Received a call from this number telling me if I stayed at one of their selected resorts I would get a free expense paid cruise. They indicated they got my information from Hilton Grand Vacations but were not associated with them. I am a member of HGV and I called them with concern that they maybe selling members information. HGV assured me they do not sell members information and that they were going to conduct an investigation and that they take this situation very serious. HGV will send me an incident report on this investigation.
Just add this to the reject list on your phone. Just hang up on this number or don't bother answering it. These are auto-dial machine calls; they can dial hundreds of phone numbers in an hour and it doesn't cost them a penny. They are finding a number of someone who will pick up the phone. Once you pick up the phone, you've confirmed your number is "live" - expect more calls in the coming months. After that, it takes them a while - hence, that pause with no one answering - before the auto-dialer connects a live person i.e. scammer to talk to you. If all their scammers are busy scamming other people, you may not get a live person to talk to - but don't worry... they will be calling you back.
I wish the phone companies would crack down on these scams but they stand to profit from all the calls - especially calls to cell phones since they're billing you for the minutes your phone rang - even if you don't pick up. Say "bye" to your precious minutes.
And don't give me that "they provide jobs" argument - being in the mafia, robbing or killing people, scamming others etc also provide good paying jobs but they are illegal and unethical. Lots of people have honest paying jobs - why can't these tele-marketers/scammers? Stop annoying families who don't want to buy into your scams.