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I am getting phantom phone calls nearly daily from different phone numbers and suspect that your wireless network may have been compromised.
berkley_lamb
Newbie
‎10-23-2015 09:25 AM

I have been called repeatedly for over a month from different numbers.  Everytime it happens, if i answer there is nothing on the line, and if i don't no voicemail is left.  If i immediately call the number back, I am connected to whomever it came from, but they never initiated a call to me.

There is no way to block these type of calls, because they come from different numbers.  and since there is no voicemail or spam related to it, i can't be removed from a calling list.

Which leads me to believe it is a virus something out on the network initiating these calls. 

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T-J-
Enthusiast - Level 3
‎10-23-2015 11:12 AM

Its probably telemarketers.  This happens to me a bunch.  Google the phone number that calls you and most times it will be a telemarketer, bill collector, etc.  I have been getting calls from people wanting to sell me an extension on my cars warranty.  I suggest getting something like google voice and using that free service to get another number from them and use that number for registering with businesses so its easier to block them. 

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Weth
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‎10-23-2015 12:34 PM

Unfortunately you made it on a "list" and it is being shared. It is not a network virus.

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SickFreak
Specialist - Level 1
‎10-23-2015 02:21 PM

A lot of us get them.  I just only answer calls from numbers I recognize.  If I don't, then it goes to voice mail - most of these callers just hangup.

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berkley_lamb
Newbie
‎10-31-2015 06:35 AM

No, there is something with the network here. What people aren't realizing

is that these phone calls are not being made by the owners of the accounts,

or from the actual devices connected to the numbers. When i call the

numbers back, i have connected to a Target, a Church, several individuals

etc... none of them made the calls.

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berkley_lamb
Newbie
‎10-31-2015 06:40 AM

The wierd part is, they aren't telemarketers. I've called the numbers

back and been connected to a church, a target and several random

individuals. The calls aren't being made from the devices or from the

owners of the accounts.

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Weth
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‎10-31-2015 08:38 AM

What I said is true, it is not a network problem.   The people that are doing this are spoofing numbers, which is making a call look like it comes from a different number.   It is, unfortunately, very Common.  this is not anything new, you just have been lucky up to now. 

Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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SickFreak
Specialist - Level 1
‎10-31-2015 01:16 PM

As Weth explained, someone is just spoofing those numbers.  It's really no different than all the spam e-mails we all receive - very few of them are actually from the return address.

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DaniPar
Newbie
‎12-02-2015 06:22 PM

This just happened to me today.  My phone received 4 calls in a row from one number.  When I finally picked up, they had said I called them first.  We were both extremely confused.  When I looked at my call log online, only 2 of the 4 incoming calls showed, and the numbers were all zeroes rather than the number that showed on my caller ID

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Flash212
Enthusiast - Level 1
‎12-02-2015 07:51 PM

I had a weird experience today, I just got the edge, and wanted to try out the edge features so I had a friend from my contacts call me, and his number came up completely different, and from a different state. I have since had others call me and the same thing happens. The number is the same every time! 206 494 9999.... anyone else having this issue??

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