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  2. Fake caller app shut after thieves duped thousands - AOL

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    The body said that between 2021 and 2024, over 1.3 million calls were made by Russian Coms users to 500,000 unique UK phone numbers. About 170,000 people in the UK are believed to be victims, with ...

  3. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  4. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    In North America, the area served by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) system of area codes, fictitious telephone numbers are usually of the form (XXX) 555-xxxx. The use of 555 numbers in fiction, however, led a desire to assign some of them in the real world, and some of them are no longer suitable for use in fiction.

  5. As unrest fueled by disinformation spreads, the UK may seek ...

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    The home security company says attackers accessed databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. Hardware Looking Glass’ new lineup includes a $300 phone-sized ...

  6. Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The 0800 range can have NSN length as 10, 9, or 7 digits. The 0845 range can have NSN length as 10 or 7 digits. The 0500 range had NSN length as 9 digits only, and was withdrawn from use on 3 June 2017. All other UK numbers have NSN length of 10 digits. There are no telephone numbers in the UK with an NSN length of 8 digits.

  7. A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online

    techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers...

    A redacted set of records from the U.K. database. The “44” indicates +44, the U.K.’s country code and the “7” indicates a cell phone number.

  8. Twitter suspends 'large network' of fake accounts used to ...

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    Furthermore, the phone numbers include those provided for purposes of two-factor authentication, so those outside the EU may have been vulnerable to this exploit without realizing it.

  9. News International phone hacking scandal - Wikipedia

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    A small number of victims of phone hacking engaged solicitors and made civil claims for invasion of privacy. By March 2010, News International had spent over £2 million settling court cases with victims of phone hacking. As information about these claims leaked out, The Guardian continued to follow the story.