Calling myself??

[Eric Danstrom]

This is why I gave up my landline 15 years ago. All I got was junk calls; everyone important to me learned to call or text me on my cell. I'm close to finishing my sixth decade and I don't know anyone with a landline. Even my 84 year old father dumped his landline years ago.

[Bill Dufour]

I tell kids that I am so old that when I saw a person walking down the sidewalk talking to themselves it meant they were crazy.
Bill D

[Bill Dufour]

If you could find out who is spoofing your number you could sue them for libel. By using your number they are claiming you are a phone scammer and a broke Nigerien Prince.
Bill D

[Jim Koepke]

If you could find out who is spoofing your number you could sue them for libel. By using your number they are claiming you are a phone scammer and a broke Nigerien Prince.
Bill D

Not quite so Bill. It isn't libel nor are they claiming you are a phone scammer. The number being called shows up in the caller ID for every number called.

Besides to be libel, it has to be published:

libel | ˈlībəl |
noun
1 {Law} a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

It is not published, it isn't damaging to the called person's reputation and it is not defamation written or otherwise.

jtk

[Bill Dufour]

But are they showing your number as their's when they call other people or do they only show it when they call you?
Be easy to block calls from your own number.
Bill D.

[Bill Dufour]

A bit off topic but I heard a radio add this week for a retirement investment seminar. Geared for rich folks to come in and listen to a lecture about saving for retirement with this investment firm. Interesting thing was it was being held at a winery with wine tasting thrown in. Nothing like liquor them up them sell them something they do not need.
I think they are actually a pretty legitimate invest company and a reason to go to a winery in Napa is a good lure for rich folks in the Bay Area..
Bill D

[Jim Koepke]

But are they showing your number as their's when they call other people or do they only show it when they call you?
Be easy to block calls from your own number.
Bill D.

The number being called is also shown as the number calling. Every phone receiving a call from this type of number spoofing is seeing it as if the phone is calling itself.

It may be due to whoever is doing this doesn't know how to set up their auto dialer software.

jtk