What a coincidence that when Time Warner Cable activated this line (which used to be mine 7 years ago and has NEVER been recycled meaning that it's not in any internet database as active) that within a few hours of having this number I received a call from these people as well as a charitable number 502-964-2411 within four minutes of each other. I find no coincidence in it at all. Confirmed with Time Warner Cable that this number is private and unlisted. This is bull. They sell our phone numbers.
In some cases that may be true.
However, it is no longer necessary for scammers to BUY numbers!
Here is one way the scammers can get your phone number.
Basically, they use a 'war dialer' that generates 10-digit numbers, then dials them.
Here is a short example, using a computer script only a few lines long. (Caveat: At least some of those numbers might be "real", but all were generated by a random number generator). Feed those numbers into a tone generator, and beep-beep-boop, the scammer might call YOU!
3236647536
5409124075
5194093835
5152220512
4030986032
2866464347
8307254345
8435601566
1809706786
3019652668
And so on ... and so on ... 'till somebody answers
Oh .... another use for that random number generator is to create phony numbers to send to your Caller ID, to mislead you about the source of the call, when the scammer calls you.