In article , PeterN
wrote:


They give me a number to call, which does not compare with any
legitimate Apple number. I have reported this phony number to Apple.

there's nothing apple or anyone else can realistically do. the calls
are almost certainly coming from outside the usa, and it's only going
to get worse.

So you are saying that the number they ask me to call cannot be traced?

realistically, no.

scammers use voip, so the best you could do with a traditional trace is
find where it connects to pots network.

you might be able to obtain an ip address (which could be spoofed),
which geolocates to somewhere on the other side of the planet.

what are you going to do now?

According to one of my friends, who was an engineer with the original
AT&T, and another friend who is retired from a TLOF agency, just about
any number can be traced, though some with more difficulty than other's.

he's living in the past.

today, with voip, it's a whole different game.

I also heard some horror stories about some who were naive enough to
either press the requested button, or call the number they ask you to call.

there are always horror stories. so what?