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OK, So this just happened (Original Post) Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 OP
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. Shermann Feb 2023 #1
My one chance to talk to Rod Serling! n/t Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 #6
I've been getting calls w international numbers (not associated w anything per google: Mexico, Italy hlthe2b Feb 2023 #2
When you answer the call, it tells the people that are making it a couple of things Chainfire Feb 2023 #5
I NEVER answer and didn't then either. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #7
I think there is a scam connected to that too Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 #9
Uh oh whathehell Feb 2023 #3
Funny thing is, I need to do that one of these days n/t Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #4
Ba da bing!!!! n/t Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 #11
At least True Dough Feb 2023 #8
I remember watching that with my mom Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 #12
Not necessarily MyMission Feb 2023 #13
It was Rod. lambchopp59 Feb 2023 #14
To paraphrase a line from NCIS: Does your plan include the afterlife? Wounded Bear Feb 2023 #15
I had an acquaintance Conjuay Feb 2023 #16
Could have been worse. LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #17

hlthe2b

(102,421 posts)
2. I've been getting calls w international numbers (not associated w anything per google: Mexico, Italy
Sat Feb 4, 2023, 04:25 PM
Feb 2023

and RUSSIA! Russia?

No messages left, so who knows. May be just a screwed up proxy phone number generator.

Chainfire

(17,663 posts)
5. When you answer the call, it tells the people that are making it a couple of things
Sat Feb 4, 2023, 04:30 PM
Feb 2023

that makes it valuable enough to sell. The number is in service and the owner will answer unknown numbers. "Ya just sold your phone number to mass marketers. Expect the flood soon.

Response to Just_Vote_Dem (Original post)

MyMission

(1,851 posts)
13. Not necessarily
Sat Feb 4, 2023, 04:43 PM
Feb 2023

Telemarketing companies "steal" local numbers to induce folks to answer. It might be called ghosting numbers. So maybe it wasn't actually the local cemetery.

I've answered quite a few local unknown calls that end up being telemarketing or surveys. And I swear they once used my number to call me, as I saw the incoming call was coming from my phone! I'm listed as a contact for a committee, so I might get calls from unknown numbers, but I avoid answering them. If I do, I will get repeated calls from various local numbers throughout the day, because I answered.

Conjuay

(1,420 posts)
16. I had an acquaintance
Sat Feb 4, 2023, 06:04 PM
Feb 2023

whose Dad was a grounds keeper and lived on site.

I’m pretty sure he never had a sleep-over, but he had his own go cart track after the gates were closed.

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