Yes. I responded to a post where this had happened back in November last year. Scammers can even call you from your own phone number.
They are doing this precisely to stop the numbers being blocked by providers. What can they do to stop it? Not a lot.
This is due to the mix in technology between what the scammers are using and the UK phone system. The scammers are using the internet with VoIP software that is commonly available. The UK analogue phone system is still basically the same as it was when it was invented, & an interface was built to allow calls to pass between the internet digital systems & our antequated analogue system.
But (shock, horror) there is no internet security on an analogue phone system. It ends at the server where the call leaves the internet, so there is no way of putting in a digital handshake that the analogue end can verify. Reminds me of the TV snooker commentator describing a game just after the introduction of colour TV "For anybody watching in Black & White, the Blue is behind the Pink ". 🤣🤣🤣
Some technology does not mix, & will never mix. The analogue system is being retired in 2025, when we will all be plugging our phones into our internet hubs, using digital both ends, & the end-to-end call verification software that is now being developed in the US will be widely available.
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