I didn't pick up and no message left. A Google search returned no company or person name associated with the number. My phone call log showed that the number attempted to dial in 3x at exactly 9:25 AM EDT. The interesting thing each time the call came in with a different caller ID. The phone log showed the number 850-373-4125 and 1) Bonifay, FL, 2) simply the number repeated with no dash marks 8503734125, and 3) Bonifay, FL again on the 3rd attempt...again these all came through at 9:25 as if it was an attempt to bypass or overwhelm a call blocker. This makes me suspicious and assume its a scam call...beware!
Phone rang. Picked up and they asked for someone named Brent. I have had phone calls in the past for someone with this name. I go to tell them that there is no Brent here. Then someone else jumped on the line and said "I have the right phone number, wrong name. " And then they go on a spiel about the Florida Sheriff's Department. Before he could get any farther than that, I told he was full of sh** and hung up on him. Hopefully they got the hint.
Receive another call this morning. They keep calling over and over again. I'm on the Do not call list. Please please stop calling. I don't have any money. I'm retired.
We have been getting calls since the beginning of 2016 with the average of 11 to 23 calls a day. When we started answering the "Criminal Justice Department" our calls have actually dropped to an average of 2 to 3 a week. Another thing we did was to record on a tape machine this message " You have reached the Lincoln County Criminal Justice Department. For Inmate Booking press 1. For arrest warrants press 2, For prisoner arrest records press 3. For Bail Bonds press 4. For all other calls please remain on the line and the next Law Office will take your call". We use the tape recording if it's a robo call and we think a person will come on. When they do we turn on the recorder.
In all honesty I know we can't stop these Vultures but these techniques have truly help us. In fact this past week and half we only had 1 scam call so far with the tape recording.