Would any credible business use caller id spoofing?

A credible business would use Caller ID spoofing to cut down on unsolicited phone calls just as if you would use CallerID "spoofing" in your own home to stop telemarketers from calling you about your "factory warranty" . Another reason they would use it if they wanted to be reached on all of their phones but from only one number. (Much like mentioned by one of the other answers.) And one gigantic reason a credible business would use CallerID spoofing very simple,.. so you don't know who they are.

You have to keep in mind not all business's work the same way, their are some credible business's out their who's soul purpose is to have anonymity. A good example of this would be census business's and double blind medical studies. Or business's who take survey information and need to keep their main number anonymous.

If someone calls you and you don't know who they are. Don't pickup the phone. Don't even say hello.

Personal Note: You know what I do? I have my answering machine pickup every single call that comes into my office from unknown numbers and even some known numbers. The answering machine doesn't have my voice on it, it also sounds unisexual, so telemarketers don't know if they are dealing with a man or woman a child or an adult.

And that being so, they are required BY LAW to hang up. I also have a very faint "number not reachable" tone in the background which is played at the very beginning of every call.(Weather I pickup the phone or not) So if your phone number was dialed by a automated system for a solicitation call; 99% of the time the system that was used will automatically end the call. Good luck in your fight against spoofers and here's to keeping our personal privacy safe.

Kind Regards, XDS.

For unified number access. For example, I have 3 different phone lines: 1) My office landline 2) My cellular phone 3) My private (emergency bat phone) number Whenever I call anyone using any of these 3 numbers, I ONLY want the person on the other end to see my office landline. It's not for privacy so much as it is for simplicity.

On my office landline, people can leave a message or more often then not, talk to a real human. I don't subscribe to voicemail on my cell phone and if someone calls my bat phone, they know that I will answer. My wife was in labor, my bat phone rang, I answered it and resolved the issue - I don't want just anyone doing that for just any reason.

Since caller ID spoofing was made illegal by the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007, any business using caller id spoofing would lose credibility by using caller id spoofing. So no a credible business would not use caller id spoofing.

I don't think it is a good idea. It will affect the businesses credibility unless the spoofing is used for telemarketing which is bad as well.

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