Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> In article <smlha4-81h.ln1@remote.clifto.com>, clifto wrote:
>
>> Can't answer that, but realize that whoever called lied to you even before
>> you answered the call.
>
> Due to lack of authentication in the underlying networking protocols,
> it's generally easy for someone to spoof caller ID if their calls are
> going out over a T-1 or ISDN Primary Rate circuit.

Or, not to send it at all. One such miscreant called us yesterday, with
"Unknown Name / Unknown Number" on the CNID display. I connected and
hung up. It called back once more to see if I'd do it again; no surprises
there. I figure it, or its company, probably misconfigured their switch
to conceal their identity, and that's as bad as lying to me before we
connected.

A friend called through Skype and my CNID got "Unknown Name / 000-012-3456".
Another good one I remember was "Unknown Name / 999-999-9999".

I have to find a cheap PCI voice modem so I can have the computer take
care of these calls.

--
"Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day,
they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally.
I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine."
-- Bill Gates, in an interview with Newsweek's Steven Levy