Trade journal publications renewal...this number originates from a subscription renewal service that updates free subscriptions to industry-specific trade magazines and journals. In my case, these are engineering magazines such as Electronic Design News, Desktop Engineering, Oil and Gas Journal, and others that must be renewed yearly. This is a legitimate service, and they do not sell or solicit these subscriptions, but merely update their records for continuation of subscription deliveries. Apparently the dialing system malfunctions from time to time, resulting in "dead" calls, and hang-ups.
I received calls from this number SEVERAL times. I asked the person to please remove this number from their call list. After being very persistant with the third person to remove our number, I started getting "dead" calls. Now rather then getting 2-3 calls a day from a person, I receive about 10-15 "dead calls. I really wish I could located a person or compant to call and report this problem. Extremely annoying.