How to Use caller ID in a Sentence

caller ID

noun
  • Do not trust the name and number that shows up on you caller ID or in a text.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
  • Nothing says a caller ID feature is on deck for later this year.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
  • The calls come in from an unknown caller ID (though even cell phone numbers are easy to spoof these days).
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • Police later traced him through the phone number on the caller ID.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Mustafa noted whoever was on the other side of the phone had no caller ID.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Did the caller ID indicate the call was from a health department?
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Since caller ID spoofing is so easy to do, don’t take the number that appears on your phone at face value.
    — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The caller ID displays your bank's real number, which builds instant trust.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The number seen on caller ID may not be accurate and could be spoofed by the caller, the sheriff said.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Even caller ID can't always be trusted, as spoofing has become an issue with these scams.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Fraudsters use caller ID spoofing to make their fake calls seem legitimate.
    — PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Many people hand over money because the message sounds urgent or the caller ID looks real.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • That's usually a sign of caller ID spoofing and number cycling.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Never rely solely on caller ID, email headers or video presence.
    — Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the familiar ringtone sounded.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • The number appearing in your caller ID is likely not their real number, so blocking it won’t do any good.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2022
  • If caller ID is able to identify spam, why doesn’t Verizon, my carrier, shut the call down?
    — WSJ, 26 May 2021
  • If passed, Missouri would become one of the first states to grant private citizens the right to sue over caller ID spoofing.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Eventually, even the wealthiest, most able and eager donor tires of seeing the same number pop on their caller ID.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Scammers can use tactics such as caller ID spoofing and ringless voicemail to reach you without making the call feel normal.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Bardacke didn’t know that con artists can use a technique called spoofing to falsify caller ID information.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Actually, the story starts a little earlier with a phone call that her caller ID shows is from Amazon.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The more calls that have verified caller ID information, the more effective the analysis will be.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • Scammers use spoofing technology to fake caller IDs, making the call look official.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
  • As the frequency of polling intensified and caller ID caught on, Americans ceased picking up the phone.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The caller ID listed the number as unknown but labeled it as coming from San Francisco.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
  • As part of the investigation, Clendenen started with a phone number that showed up on police caller ID.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Remember, crooks can spoof caller IDs and plant bogus customer service information online.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
  • In other words, each carrier validates the call with the ultimate goal of being able to guarantee that the name on your caller ID is genuine and not spoofing.
    — Chris Nicoli, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • As her name appears on screen indicating an incoming call, the caller ID image that shows up in the background is of an infamous conflict that was caught on camera.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024

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