topic Re: Cloned number in Network

Cloned number

fresh — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:14:29 GMT

Has anybody had there number cloned? I’ve had several calls over the last few weeks from people who are adamant I’ve called them. I also received a voice mail from a little old lady asking me to stop doing bank scams. Really strange.

Re: Cloned number

PeteG — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:44:16 GMT

Hello, Fresh.

Welcome to the Three Community.

That's not so good. I don't know if it's possible, but perhaps the caller is using some kind of number spoofing system to show an incorrect caller ID. There is also the possibility that the people calling you are in fact scammers, as calling people pretending to have received calls from them is a method of gather details from a person that has been used before.

My advice would be to reject any calls from numbers you don't recognise. If your phone supports spam call blocking, it would be a good idea to turn that on too.

Pete.

Re: Cloned number

Bethoport — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:19:27 GMT

Me too is there a way to find out at all?

Re: Cloned number

PeteG — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:22:08 GMT

There's no way to confirm something like that, but I'd go with the advice I gave previously about this as it's often just a way scammers try to gather information about users.

Pete.