Scam from 800 number about Apple account

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I just got a 800 call, supposedly from Apple saying my account had been compromised. When it asked if I wanted to speak to an agent, I said yes, then I asked the agent to identify himself. I got an immediate hang up. Scam.

The interesting thing is that on my iPhone, pressing the recent number got me to real Apple support.

I'm pretty suspicious, but have not seen an 800 number before or something that smooth.

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I can buy my own 800 number for $8, but more than than, I can type any number I want into the command prompt on an asterisk box and have it show as the CID on most phones right now.

I could literally start running this scam myself in 20 minutes for less than $5.

Caller ID is not a secure system at all. Anyone can type anything. Its like the "from" field in an email.

Long-ongoing, FYI.

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