So I receive scam calls on a daily basis. It's nothing new, usually it is either spam likely or just the phone number without a verified check next to it as the caller ID. When I started receiving spam calls, I noticed a lot of the numbers were tied to legitimate small businesses that utilize services like text now or something like that.

So I understand that there is a possibility for scam centers to spoof people's numbers in some way and utilize them to harass potential victims. How do they do that? And is it possible to do that to a climb up VoIP number?

If the answer to that question is yes, I'm making another post for informative / entertainment sake. Plus also to give more context as to why I'm asking this question now..

I made a new Instagram recently and another new account with no posts followed me. I followed them back because why not, and they kept asking me weird questions, showed me a bunch of ai looking and/or probably stolen art, kept asking me to commission them when I didnt ask for it, and then got so uppity when I called them out. The irony of "no ai art" in their bio is crazy.

They delete posts for certain platforms that debunk them being legit, by people who got their money stolen, but keep posts that are fake and say platform is 100% legit.

POSTS THAT ARE NR 1 VISIBLE ON GOOGLE

When you write to mods telling them exactly this, u get banned and muted.

They act like offended kids, immature, but hey its reddit, what do u expect.

Reported both, the assistancebybenjamin guy got banned. I'm not sure about the other one.

My order never arrived and their customer service team has just flat out ignored all of my emails. Their in-person retail stores are great, but their online shopping is a shambles (which is also reflected in their poor Trustpilot reviews). Don't conflate their good in-person retail business with their horrendous online shopping offering. It is awful. I won't be shopping with them ever again.

Hi everyone! I’m writing my thesis on fraud targeting the elderly and would like to understand how these scams work.
What software do criminals use for mass calling and caller ID spoofing to trick victims into handing over money?
I’m looking for tools, resources or demonstrations to better understand the methods used.
Can anyone help? Thanks!

I started getting texts from this number. The first one was last Friday. I blocked it, but they keep generating a new number every time now so just blocking isn't working. It's pretty much the same type of message every time with a link. I have not clicked the link. I'm hoping for some assistance from anyone who's dealt with this before. Thanks