a gal with an accent called asking for my boss. i told her he wasn't available. she said, well maybe you can help me. she was calling with Food Manufacturing Magazine looking to "confirm" his mailing information. i asked her to go ahead and please remove his name from their mailing list. i heard a "hmph" and then a click. she hung up on me. jerk.
Call comes up 'Cellular Call', not a business name. Woman with heavily accented English asks for my boss so he can confirm his subscription to 'Control Engineering Magazine'. I asked her to remove us from their list as our business has nothing to do with Control Engineering. She asked if 'I was authorized by my boss to remove him', that it was a free magazine, and that I only needed to confirm some information 'as his secretary' (not a secretary). Tried to immediately launch into questions. I interrupted her and told her if she wouldn't remove him she would have to speak to him directly and could leave a voicemail. She was insistent, I maintained she could leave a voicemail, she said she'd call back.
They've called back 3 times today and immediately hung up when I answered the phone.
Given that someone above said they were with 'Food Manufacturing Magazine' I would assume this is a scam to get information.