Spoofing Caller ID information for free is really simple these days. All you need is a few dollars and open source software. This website has instructional steps on using the Linux operation system to get somebody spoofing away in no time.
How’s about this slogan from one of the big online Spoofing ’services’:
FAKE THE CALLER ID - Insert any number!
Real nice, eh? So it’s that easy to take a private phone number and use it for illegal telemarketing activities! Yea, real nice…
Of course you’ll have to agree to all terms of the Publisher Service agreement, which include: Mislead others and engage in spamming, indiscriminate advertising or unsolicited commercial phone calls!
Yea, like they can enforce that right? The telephone companies can’t even figure out who’s doing the spoofing. We don’t believe there will be any remedy anytime soon.