That may be, but he knows your number works so he still can make a bit of money. Does that number look like it'd be one to answer? Check out that fourth digit. Bet on an overseas caller from numbers that look like this, i.e., calls to avoid in all ways.
Received a call from this number and guessing it was a fake call I answered "Pronto chi parla?" which means Hello who's speaking? in Italian, so they hung up.