I've gotten the same calls. No one speaks when I do answer. I called back once and got an automated answer saying the call could be recorded for training purposes, then again no one spoke. No idea what it's for.
Same here and when a fax machine answers, the other party should hear the tone. Go figure. If it is a legit debt collector, why not send a letter or a certified letter ?
They don't leave messages or send letters because they prefer to get someone on the line so that they can scare the BeeJeeBees out of them, and make them think that they owe money and are going to go to jail before the sun sets.....If they left a message on the recorder then they would be tipping you off to what they want and they would loose the element of surprise. If they send you a letter, you would probably see that the alleged debt was bogus or out of SOL and you could send them a certified C&D and disputing their claim. Either way, they would lose. That's why they want you one the phone.....and even though they may be a collector, they are probably going to use unacceptable tactics to scare you into going to walmart or Walgreen for a prepaid card, to stay out of jail of course. And, on the other hand, I would bet my only clean pair of underwear that they are a scammer and going to try to skin whomever answers the phone first.....