Illegal phone number spoofing is a type of scam call that fraudulently presents telephone number information displayed in a recipient’s caller ID. Scammers may try to make their call appear to originate in your local area code, increasing the likelihood that you will answer, or they may attempt to make the call appear to originate from a trusted source or government entity to trick you into giving out sensitive information. Again it is important to note that there are legitimate and valued spoofing use cases such as a food delivery service that presents a proxy telephone number to protect the privacy of their drivers.