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  • 10-05-2023 05:36PM
    #1
    daphil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭


    I have had 4/5 calls to my mobile lately, saying

    "I have a missed call from this number ",

    anybody know what's going on?



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  • #2
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,175 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    Quite probably some scammer "spoofed" your number and made calls to lots of different people, who then returned "your" call.

    After the Facebook data breach in early 2021, 1.5m Irish mobile numbers were made public and that is where we started getting loads of scam calls from apparently legitimate numbers. As they are valid numbers and would typically have a good reputation, calls from them shouldn't get blocked by Google/Apple.

    You can check your number on https://www.haveibeenpwned.com. Type it in full international format +3538XYYYYYYY to see if it was breached from Facebook.



  • #3
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,394 ✭✭✭corkie


    Your not alone see this ongoing thread: -

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120550970#Comment_120550970

    Consumer Issues› Plagued by scam calls *DON'T POST PHONE NUMBERS*

    Post edited by corkie on

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • #4
    daphil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭daphil


    Thanks for the replies lads.

    "You can check your number on https://www.haveibeenpwned.com."

    This shows negative. The calls sound Irish and different voices as far as I can tell and there does not seem any point to it being a "scam".

    Thanks.



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