Lately been getting these sort of calls in groups or 3 or 4 numbers...all calling and ringing the phone a couple of times...a pause, then same again from another number...all in less than a single minute.
just got a call from this number. Guy with a foreign accent mispronounced my name then hung up. I have an easy name so I figured it was a scam and now I see from the reports here that yes, it is a scam of some kind.
Too bad there's no category here for "scam" since that's what this likely was.
Am really fed up receiving these calls. Th cey come at all hours and wake us up through the night which isn't a pleasant experience. Why isn't BT sorting this for their customers? It amounts to criminal harrassment
person claiming to be "John Smith" asked me for my name, then hung up. Number was spoofed. Return call ended up being a fax line. Called me back again asking me if i was "my name" and I answered Yes, this is... who is this? hung up again. Note to self, of they don't sound like American John Smith, they Nigerian scammers...