I called back with my cell phone on block and it says "your call cannot be completed as dialed, please check the number and try again." When I call back from my home phone, which they called, it just rings busy.
"What is going on with all of these weird numbers from Virginia calling all of a sudden? No messages and no one there when you pick up the line."
@Sally Mae - You ask a good question. Simply put, within the last month the professional scamming industry has moved operations to Virginia.
They hope that you will answer the phone or call back. That way, they capture your phone number and re-sell it to any number of other scammers around the globe. If you answer or call back, it means they have someone who is gullible enough that they may even be prey to a scam for any number of things - FREE CREDIT SCORE "let me just verify your social security number and checking acct PIN number one more time...."
Getting the picture now?
NEVER EVER ANSWER YOUR LANDLINE PHONE OR CELL PHONE IF YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER.
and another thing - here is my process that I follow anytime I get an unknown number.
1) I never answer
2) I check the number here on 800Notes.com
3) I use *67 Number Blocking and call the number back to double check that it's a scammer from the wonderful people at ScamCo. a) if it rings fast-busy, it's a scammer b) if it picks up with a "BOINK" sound and you get a woman's voice "Hello! How are YOU today?".....I don't say anything, give 'em dead air...then the woman's recorded voice says "Are you still there"...then it hangs up on you....then it's a scammer.