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Such cases could be handled if there were a way to verify that a spoofed number is an authorized use. Your cellphone number belongs to you. Some bank's 800 number does not. What we need is a mechanism that prevents the scammers from lying while still permitting setups like yours.


I mean, that's what STIR/SHAKEN do.




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