I pose a serious question.... Have any of you been getting weird phone calls as of...

[LakeSamish706]

lately? Like from an Unknown # Unknown name? I have been getting some in the last couple of weeks and it is getting a little alarming...

[katmondoo]

1. Happens all the time I just don't answer

[gateley]

2. I get them every once in a while - but it's been going on for a while, and it

hasn't escalated as of late.

Drives me nuts.

[LakeSamish706]

8. The one I got today was the weirdest to date... The guy asked..

if I was this name... Correct sir name but wrong first name... Wanted to verify the last 4 digits of my social insurance... He read the numbers to me and I think was expecting me to say no thats not right, they actually are ...... I did neither actually just said no and hung up...

[gateley]

18. Did he say who he was or who he was calling for?

[LakeSamish706]

3. Thanks for the responses... It was getting a little unsettling ... and..

was hoping that my info. wasn't getting out from this board... Thanks again.

[SaveElmer]

4. Yep...get them a couple times a day...nt

[Arkansas Granny]

5. I get these all the time, but I don't answer them. Experience has

shown me that they are most likely to be telemarketers.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

6. Did you renew your "no call" list status?

It recently expired, so if you were on it and didn't renew you could be getting more weird calls for that reason

[Dr.Phool]

13. I read last week that it's not expiring.

In fact, they're extending it.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

17. The program isn't expiring, but individual entries are

It lasts a certain number of years. If you were among the first to sign-up then your initial sign-up expired a few months ago, and you have to re-up.

(Unless something has changed very recently. I expired and had to re-up.)

[eleny]

7. It's usually polls or political orgs asking for donations

And also charities looking for donations of money or household goods pickups in our area.

[rox63]

9. Caller ID is your friend

If it says unknown, I don't answer it. Same with 800 numbers.

[LakeSamish706]

11. I do have caller ID but it was an Unknown # and Unknown name.. n/t

[Bitwit1234]

10. Usually if you get Unknown name and Unknown number

it is someone asking for a donation. Usually political or the Fireman or Police...Anybody else usually has at least a phone number or the name listed. One or the other. I don't answer.

[soothsayer]

12. My cellphone gets messages left by people speaking arabic!

Gawd, I have no idea what they're saying after 'salaam alaikum' (I don't answer numbers I don't recognize)

[Dr.Phool]

15. I've been getting chinese (?) calls the last few weeks.

Wierd

[soothsayer]

20. is the world running out of phone numbers? sometimes my arabs are men,

sometimes women.

[cuke]

14. I blame Hillary and the DLC

I'm sure they were in on this

[dionysus]

16. telemarker and political robocalls show up like that on my cell phone...

[daa]

19. Yes, phone is ringing "out of area" right now nt

[Chovexani]

21. There is a site you can go on to check that stuff out

http://800notes.com

[Debi]

22. Yes, and the person on the other line asks me

1) do you plan on attending the Iowa Caucuses in 2008

2) have you decided who you will support in the Iowa Caucuses in 2008?

3) do you have a second choice for the Iowa Caucuses in 2008?

Then they thank me and tell me to have a nice night.