I kept hanging up on these people because I googled the number. I finally answered because they called so many times. The caller asked for Mr. XXXX, who is in our Marketing Dpt. I asked what his call was about, he started rambling, and hung up. Didn't call back. Telemarketer or scammer for sure!
In the past few weeks, I have been getting calls daily on my direct line from people who are obviously calling from offshore (mostly Indian accents) through a US number. They never identify themselves...just ask for someone at our parent company. Most of the people they ask for no longer work there. I have told them that they are calling my direct line and not the company and to stop calling but all they do is ask for the main number of the company. I have stopped answering the phone when I see the number on caller ID...if I accidentally pick up, I just say wrong number and hang up. It is a huge waste of my time~
P.S. There are calls from other numbers that are exactly the same...foreign accents, asking for people who no longer work for the parent company, etc. It started about three weeks ago. We have caller ID so now I don't pick up any calls that I don't recognize and if the caller doesn't leave a voicemail when I don't answer, I check the number to see what other people have said about it.