You’d probably need someone else to call on your behalf. If you have, how did it turn out?
Edit: There seems to be some confusion about what I’m asking. I’m not talking about fake references. I’m talking about calling your reference on the sly to see if they’re actually going to give you a positive review.
For example things don’t go well with your landlord and you suspect they’re going to depict you as bad tenant when you put them down as a reference while looking for a new place.
The same thing could be said for bosses and jobs.
I’d probably be willing to lie depending on how far out it was. Like if a job asked for your references for the past four years and they were there for three I’d probably fudge the numbers
Isn’t there official insuramce revords for those type of things? Do they just take the reference’s word? I mean how do you even know who you’re talking is who they say they are.