Caller was probably from an offshore call center, said he wanted to send me a free white paper from HP on some type of data storage system. I'm not in IT, and the company is small, so I asked him to remove my name from his list. He hung up on me. I get at least two of these calls a week even after asking to be removed. If anybody from HP is listening -- this doesn't boost your image in my mind!
Individual called repeated asking for corporate CFO information. Area code did not match with location where he said he was calling from. Idenfitied himself as with the IRS but did not provide any data that could be verified.
Called saying my CEO gave out my name and wanted me to read white paper caller wanted to send me. Caller gave me website of focus.com (?). Name of CEO is a fake name we used for web registrations and stuff like this. It was a straight scrape of whois to drum up sales leads. Or, a really lame voice phish. Either way, I hung up. Suggest you do so also
Called saying he was working for (gave name) employee and that he needed to speak with an other employee (gave name) in which I replied the overseas status of that person, The caller went on trying to get a host of names (employees) verified by asking me to transfer them. He would not give me his name, he finally told me he worked for Microsoft and that the (first) employee he asked for was not available to answer him so he needed others and demanded I transfer. Unfortunately, I researched his number based on the amount of agravation he was rising to and found the above information at this site. Be aware he keeps the volume on his end on the lower ranges so it is more difficult to hear.
In speaking with the original employee requested - he supports that this caller is strictly phishing for information. 408-459-2892 is his number. Nasty person this guy is.
call came in from 408-459-2892 on Wed 5/18/2011 @ 9:56 am ET. LED display showed call as "INTL" (international) but this website shows it as from Calif. I think calls are being rerouted to/from offshore calling centers. An organized social engineering attempt?