Criminal Conspirators using this number for some lethiferous purpose. I called the number back and discovered that not only
did it belong to Magic Jack, but that it wasn't assigned to anyone and is apparently being spoofed by someone/thing. A creature started talking to my answering machine during it's initial attempt to contact me, thinking it was me for a few moments, that sounded like either a slimy debt collector or sleazy salescreature. Either one, operating from a spoofed phone number are clearly criminals and anyone who gets a phone call from this number should be aware of their practice. (I am currently debt free so at this point, I am leaning towards the salescreature, however, I have gotten BS debt collector calls before so I can't rule them out.)
Criminal Conspirators using this number for some lethiferous purpose. I called the number back and discovered that not only
did it belong to Magic Jack, but that it wasn't assigned to anyone and is apparently being spoofed by someone/thing. A creature started talking to my answering machine during it's initial attempt to contact me, thinking it was me for a few moments, that sounded like either a slimy debt collector or sleazy salescreature. Either one, operating from a spoofed phone number are clearly criminals and anyone who gets a phone call from this number should be aware of their practice. (I am currently debt free so at this point, I am leaning towards the salescreature, however, I have gotten BS debt collector calls before so I can't rule them out.)
Thank you for the heads up. I agree with your assessment that this is probably a scammer. Another one you may want to watch for is Melwin at 888 341-8537. He claims to be with IRS and wants to help me avoid arrest for tax evasion/fraud. I did report that one to the police.
CID "Palo Alto CA". Answered and someone with a problem with the English language was saying something which I finally figured out was my name. I asked who was calling and it said, "Talk about bad manners, dude" and hung up. Spoofed number. These crooks must have a fairly sophisticated system since most of these calls come from area codes adjacent to mine so there is a chance that the call is for me. Now to block the number.
Shame on me. I didn't block the number. CID was just the number. Caller asked for me by name. Said he was with Paradise Construction. He asked how I was doing. I replied"Better than you. You're looking for work and I'm not. Now to really block the number.