On: On the Trail of the RoboCall King

[GordonS]

At least in the UK, the calling number is nowadays almost always spoofed.

I don't know enough about the telephone system to know if number spoofing is something providers could prevent?

[YokoZar → GordonS]

Right but for the scam to work at some point they have to connect you to a human who asks for payment. So while the Caller ID may be spoofed the number embedded in the message wouldn't be.