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For the last few weeks I’ve had random calls from people saying that I called them, but there is nothing in my call log. I'm running the latest iOS.



Any suggestions as to what is happening here, and should I be alarmed enough to restore my phone?










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  • This has been reported for almost a year by some users. Have you performed the normal troubleshooting like force-closing the phone app, restarting your phone, etc?

    – fsb
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  • @fsb: That's not helpful. The problem has nothing to do with the OP's phone but rather with criminals and criminally-negligent VoIP providers.

    – R..
    3 hours ago











  • Kind of surprising that they returned the call; without revealing your PII, did you try to to get info on why they called "you" back? Are they totally "random"? Perhaps you might be a target of phishing from "fake call".

    – Andrew T.
    3 hours ago











  • Yeah completely random, my number is German and I’ve had calls from a few random European countries. And the callers never ask for anything, not that I would tell them anything.

    – chris
    2 hours ago
















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For the last few weeks I’ve had random calls from people saying that I called them, but there is nothing in my call log. I'm running the latest iOS.



Any suggestions as to what is happening here, and should I be alarmed enough to restore my phone?










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  • This has been reported for almost a year by some users. Have you performed the normal troubleshooting like force-closing the phone app, restarting your phone, etc?

    – fsb
    10 hours ago











  • @fsb: That's not helpful. The problem has nothing to do with the OP's phone but rather with criminals and criminally-negligent VoIP providers.

    – R..
    3 hours ago











  • Kind of surprising that they returned the call; without revealing your PII, did you try to to get info on why they called "you" back? Are they totally "random"? Perhaps you might be a target of phishing from "fake call".

    – Andrew T.
    3 hours ago











  • Yeah completely random, my number is German and I’ve had calls from a few random European countries. And the callers never ask for anything, not that I would tell them anything.

    – chris
    2 hours ago














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For the last few weeks I’ve had random calls from people saying that I called them, but there is nothing in my call log. I'm running the latest iOS.



Any suggestions as to what is happening here, and should I be alarmed enough to restore my phone?










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For the last few weeks I’ve had random calls from people saying that I called them, but there is nothing in my call log. I'm running the latest iOS.



Any suggestions as to what is happening here, and should I be alarmed enough to restore my phone?







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  • This has been reported for almost a year by some users. Have you performed the normal troubleshooting like force-closing the phone app, restarting your phone, etc?

    – fsb
    10 hours ago











  • @fsb: That's not helpful. The problem has nothing to do with the OP's phone but rather with criminals and criminally-negligent VoIP providers.

    – R..
    3 hours ago











  • Kind of surprising that they returned the call; without revealing your PII, did you try to to get info on why they called "you" back? Are they totally "random"? Perhaps you might be a target of phishing from "fake call".

    – Andrew T.
    3 hours ago











  • Yeah completely random, my number is German and I’ve had calls from a few random European countries. And the callers never ask for anything, not that I would tell them anything.

    – chris
    2 hours ago



















  • This has been reported for almost a year by some users. Have you performed the normal troubleshooting like force-closing the phone app, restarting your phone, etc?

    – fsb
    10 hours ago











  • @fsb: That's not helpful. The problem has nothing to do with the OP's phone but rather with criminals and criminally-negligent VoIP providers.

    – R..
    3 hours ago











  • Kind of surprising that they returned the call; without revealing your PII, did you try to to get info on why they called "you" back? Are they totally "random"? Perhaps you might be a target of phishing from "fake call".

    – Andrew T.
    3 hours ago











  • Yeah completely random, my number is German and I’ve had calls from a few random European countries. And the callers never ask for anything, not that I would tell them anything.

    – chris
    2 hours ago

















This has been reported for almost a year by some users. Have you performed the normal troubleshooting like force-closing the phone app, restarting your phone, etc?

– fsb
10 hours ago





This has been reported for almost a year by some users. Have you performed the normal troubleshooting like force-closing the phone app, restarting your phone, etc?

– fsb
10 hours ago













@fsb: That's not helpful. The problem has nothing to do with the OP's phone but rather with criminals and criminally-negligent VoIP providers.

– R..
3 hours ago





@fsb: That's not helpful. The problem has nothing to do with the OP's phone but rather with criminals and criminally-negligent VoIP providers.

– R..
3 hours ago













Kind of surprising that they returned the call; without revealing your PII, did you try to to get info on why they called "you" back? Are they totally "random"? Perhaps you might be a target of phishing from "fake call".

– Andrew T.
3 hours ago





Kind of surprising that they returned the call; without revealing your PII, did you try to to get info on why they called "you" back? Are they totally "random"? Perhaps you might be a target of phishing from "fake call".

– Andrew T.
3 hours ago













Yeah completely random, my number is German and I’ve had calls from a few random European countries. And the callers never ask for anything, not that I would tell them anything.

– chris
2 hours ago





Yeah completely random, my number is German and I’ve had calls from a few random European countries. And the callers never ask for anything, not that I would tell them anything.

– chris
2 hours ago










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These calls are not likely coming from your phone. Rather, some robo caller is likely spoofing the caller ID using your number. The FCC website says




What can you do if your number is being spoofed?



If you get calls from people saying your number is showing up on their
caller ID, it's likely that your number has been spoofed. We suggest
first that you do not answer any calls from unknown numbers, but if
you do, explain that your telephone number is being spoofed and that
you did not actually make any calls. You can also place a message on
your voicemail letting callers know that your number is being spoofed.
Usually scammers switch numbers frequently. It is likely that within
hours they will no longer be using your number.







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    These calls are not likely coming from your phone. Rather, some robo caller is likely spoofing the caller ID using your number. The FCC website says




    What can you do if your number is being spoofed?



    If you get calls from people saying your number is showing up on their
    caller ID, it's likely that your number has been spoofed. We suggest
    first that you do not answer any calls from unknown numbers, but if
    you do, explain that your telephone number is being spoofed and that
    you did not actually make any calls. You can also place a message on
    your voicemail letting callers know that your number is being spoofed.
    Usually scammers switch numbers frequently. It is likely that within
    hours they will no longer be using your number.







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      These calls are not likely coming from your phone. Rather, some robo caller is likely spoofing the caller ID using your number. The FCC website says




      What can you do if your number is being spoofed?



      If you get calls from people saying your number is showing up on their
      caller ID, it's likely that your number has been spoofed. We suggest
      first that you do not answer any calls from unknown numbers, but if
      you do, explain that your telephone number is being spoofed and that
      you did not actually make any calls. You can also place a message on
      your voicemail letting callers know that your number is being spoofed.
      Usually scammers switch numbers frequently. It is likely that within
      hours they will no longer be using your number.







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        These calls are not likely coming from your phone. Rather, some robo caller is likely spoofing the caller ID using your number. The FCC website says




        What can you do if your number is being spoofed?



        If you get calls from people saying your number is showing up on their
        caller ID, it's likely that your number has been spoofed. We suggest
        first that you do not answer any calls from unknown numbers, but if
        you do, explain that your telephone number is being spoofed and that
        you did not actually make any calls. You can also place a message on
        your voicemail letting callers know that your number is being spoofed.
        Usually scammers switch numbers frequently. It is likely that within
        hours they will no longer be using your number.







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        These calls are not likely coming from your phone. Rather, some robo caller is likely spoofing the caller ID using your number. The FCC website says




        What can you do if your number is being spoofed?



        If you get calls from people saying your number is showing up on their
        caller ID, it's likely that your number has been spoofed. We suggest
        first that you do not answer any calls from unknown numbers, but if
        you do, explain that your telephone number is being spoofed and that
        you did not actually make any calls. You can also place a message on
        your voicemail letting callers know that your number is being spoofed.
        Usually scammers switch numbers frequently. It is likely that within
        hours they will no longer be using your number.








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