My phone is giving out ghost phone calls to random numbers, mostly from my area code. They aren't in my call logs but people keep calling me asking if I was trying to reach them. AT&T LG G4
So for the past month or so I keep getting calls from random numbers, mostly from my area code but a few others. They say they got a call from my number and were calling back to see if I was trying to get a hold of them. I don't know any of these people and my phone does not say it made any outgoing phone calls. I don't know if this is a phone issue or a carrier issue or what, but it's pissing me off and wasting mine and other's time. I recently moved out of my area code so I don't know if that has anything to do with it but it might. Could this also be someone playing a prank on me? That's unlikely though because I don't actually have any real friends lol. I have AT&T on a family plan with an LG G4, completely stock. There was also a software update pushed out somewhat recently by LG, not sure if that totally coincides with the phantom phone calls though. Any help would be great, thanks!
Posted Jul 27, 2016, 9:30 PM UTC
The calls aren't coming from your phone. A phone spammer is using your number to call potential victims. Spoofing a number is easy, all you need is a Vonage account or similar VOIP phone account. You choose which number is displayed when you call to sell your crap. It's on the cards that one day you will get a call from your own number.
I honestly can't think of a good reason why the phone companies or the Feds haven't taken more action to stop this - if nothing else it's making the phone companies look stupid as well as undermining the telephone system in this country.
Thanks for the info! So there's nothing I can do about it other than hope they stop calling people with my number? That's pretty fucking rude of that person :/
It's really, really easy to stop. All Vonage etc. have to do is send a PIN to the number the spammer or regular user wants to use as a number like MS and Google do with their 2FA.
Oh so I contact vonage? I'll try that thanks.
No don't do that. It's not a fix for you, it's a fix for the telephone system. Likely Vonage won't do a thing till it gets legislated.