key. But there are other mechanisms or products that use date/time information this way so I am not certain. This has been discussed at the other forum 'Caller ID shows "V"+ a whole bunch of digits' so you can get their deliberations.

CGDG ccgcj

What does "CGDG ccgcj" mean? Is that some sort of code for that V thing?

Nothing about the subject. Nothing sinister. Just the Date/Time Stamp of the post in a translation code.