I need a hat ... Reynolds Wrap mebbe.
 

Why is a number that calls me regularly (not in my contact list... a lot aren't) now appearing with a "real name" ... it started last Saturday. Nothing I'm aware of has changed .... certainly not on that phone. An Iphone on the AT&T network... I'm on T-Mobile (excellent imo), and thought for sure it was bogus/scam the first time.... so I didn't answer :D.

The "name" being display ....

ALL YER DATA ARE BELONG TO US!

Es no bueno ... muy mal :(

Are you worried that if you answer, they will steal your thoughts? Did you get the Covid shot? Perhaps it’s just the ‘borg’ doing ‘borg things’.

Resistance is futile…

You can admit it we understand ............... you had an anal probing didn't you :D

I get calls on a regular basis from little towns in Oklahoma I have never heard of. I am sure I don't know anyone in Slap-out, Nowata or Hominy. If they don't leave a message, I just delete them. I sure don't bother to answer.

On occasion I am waiting for a call back from a doctors office and they have lots of phone lines that don't match to the main line. So I displays as just a area code 405, so I answer it. If it isn't the doctors office it is an annoying "do you want to sell your house" call. Yea, 5 million will get me to sell it, but that is grossly overpriced. Like selling my 85 911, 1 million bucks takes it. The El Camino is just 500K. Not for sale prices.

caller id is well known to be spoofable

THAT is one of the many things the FCC needs to require the telecoms to fix. Every phone call should have a real caller ID. No more spoofing allowed. I have received a call from myself! And of course it was about my car warranty about to expire on my 1980s cars!

If you "shared" the contact in messages sometimes it will assign the name to an incoming call.

I asked my realtor for a handyman recommendation and when the guy called me his name popped up on the call even though I had never spoken to him.

This is my mom's cell (now), and it's now displaying my dad's REAL name ... with his middle initial. He's never been associated with the cell phone but was years ago on the ported land line number ... data has been mined from ancient ???. I need to investigate it... and make it cease... if I can.

It sux :(!

I'm not connected to their number now either... it has been on my cell account in the past tho'.

They know everything of course..

May I suggest when shopping for Reynolds Wrap you also pick up 2 tin cans and some string? Better safe than sorry! :D

I can stop calling your mom.

Problem solved.

:)

That's not a problem.

Please continue to answer calls from dad tho' .... it's really mom calling :D

I’ll text some numbers and I’ll automatically populate their first and last name.

Have you got some old IT buddy that's trying to mess with you?

I can't see anyone nefarious setting their spoofed caller ID to "all yer data are belong to us". I can only see that in two cases: 1) some IT guy did it to mess with you 2) some IT guy is pranking a buddy to screw with them.

I'm just paranoid that it will happen to my number... if KC911 isn't in yer contact list ... I just don't want "Jerry Seinfield" to suddenly appear :D

Naw... that was bogus ;)

I digressed...

It was dad's real name that was showing... sorry.

One old IT BMW guy could have though ;)

IPhones can identify incoming calls by checking the caller's number against lists from Apple Business Connect, your carrier, or third-party call identification apps.
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You can access these features by going to Settings > Apps > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification.

Mom's Iphone is making the call ... where/why is dad's name showing up on my phone (and I assume others too) now?

That IS the problem/issue ... menolikey.

Sometimes cell providers add CID service or periodically download the database or maybe something in the phone OS was updated that is causing the phone to guess better/differently.

I just don't know where "they" connected dad's name to this cell phone number and how? Data mining old land line records from decades ago... nah... but who knows? I do nose it stinks :(

I will use the Heavy Duty Reynolds Wrap too :D

My cell phone will be located at the local Tesla dealer next to beautimous cybertrucks several times each week now.

Does that now matter :D?

It's next to Lowes .... I just giggle :)