DO NOT ANSWER PHONE....DO NOT CALL BACK....THEY DON'T CARE..
THEY ARE FISHING FOR VIABLE PHONE NUMBERS AND WHEN YOU ANSWER THAT JUST VERIFIES YOU OWN THE PHONE......DON'T PRESS "1". Either . That lets them get more info....they then sell your number to other companies and you wind up getting more calls. It's annoying for sure but just let it ring, after awhile calls will decrease....I only get maybe 3 a week. Now...just steel yourself, don't answer, check your caller ID. Most of the time they are robocalls....why do you think most don't speak.....they just want viable numbers which you give them when you answer or call back.
I usually don't answer numbers I don't recognize; but I'm teleworking and happened to call SF area code 415 just a few minutes ago, so thought maybe the IT called me back for something else so I picked up; he said he wants to talk to my husband, but knew my husband's name (???)... when I asked what is this for he said from St. Jude...and he got curious because I answered my phone using my company's name -- he asked again what is this business entity he reached --- I didn't tell him, and told him my husband is at work -- he said OK we'll chat again later (????!!!) and hung up... so I just tried and research this number -- good enough -- I'll never pick up that number again.
Keep receiving calls from this number, but they do not leave a message. We are now in May 2013, I've been receiving them periodically for the past 2 months. I sincerely miss the calls, but never a message left.
They called me at 7:45 this evening Mountain time saying they were with Catholic Charities and said they could get a 36x return on my $500.00 donation to help feed children all over the world. Yeah right.
They keep calling me and Keith's Flat in London. We are tryin' to get ready for our upcoming Nursing Home Tour of the States and they just called and startled Keith and he fell off his walker and broke his pick
finger. There goes the bloody tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rang at 1:50 CDET on Thurs. Said "Hello" twice. Dead silence on other end.
Checked out number via Google search. Found this site of fellow receivers.
Same feelings.