Needham man learns how caller ID works

Rebecca reports on a dumbass who used his home phone to make an obscene call to her today:

... So, I do a 411.com search thinking no one is stupid enough to do that from a land line. Oh yeah... he was. ...

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and she didn't out him but he knows

she still can if she needs to.

she didn't out him...

You mean share his number?
No, I would never do that.
No need... I don't want any more interaction with that person than necessary;I took it too far by calling him back anyway -but I couldn't resist! LOL.

It would be cruel to reveal his number. He clearly has issues.

Don't believe everything you see on caller ID these days

If I understand correctly, the purported obscene caller in this case took responsibility, or at least promised it wouldn't happen again. Meanwhile, a new website spoofcard.com has rendered the accuracy of caller ID far less reliable than it used to be. Spoofcard.com basically allows a deceitful caller to hide his number and substitute any number of his choosing. That false number is what appears on the recipient's caller ID. It's been used for years by Police Detectives who don't want the target of an investigation (e.g. drug dealer) to know that a call is coming from a police phone, now it's available to the general public. It can also wreak havoc in relationships, divorces or getting an enemy in trouble for harassing phone calls. Here's a quote from the spoofcard.com site, "Sometimes, I just don't want them to know it's me calling. I call someone from my phone, and the person's caller ID displays a number that I intend them to see. My privacy is protected. Simple as that!" In other words, caller ID can no longer be fully trusted.

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