Received call with my own name and number in caller ID!

I received a call with my own name and number, but there was nobody (at least responding) on the line.

Yep somebody is using reverse lookupvsite or app and simply typing what number to show up on Caller ID

Six calls from my own # today. Messages left for first 4 were from “Microsoft” saying license had expired and IP address was being used in other countries. I blocked after the 4th call which worked for the last two.  Fingers crossed I don't receive calls from irate recipients of this spoofed number. :^)

Arling, don't be surprised if you do get inquiries of annoyance from others who have been called from your spoofed number. It has happened to me more than once. I routinely receive several calls a week from spoofed numbers in my area code and prefix. I've even "called myself" a couple of times. They're just blasting out millions of calls daily and continuously varying the spoofed number of origin in an attempt to stay ahead of call blocking systems.

If you DO get an irate call, you might want to change your voicemail temporarily to inform callers that unless they know you, you didn't call them; your number has been spoofed by scammers.

Thank you, Kat.  I will remember your excellent suggestion for future use.

Hmmm, first time for me to be called from my own #. Years of caller ID beginning with my area code and first 3 numbers, I hope my # is not now spoofed and “calling” others! Thanks for all information posters have left before me on this site, you are very helpful!!!

This has happened on my cell phone several times in the past 4 months.

...aren't you lucky!

I work for one of the big telco's... The masking of a caller ID and replacing it with a text of the callers choosing is called "spoofing"... technically it is legal for companies to change the way their name appears on your phone (for example a company like Louis Vuitton handbags would prefer the caller ID to show "Louis Vuitton" rather than their formal corporate name "LVHM", right?  But it is still deceitful to mask using your name... but the problem is that this is all done off-shore typically... the call center is based somewhere like Senegal, or Belarus, where our laws do not apply... since they are using computers and the internet to make the call, there is no long distance charges per se... just be aware since you know you are not calling yourself, you can just refuse to answer the call if your name appears as the caller!

My mother's number was spoofed a few years ago and she got a call back from a very concerned but polite elderly woman. My mother explained to her that sometimes scammers will use a local number to try to get information about you. She cautioned the woman to be careful about who she speaks with and to not give out personal information to someone that claims to be from Medicare or anyone really. You can always hang up and call the number on the back of your card. I'm pretty sure my mom saved that woman from a horrible scam.

This is why "revenge" return calls to local type numbers is not the best idea. Some unknowing person's number gets spoofed and an inconvenienced idiot calls them back to yell and threaten them. Pretty soon your number becomes the one that folks are complaining about!

Please do not pick up ANY of these numbers, even if you want to tell them where to get off, or tell them to just shaddap, or call them every name in the book, and more.  A tasty thought, but it wouldn't work.

Yes Many times just a new way to try and trick us into their new scam. Never pick up! Best wishes