Evidently, this number (although they did not leave a message) belongs to COOKS ILLUSTRATED magazine. I used to have a subscription to this magazine but got tired of all the black and white pictures of food! I mean, what lame brain thought putting B&W photos and illustrations in a cookbook was appealing??! It is not! Cookbooks should be ALL COLOR PHOTOS PEOPLE! Anyway, I have never been contacted by them by phone; always by email or regular email. Since I stopped subscribing to them (had to research this first) this number 617-892-4521 is one of their telemarketing phone numbers! I did not authorize for them to call me about anything. What has to be done is to call their MAIN Custormer Service Number 1-800-526-8442 (not the number on your phone!!) and have them REMOVE me (my number) from their list. According to others, this is what needs to be done in order to stop the annoying calls that come in and no message is left. It's pretty sneaky of them to call and not leave a message until you actually answer the call. I am definitely going to call them to remove my number and to complain. This is what I would suggest for all of you getting calls from this number.
Like any law, it needs to be enforced, but it's a little difficult to enforce a law against someone who is not even in your country (as a lot of these scammers are), or against someone who's operating out of a sweatshop. We have speeding laws but everyone breaks those every day.
They have called four times this morning, and it's only 1:00!
Graven Austin & Drake, research firm. This is a new number they are calling me on, called back and asked to be on the DNC list again. We'll see, otherwise it's time to report them!
I just got a call from this number and it read Cook's Illus. Well, that magazine? subscription does exist per the Internet but this number is not related to it AND I have never subscribed to it.