I picked up because I was curious. Caller was aware of a mag subscription I have, told me to disregard the imminent price increase and said I could lock in a lower price with her. I asked if she is with the mag, and when told No, I told her I would need to check her out. She hung up on me.
You should call your phone company & report the number & ask if they have had any other complaints on this. I just got a call from this but I picked up & pressed down on a bunch of numbers all at once. I've been told that this will knocked out a phone caller for a while due to the fact it confuses the system that called & knocks it out of rotation & drops your number down their list as an unanswerable number. I still have a home phone & only put it on the hook when I am ready to use it, otherwise I have a cell phone just for friends & relatives. If not a relative or friend & they say they will call you, tell them they won't be able to get in touch with you but if they will give you their number, you will call them at a said time. If they aren't willing to give you a number to where they can be reached, then they are crooks & scammers for sure. Don't let them get the upper hand...you stay in control.
I kept a scammer on the line for 25 minutes when I figured out that all he was trying to do was get my credit card number. He said he could get me a better interest rate on my credit card. The thing is that he couldn't tell me which credit card he was trying to get me a better internet rate on. All he kept saying is, "You know, your credit card"...I then said, Oh, okay...I'll go get my credit card & give you my credit card number because I don't have the number memorized...I then put the phone receiver down, went to the bathroom, went to my kitchen & got me a nice cold drink of iced tea as it was a hot summer day. I then decided to make myself a sandwich, then took all this back to where my phone was. I got back back on the phone & I told him I was sorry it took so long due to the fact I had sit my purse down somewhere & couldn't remember where it was as I apparently hadn't put it in my normal place when I came home earlier...this of course was a lie but he didn't know it...he said, "That's okay"...I need the number of your credit card so I can verify that you are the right person for this card. Not one time did he ever ask for my name either & never did...So I ask him if he had a piece of paper or a computer & if he was ready for my credit card number...he anxiously said yet...he was so far very patient...this is how they are because they think they are going to get to steal from you...I then said my credit card number is...0000-0000-0000-0000 & the 3 digit number on the back is 000...this guy cussed me out up & down & slammed his phone down. I had kept him on the phone for 25 minutes & probably this is something that usually doesn't take him more than 5 or 6 minutes...I figured I saved a few people from being ripped off that day by keeping him on the phone so long & wasting his time. I've never seen this number come up on my phone since. You should be able to block any number on your cell phone so they can't call you again. If they use a different number, just keep blocking them...