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Phone Number Spoofing
FCC Introduces New Rules to Fight Robocall Spoofing As part of its ongoing effort to combat illegal robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on March 16, 2023, it is enhancing and expanding service provider obligations to implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework. The move builds on the FCC’s implementation of a framework used to trace back, block, and identify originators of illegal spoofed robocalls. How Spoofing Works Scammers find phone number spoofing an increasingly popular technique. They know people are wary of answering unwanted calls with unfamiliar or toll-free numbers. As a consequence, they use spoofing to trick
