Man Calls... Says My Name... And Immediately Hangs Up...
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Had a call on my mobile recently... A man with a semi-posh, English-sounding, middle-class voice says "Hello there, [my correct name]"... to which I cautiously say "who is calling"... and within <1 second, he immediately hangs up...
He did not call back (and I did not call back)...
His (Luton-based) number was not blocked.
Upon searching for the guy's phone number in Google, this comes up right at the top of the search. There seem to be several people reporting exactly the same scenario of "call... name... respond... hang up".
Obviously looks very fishy.
The Web says it is some kind of pension scam. But the word "pension" was never mentioned. The call lasted less than 5 seconds in total.
Have my own thoughts, of course. But what say the PH collective?
Anyone else seen anything similar? And what happened afterwards (if anything)?
http://who-called.co.uk/Number/01582806542
He did not call back (and I did not call back)...
His (Luton-based) number was not blocked.
Upon searching for the guy's phone number in Google, this comes up right at the top of the search. There seem to be several people reporting exactly the same scenario of "call... name... respond... hang up".
Obviously looks very fishy.
The Web says it is some kind of pension scam. But the word "pension" was never mentioned. The call lasted less than 5 seconds in total.
Have my own thoughts, of course. But what say the PH collective?
Anyone else seen anything similar? And what happened afterwards (if anything)?
http://who-called.co.uk/Number/01582806542
Pica-Pica said:
I never answer a mobile call that is not in my directory/contact list, the same too on my landline. They can leave a message. I may answer if it is withheld and if I am expecting a call from a GP or hospital. If I am caught out, I give them both barrels. One thing is definite, never dial them back.
Yeah, I normally do exactly the same thing. But they caught me in a rush between powerful-PH-Director-like meetings, where the mind was elsewhere, and just picked up on autopilot.justinio said:
He was just confirming it's a genuine number and that its you. That's his job done.
After that it will probably get passed on to the cold callers, who will try and sell you something.
Surprising really, as most of them seem to have been replaced by automated robot callers these days.
Yeah, he may be fishing for numbers and names. But I neither confirmed nor denied anything, so it is hard to see what value he gets from it (other than "appearing" to be doing his job of confirming random numbers with a human at the end of the line).After that it will probably get passed on to the cold callers, who will try and sell you something.
Surprising really, as most of them seem to have been replaced by automated robot callers these days.
Agreed, the lack of robo-calling is fishy / surprising.
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