Came up as Acquia and they immediately went into "It's that time of year to schedule your roof and chimney cleaning...." I cut him off and told him to put me on the do not call list and hung up.
Caller ID says "ACQUIA,INC". They leave no message.
I call back after hours (using *67 to block my number). I hear the following, "<tone> The number you've dialed is not in service. <silence>" The silence goes on for about 3 minutes and then it hangs up on me. If this was some phone company message, there would be no extended silence. I believe the statement plus the silence is their outgoing message.
I was curious who "Acquia" was. There is a computer company in Boston with that name. I googled them and called them. Of course, they hadn't called me. They provide IT solutions for medium to large businesses. They would not call me, someone outside of the IT field at home.
So the caller fakes a disconnected phone and has a spoofed caller ID. Smells like some kind of SCAM. I suspect this is the MS Windows scam. One time the scammers spoofed a DELL tech support number to appear more legitimate. Likely the same thing here.
I received a call from this telephone number. No message was left. Anonymous callback reached a Verizon Core intercept saying that the number was not in service. I know this is a Verizon Core intercept because when I call my late aunt's telephone number, I reach the exact same recording. Some telemarketer is spoofing a disconnected telephone number that was once owned by Acquia Inc.
Actually that is a Verizon (Ma Bell) recording. When I call my late aunt's telephone number, I reach then exact same recording. Her telephone service was with Verizon.
Came up as Acquia and they immediately went into "It's that time of year to schedule your roof and chimney cleaning...." I cut him off and told him to put me on the do not call list and hung up.