I work for a major hospital as an admin in the IT department. I get tons of calls from companies like this. The person who called had a heavy accent and the connection was bad. She asked for someone who no longer worked there, then asked for three people in other departments, then tried to get me to connect her with our IT manager. When I asked her for HER information, she backpeddled and said she would call back later. I have learned to keep a running log of all calls. I just look at the caller ID and don't answer if the number is on my "persistant vendor / spam" log.
Guy just called from this number saying IT Brief. Asked for me by first name, then inquired about our IT manager. Told him we didn't have one so he asked for HR. I questioned him on what he needed (thinking it was odd to go from IT to HR) and he wanted to talk to them about video conferencing. I further questioned him as to why he would need HR to talk about video conferencing so I could direct him properly and he got huffy saying that it must be nice that I know what he needs. Explained again that I was trying to help him. He made a nasty comment and hung up.
Just received a call from this number... wanting our IT manager.. line was terribly broken and I could hear everything I said echoing.. girl on phone had very heavy accent.. said from IT Brief located in Beverly Hills California... when I asked for a call back number, she said she was so very sorry but her company rules would not allow her to give that out..... bawahwahaha!! She hung up on me.
I and my co-workers get calls from these people all of the time. They don't even know the name of our company changed almost 3 years ago. We used to transfer them to the front desk or give them the main number, but since they call repeatedly and can't manage to make notes in their system as to where to call or update the company name, we transfer them to a porn line instead. I might find them mildly credible as a professional organization if they at least knew who they were calling, but alas, they don't, so it's "bow chicka wow wow" for them.
I received three calls yesterday, December 10, 2013, from this number. I answered the first time even though I was busy, thinking I recognized the number, only to hear a guy address me by my name (well, yes, I answer the phone with my name) and asked if it was a good time for a "status update." I said no, I was on my way to a meeting, and hung up. I forget his name or company name, but, unlike other posters, it was a clear connection. He called back two more times. I didn't answer. Hoping I wasn't ignoring an important call, I looked the number up and found your posts. Yes, I work in IT as well.
I called back
Got msg saying, "please press 9 to be added to do not call list".
So either I won't get any more calls, or if they are totally unscrupulous, I basically just validated for them I am a good working number and they'll sell me down the river to every spam caller out there...We'll see.