The caller claimed to be calling about an employment survey I'd taken online. I had taken no such survey nor am I seeking new employment. Despite being told he had the wrong number, he attempted to give me another survey to "make certain I qualify" for the position. He never asked my name nor identified who he worked for.
I tested the first few questions to see if I could tell what they were fishing for. I got:
Are you at least 18 years of age?
Are you a citizen or legal resident of the United States?
Are you or your spouse a member of the armed forces?
What is your date of birth? - At which point I told the man that since I had no idea who he was or who he represented, I was ending the call.
Odd pauses and the way he ignored direct questions make me think this was a voice recognition program rather than an actual person. Either that, or the person was only allowed to read from a script and needing a lot of time to find a relevant-ish line.
Received a call from this number- my number is on the DO NOT CALL list. My cell number is not listed anywhere- I only use it for business calls. I think they are just randomly calling numbers- 555-1212 555-1213. How can they afford to call? unlimited cells calls? service provider should track them down by noting excessive calls- wasting valuable resources. It costs us all in the long run since service providers increase rates for all to pay for these users.