I've been getting calls from this number from a woman with an Indian accent, asking to speak with "the owner of the business." On subsequent calls she's also occasionally asks for me by name "May I speak with Steven G----." She purports to be offering some cash business financing. She's mentioned the name of the company but I can't remember. It's a name that suggests they provide capital in the form of loans to businesses.
I always have her hold on ("Let me see if he's available, can you please hold? He's on the other line but I think he's about to get off."), put my phone on mute, and let it sit there until she hangs up a couple minutes later. I've done it to her five of six times, and she keeps calling back like a clingy ex-girlfriend. She'll eventually get the hint.
Word of advice: Never hang up on telemarketers. When you cut it short and hang up, you are doing them a favor. Instead, take up as much of their time as you can without taking up too much of yours. Telemarketers rely on non-interested people hanging up on them or cutting it short so they can move on to the next call. Their conversion rate is way too low to spend any more than 20 seconds with people who are not going to convert. So if everyone would just keep on the line for at least a minute or two, the bottom would fall out of their business model.
This number has been calling me once a day for a couple of weeks now. Never leaves a message. If I pick up, I get silence. Today is a record, though, as they called me FIVE (5) times so far! Any attempt to call back produces a busy signal.
I am completely baffled. I have no outstanding debts, so if it's a debt collector, they're calling the wrong person. If it's a telemarketer, I would think they'd want to actually say something when I pick up. There has to be some way of reporting these people, whoever they are.
This number has called my office, literally, every 15 minutes asking to speak to my boss who is in a meeting right now. As soon as I say, "I'm sorry...." (I'm sorry he's unavailable at the moment may I take a message) they hang up and call back exactly 15 minutes later. They do not even allow me to finish my sentence before disconnecting. RUDE!
I am having the exact same thing happen to me! I have even tryed texting the number to get them to stop. I think, because I've had quite a few days to think on this, it must be some kind of agency that's getting paid to make calls and they just say they aren't getting though but still get paid for placing the call. You can make a lot more calls if you never stop to talk to anyone. At least that's all I can come up with because some times I do hear a man's voice before it hangs up. Thank you so much for posting this!!! I know I'm not alone.