Some wireless number from the 315 area code (I’m in 816). Noise in the background, sounded like some one’s house. The guy says he got the number from the internet, that he’s a combat medic, and is looking for a mercenary job. I guess maybe I should have played him along a bit - but told him I wasn’t in that line of work.
I Googled my number and didn’t see it listed anywhere that would lead me to call it if I were looking for a mercenary job . . .
Maybe he dialed the wrong number.
I would have asked him if he could guarantee “no disintegrations”.
I once worked at a call center dialing randomly generated phone numbers. A woman answered once and demanded to know how I got that number, because she was in the witness protection program. I will always regret not being swift-witted enough to say, “Hey, Guido, we found her!” and hang up.
Lately we’ve been getting calls where, when I answer, the other end of the line is a recording saying, “No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message.”
Yeah, no.
Yeah stupid telemarketers. They are using an extension to asterisk PABX software, that runs the dialler.
Yeah he may have misdialled, but probably he was reading some spoof /spam advert thing. He was meant to click “here” for supplies but instead he dialled up.
Despite supposedly being on the “do not call” list, I get an increasing number of calls from people and/or locations I have no connection to. They come up on the Caller ID, and if it’s something I don’t recognize, I just let it go. Only on rare occasions is a voice mail left.
This past week, in the course of three days, I got 21 calls from the same person/number combination…again, a name I don’t know from an area code I have no connection to. On a couple of occasions, these calls came 10 or 15 minutes apart.
Again, no voicemail was ever left. So I had no hesitation about blocking the number on my internet phone company’s website.
I was tempted, after the first 15 or so calls, to actually answer and ream the guy a new asshole. But in the end, I just let technology take care of it.
A couple of times, I got calls that showed up on CID as “Neighbor.” It almost got me to pick up, even tho none of our neighbors have our number - heck, we don’t really know any of our neighbors! But the area code was not one from our area, so I didn’t answer.
I googled the number and several sites had comments about it being a telemarketer - surprise! Honestly, I’d like to program our caller ID so that if the number isn’t in our personal directory, it comes up saying “Don’t bother answering!” That should be an app!!
We keep a landline solely for the convenience of our house/pet sitter; we both use cellphones. So the landline ringer is turned off. I never bothered registering the number with the DNC list. So, once a week or so we’ll let the messages play in the background while cooking or dishwashing. Kind of like periodically dumping a spam email folder.
Please forward my contact information to anyone else who wants to be a mercenary, I’m short a couple henchmen at the moment.
Thanks!
Sounds like those “let us in your Windows computer to ostensibly take care of hackers but really do some hacking ourselves” schmucks. Persistant buggers.
Fortunately, we got some new phones awhile back and can block numbers ourselves rather than getting the phone company involved.
My home phone exists because my cell has crappy service at home. I don’t answer it unless I’m expecting a call. I have one saved on my answering machine for posterity: his connection is clear, but his voice sounds very similar to Boomhauer, and I have no clue what he is saying.
My cell phone is area code 555*. I live in 999*. Therefore, if I get an unrecognized 999 call, I can assume it is someone who is purposely looking for me. If it is 555, I can assume that they are autodialing 555-111-1111… 555-111-1112… etc. and ignore it.
I got a TEXT yesterday telling me to call an insurance company I don’t use at a New Mexico number. The called number was something like 55512345@vtext.com, which isn’t a full number (vtext is Verizon’s messaging service). Yeah, no…
I’m not really a henchman, but, I do have some experience as a flunky, and did a stint as a hatchet man when I graduated. Can I send you a resume?