Be on lookout for new kind of caller ID spoofing

Are you experiencing an increase in the number of local calls to your home or cell phone?You’re not alone.This phenomenon is called “neighbor spoofing,” and it’s the latest strategy being used by scam artists in an attempt to get people to answer the phone.For phone scams to be successful, scammers need people to pick up the phone, so they can initiate the conversation. Neighbor spoofing is used to trick a person into thinking somebody local such as a neighbor is calling.