more spoofing tools

Recently, I discussed how annoyed I was at mail drop centers that offer reshipping services so that businesses can "spoof" their receivers (thereby rendering product refunds and returns virtually impossible). Complimenting the "spoof" mailing services are the online incorporation businesses who allow customers to incorporate their business in a state that they don't live or conduct business in. And now, we turn to the telephone for further propagation of the "spoofing" trend.

A new company called www.SpoofCard.com is offering a service in which callers can disguise their voice, set their own fake originating caller ID number, and record the conversation for later retrieval. When will it end? We used to have one of those sales call blocking services enabled on our home line and it always made me mad when a telemarketer would bypass the system and enter in a bogus number to get past it. Now, anyone can do it.

Although the site is promoting this as a "fun" thing to do, I prefer to think of it as yet another tool for identity-spoofing scum. Thanks for nothing.