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Steven Francisco wrote:
> 
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> >
> >
> > You people just _aren't_ listening out there, are you?
> >
> > You _can't_ pay any LEC to "let you spoof Caller ID".  If they _catch
> > you at it_, the _least_ they're likely to do is pull your service, if
> > you don't get arrested.
> >
> > The fact that one reasonably common CO switch fails to proper validate
> > such things is a completely different matter.
> > To quote from the phone book (1996-97, Greene County OH):
> Caller ID
> .................................$6.50 per month
> Lets you identify the tellephone number of the person who's calling ....
> 
> To block your number from being displayede, before ech call:
> Dial, *67 (1167 on a rotary phone).
> 
> Per line locking ia available for a monthly subsription fee.
> 
> Sound close enough to 'spoofing' Caller ID to me.

No, "spoofing" is having a fraudulent phone number displayed, not having
no number displayed.  This thread started when someone said that they
had received a call from someone who claimed to have the ability to make
it appear they were calling from any phone number they wanted.  Caller
ID clearly states "PRIVATE" if you choose to to block your ID info (and
then you know not to bother answering), but "spoofing" would make it
look like a legitimate phone number was calling.

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