A patron called the other day to say that they were receiving phone calls from the library, ext. 6712. Apparently, this is call spoofing. IT says:
This is call spoofing, and scammers often choose a public phone number (such as ours). I get them all the time from people trying to “approve my $50k loan if you call back to confirm”.
Unfortunately, we have no control over this as a public entity.
The person can contact their phone company or block the number in a variety of ways. It’s probably a good idea to register their home number on the government Do Not Call Registry to reduce these calls, but there’s always a way to get around it.