These morons are losers and, obviously some type of crooks. They did the same thing they did for all of you, call and hang up with no message.
I called them back (blocking my number). And, though they had just called me within an hour ahead of that, their number was supposedly already disconnected. I got a Verizon Wireless recording that said the number had been disconnected.
This type of disconnect message had legitimately happened to me in the past when the FCC had taken down a crook who was calling with some automated system claiming to be a bank I used (no, I didn't bank there) and asking me to confirm my SS#, credit card #, etc. to keep my account from being closed. Idiots! This type of thing happened to me randomly two or three times within a few months. Each time they did this on a Friday evening when the credit union (which was an actual credit union) was closed for the weekend. When I called the credit union to warn them, their answering service said they wouldn't be open again till Monday morning. What a cruddy scam. They had the whole weekend to get patsies. If they got even one or two stupid people to comply with their thievery, they would have bilked those morons pretty good (probably cleaning out their accounts over the weekend with time to spare). The FCC somehow was quick to shut them down on at least one occasion; but the other times, who knows.
I want to add that I doubt the veracity of this Verizon Wireless message (the other time it was an FCC official message). As many of you know, it's possible to sign up for some internet service that gives a fake message when people call you so that they will think the number is no longer valid.
Bottom line, we're all smart for knowing these people are frauds. Congrats!
Glad I looked this up and saw your comments....was afraid it might be someone I knew but now I know I did the right thing in not answering...it was on my cell. Thanks everyone!!
I live just outside of Detroit. Why some idiot from Washington state is trying to contact me at ridiculous hours is a mystery. Useless call backs result in busy signals. This constitutes some type of fraud or harassment...at my wits end. Any help out there, short of changing my number?