Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney on Caller ID Spoofing

Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney notes that individuals including law enforcement  are purchasing ''spoofcards'' from the website www.spoofcard.com, and using them to engage in  or investigate criminal activity. A ''spoofcard'' allows you to call any number, and alter either the Caller ID, and/or your voice. This service is free initially, but a ''spoofcard'' costs only $4.95, and allows you to get up to 25 credits or calls at this amount. Cops are also using "spoofcards" from confiscated phones in drug busts to make dealers believe clients are calling when it's actually the cops.

In other cases, a person could call law enforcement and allege that a client has violated an Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence or their bond by calling them. They could then show the Deputy their phone, and there would be a Caller ID number to verify this fact. The Deputy would then call the number to verify that it belonged to the person enjoined from calling, and (you guessed it) the innocent spouse would answer the phone and deny the call was placed by them. The Deputy prepares a warrant, and the alleged caller goes to jail. The person could even go one step further and play the Deputy a message from the enjoined person, when in actuality it is the complainant (or another) disguising their voice and/or calling themselves through the spoofcard website. Alternatively, a person holding an injunction could be consistently called and stalked by the person enjoined with the use of a “spoofcard” to mask their phone number and disguise their voice.

One Escambia County, Florida  lawyer reports a case, where the husband used a "spoofcard" to call her client, and get her repeatedly arrested for violating a temporary injunction. The attorney finally got a witness who saw the Husband using this site on the internet. The defense attorney was able to subpoena the witness, and got her client out of jail on an emergency motion for bond. The Defense Attorney used the "spoofcard" in court and made it look like the clerk had just called her from the court's phone. When the attorney called back the number, and the clerk picked up, and the trial Judge was floored and intends on sharing this information with all the judges at their next meeting.

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