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In article <3291A297.636C@worldnet.att.net>,
Ken M. <speedy-page@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Harry wrote:
>> 
>> Jason.an@edtec.com wrote:
>> >
>> > Has anyone given a rational explanation regarding someone receiving
>> > a "bogus" caller ID read-out when receiving a phone call? From
>> > what I'm hearing -- the number listed on my caller ID box may not
>> > be the person who is actually calling. I worry about someone abusing
>> > this method to harass - or maybe having someone "set-up" for phone
>> > harassment charges.
>> >
>> > Any info? <Jason>
>> >
>> > [[ Via EDTec Anon Remail Service <help.an@edtec.com> ]]
>> 
>> Jason:  You are exactly right.  Your caller ID may not be giving 
>> correct information.  All attorneys and judges should take heed to this 
>> warning!
>> 
>> CALLER ID has no integrity.  The information may not be accurate and 
>> may be sent from another location entirely.  In the past couple of days 
>> I have had numerous 999-999-9999 for phone number on my Id.  The caller
>> would hang up when I answered.  I finally found out that it was
>> Nationsbank collection services looking for a boarder whom I used to
>> rent a room too.  The individual stated that he could change the number
>> at will and make it say whatever he wanted.  I have also had calls from
>> "George Washington" and "John Kennedy" with the dates as their
>> birthdays.  In conclusion:  Do not believe what you hear and only half
>> of what you see!
>> 
>> Harry
>
>
>Oh -- that's just great! We have Nations Bank here in the Washington-
>Baltimore areas. So if I receive a phone call, and my caller ID reads
>"999-999-9999" I can assume it's a collections agency? Then again, I
>don't owe anyone money. But this is disturbing -- just knowing that 
>the "incoming" caller ID information can be altered.
>
>I hope you called Bell Atlantic and reported this!

Dave Barry did a _great_ column on this when the whole caller
ID thing started.  First you pay for caller id, then the other
guy pays to blank out your caller id.  Then you pay more for
super caller id that he can't block, then he pays more for
ultra caller id that gets through even if you block it...

'till the phone company gets all the money to beam messages
directly into your brain using cosmic ray machines...

Or something like that. You get the idea.

-- cary
cobrien@access.digex.net