We have received calls from this number many times.
I too pick up because it says State of Ohio.
They just hang up each time. What's the point?
I won't be answering this one any more!
Some southern-accented jerk just called from this number, identified himself as "Member of the Police Athletic League" burped into the phone then asked for my deceased father. When I persisted on asking whom he is, he said that he already told me whom he was and asked if my father was there or not. I told him to take us off his list and never call again - he replied that he'll call whenever he wants to and hung up. I called the number back and got a recording that the voice mail box was full.
Received a call today from 440-235-4708. A Black gentleman asked for "Miss Emily". I responded that there is no one here by that name. He said he would call back at a better time.
the jerks just called me again!!!! I too am so sick of these calls. I hang up or don't answer the calls. But many time they pull me out of the shower or out of my bed at the late hours of the night. I've even had them call me before 8:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning. God, I was so mad!!!! Today the caller ID said State of OH.
The caller very enthusiastically asked if I was Mister Landis. I don't think I've ever been mistaken for a man on the phone before? When he found out I was somebody entirely different, he launched into a spiel. I said if he was trying to solicit a contribution, I do not contribute to appeals over the phone. He said, "Oh, we only operate by mail." (Huh? He had just called me on the phone.)
He would not shut up. He would not let me sign off. He said he was going to "educate me." I was a bit frightened. I would not have answered, except that the caller ID said "The State of Ohio." But he said he was from the Police Athletic League. I find this very intimidating. When the police call you, you automatically wonder if you have a forgotten parking ticket, or if a loved one has been injured in an accident.
But was he a policeman? I wonder.
I used to give to a phone soliciting organization in Warren, Ohio, which claimed to benefit police, but they always sent somebody around to collect cash, and often tried to cajole me into giving more than the $15 I thought I could afford. Later somebody told me they were in fact connected to the police, but they were a recreational motorcycle club.
It was very hard to get rid of this guy.
It's not true, incidentally that repeatedly pressing 2 on your keypad will disconnect these calls and ensure that they won't call you again -- I tried it.