This is happening to me as well while I am at my desk at work. Within a 30 minute time span, I received 10 calls, from 10 different numbers, and it would always beep twice then hang up. The 11th time, it was one of the numbers that had called previously and there was a woman with a heavy accent on the line. Asked for someone who does not work here. I told her that they had called 11 times within 30 minutes and that they should stop calling my number immediately. Very strange and very annoying!
There is a huge surge of scam calls coming from India, using a barrage of disposable US numbers. They name a person by name that is either entirely made up, partially made up, or is correct. They say they are calling on behalf of [another person's name] or on behalf of an organization whose name is known in the US. They could be just list-building. Or they could be ID thieves. At any rate, they're not legit, their phone numbers don't lead to any credible businesses, and blocking their numbers seems to do not much good, because they try again day after day with different phone numbers.
A tell-tale sign of this scam: when you ask what it's regarding, they flatly refuse the reason for the call but instead keep insisting to talk to the recipient.
A little further research: The same scam calls come from several exchanges throughout the US, but here are the phone numbers they seem to be using for Bowling Green, Virginia:
804-596-1073
804-596-1074
804-596-1075
804-596-1076
Strangely enough, the numbers ending 1072 and 1077 seem to involve the same sounding people (East Indian accents), but THOSE scams are about selling medical devices. I haven't gone further back or forward in my research, beyond that.
Within the past 30 minutes, I have gotten a total of 9 strange calls from all over the US on my work line. And they are calling again as I type this. This was one of the numbers that called... I pick the line up, it beeps twice, and then hangs up. Very annoying. They just called again and they actually spoke with me this time, asking for someone who does not work here. I informed the heavily accented lady that they have called 11 times in the last 30 minutes, that I would not be giving them ANY information and to stop calling immediately.
This is happening to me as well while I am at my desk at work. Within a 30 minute time span, I received 10 calls, from 10 different numbers, and it would always beep twice then hang up. The 11th time, it was one of the numbers that had called previously and there was a woman with a heavy accent on the line. Asked for someone who does not work here. I told her that they had called 11 times within 30 minutes and that they should stop calling my number immediately. Very strange and very annoying!