Spoofing calls has literally nothing to do with swatting. The cops do not care w...

muststopmyths · on July 19, 2022

You’re kidding right? I can’t call the cops from my phone and say I’m XYZ and have killed my girlfriend and am going to kill more people. Literally TFA

“ The police quickly traced the 415 number and determined that it belonged to Chris Eberle, a midlevel Netflix executive. When calls to the number went unanswered, the police descended in force. ”

prvit · on July 19, 2022

I’m not kidding. You’re putting way too much faith in the article, most swatting calls are not spoofed.

> I can’t call the cops from my phone and say I’m XYZ and have killed my girlfriend and am going to kill more people

You totally can. You think the cops won’t show up with force if they get a call from a voip number or prepaid sim? They will.

I’d argue that spoofing the victims number is in fact more likely to result in an unsuccessful swat, as the cops might end up calling you back and reaching the target.

Fuck, kids have been swatting each other using TTS relays since at least the early 2000s.