I got a phone call today from a random number. The guy said that he had a missed call from my number and he was calling back. I had 100% not called this number, and it has happened on a number of occasions with different people.
Its pretty obvious that the person on the other line is not a scammer as the conversation usually ends pretty quickly when I say I didn't call their number.
So I'm trying to understand what's happening here. Have I been Sim swapped? How did they receive a missed call from my number where my phone has no evidence of making the call. My bank account and everything else seems to be fine. I have pretty good passwords on my email and other accounts.
Any idea what's happening here?
caller IDs are being spoofed to get people to answer. Just block and move on.
It is almost definitely Caller ID spoofing.
The receiver should block me you mean? They somehow used my number to call.
If you are concerned and in contact with the receiver, yes.
Yeah I've had this same thing happen multiple times as well, but years ago, since I no longer answer calls from people I don't know.
They're scamming the caller who called you back. He's the scammee, you're the unfortunate person whose phone number the scammer used to call the scammee.
How did they use my number?
They use a random number, which is sometimes the same as an actual assigned number (yours). I have no idea how they come up with the number.
I wonder how it's possible. Old tech being manipulated I guess.
Just block that number. No need to swap the sim.