I too have been getting these calls for weeks every morning around 8am. They don't leave a message and I have never tried calling back. This is on my landline. But... the name on caller ID is Wm Malone not octothorpe.
hey just to let you all know its people calling from skype (internet telephone) because son was fooling around with it and thats the number that came up when he called my home.
I get a call from this number too only it says it is from Octothorpe. When I google it there is nothing for it. When I did pick it up the other day noone answered.
ID: 202-540-5120. Dec 7th 2009
Call came in at 10:08 am. I did not answer it as its a number I do not recognize. While phone was ringing , it said , answering on it also. Whats the deal? I am also an unlisted phone number.!! Identity theft? I am confused on this matter ...Is there a way this can be traced and whoever is doing this arrested?? Should one change their phone numbers? Any help would be greatly appreciated on this matter ...Thank you.
A man with the thick accent first called me from an odd number of 303339747 and informed me I owed for a loan someone else took out (because they used my address) and I had to pay it or go to jail. He claimed he was officer jack austin the second time I spoke to him, but hung up repeatedly when I tried to get more info from him. Total scam. Also calls from 904 239 4981 and 216 920 0510. Originally he said he was Officer Jeffrey Boyle or Boyd.I did a search engine over the name 'Jack Austin' and the numbers listed. Amazing how far back the complaints go. Please report him to the FBI and the Attorney General in your state, Georgia and Florida. He really needs to be stopped before he cons money out of more people!