The Neighbour Spoofing Scam is a tactic phone fraudsters use to mimic (also known as spoofing) the first six digits of a user’s phone number — the area code and the following three digits — to trick consumers into picking up the phone thinking it’s a neighbor or nearby business calling.

Over the last few weeks (end of Oct. 22) we have logged and recorded dozens of these type calls made to our ghost numbers. 

Here are some examples:

• 905-335-7207 calling our number 905-335-xxxx
• 519-704-4642 calling our number 519-704-xxxx
• 905-605-6508 calling our number 905-605-xxxx

And dozens more just like these examples.