Subnostr

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?

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Joda 1y ago

I'm hearing about similar occurrences. I think it may be scammers trying to "establish" themselves on phone networks by making calls that aren't scams (for a while), then later performing scam calls.

Or maybe they're recording your voice for later impersonation.

Or maybe they are judging your reaction to what they say, to size you up for a future scam.

Probably something entirely different, but still a scam. Scams are just out of control right now, and getting way way worse.

OT 1y ago

Whay i cant figure out is how they got my number to appear on the receivers phone...

Russel 1y ago

Not a sim swap.

but maybe someone else spoofing your number if that’s possible