He spoofed the HR director’s work phone number, then the number of that guy’s boss, before moving up to a vice president, and finally, the CEO. Says he had no choice. He also says "this thing that I did is bad and should be outlawed."
This thing that he did is perfectly legal, you may know already, although efforts have been under way to have that rectified. Background: The major telecom equipment maker whose employ A.G. Bell had recently left owed him thousands in unpaid commissions, he says, yet the HR department stopped returning his calls, instead "hiding behind voicemail." Spoofing the HR director’s number got his underlings to pick up the phone, at least until they wised to that ploy, at which point Bell - a fictitious name I’m affording him to protect his current job at another telecom vendor - started spoofing numbers right on up to the top of the org chart (not to mention a White House number - seriously). Confessions of a Caller-ID spoofer | NetworkWorld.com Community
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