A person named "Earl" called and claimed he was from CBV Collection Services. He left a message on my answering machine asking for my grandmother. He stated his full name, his company, my grandmother's name and quoted a file number. He asked for her to call him back but didn't say what was the reason of the call. The caller ID came back with the number used and simply stated the Canadian province they were calling from.
I called the person back within hours on behalf of my grandmother but received an answering machine. I quoted the file number in the message I left. Even with repeated calls to check for a live human being, I have not been able to reach him. It has been over 24 hours and no call returned.
We have few monthly bills we deal with and we are not behind on any of them. I considered this call suspicious. I called the main number for CBV Collection Services Ltd. and their receptionist confirmed that name was one of their employees. I asked them to forward me to his department but again I was met with the answering machine.
I have reported this incident to Phonebusters:
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