Received a call, the caller id said, "FED REFUND DEPT". Just before this call, I received a call from an "unknown caller", didn't answer either of them. They didn't leave a message.
I get calls from this number from time to time.....like just now. The caller id says Customer Service. They always hang up when it goes to voicemail. So if they're selling something.....I guess this is what would be called "Cold Calling" No sale here as I never answer a number I dont know.
I must be on some list sold to spammers/phishers/etc. Every day I am getting calls from weird area codes. I don't know anybody outside of my own little zone, so no one should be calling me and if they were legitimate, they could leave a voice message. I believe them to all be doing the same Caller ID spoofing game. Not legitimate businesses with intent to commit fraud, extortion or identity theft. My allowance of block-able numbers is full. I keep a log. Here are some of the bogus callers recently: (478) 599-0000, (471) 599-0000, (475) 593-0000. I get calls every day from this one: (845) 831-6882 claiming to be from Microsoft. Thick Indian accents. All of these number will not get answered. They just persist and continue to occur daily and it is a bit annoying, stupid and unwanted. Call ID spoofing is too easy and seems to be a trend to trick you into answering the call out of curiosity. Don't do it. Hang up.