Dial H for Hacking.
SpoofCard is com puter software that al lows users to disguise their phone numbers when making calls — and perps to easily hack into other peo ple’s voice-mail sys tems.
It works like this:
For a fee, Spoofcard will allow users to call another phone while selecting any number they want to pop up on the caller ID.
In enough voice- mail systems — partic ularly those involving cellphones — this en ables the hacker to call the number while dis guising his own as the one he’s calling. That makes it look as if he’s merely calling himself to retrieve messages.
Typically, no password is required to get the messages.
The rogue callers can then listen to the other person’s messages and even delete them.
Some people use the system for pranks, calling boyfriends or mothers under another number to fool them.
But SpoofCard, which is theoretically legal, and other widely avail able “spoof ing” serv ices also are used to anony mously ter rorize vic tims.
Recent SpoofCard- hacking victims have included Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.