So my phone just rang, and according to my caller ID, the phone number was 000-000-0000.  I didn't answer it cause there's no telling what or who it could have been.  After googling the number, all kinds of forums came up where others tell how they have gotten calls and text messages from this same number, and several cases have been telemarketers, wrong numbers, scam artists, or people text messaging swear words and death threats to your cellphone.  Some of these folks say they've gotten calls from that number more than once, some several times a day

I don't know what to make of this, but it's all very creepy.  I hope I don't get a call from this number again :o

Lots of times in the past, I've gotten similar types of strange calls, the major one being when I answer the phone, I hear a ringing, then someone answers, making it seem like I've just dialed someone long distance when I never did.  In those cases, the caller ID reads "unknown name / unknown number".  Nowadays, I never answer numbers I don't recognize; If it's an important call, they will leave a message on my answering machine

get out of the phone! the calls are coming from inside the phone!

I always screen my calls...I barely ever answer them.

We've had caller ID for almost 5 years now, so most of the time we know who's calling. If the display says "OUT OF AREA", or has a name/number we don't recognize, we don't pick it up. And whoever's calling can leave a message if they have the right number.

We don't have caller ID but I do screen my calls-I let Carlos answer the phone.  ;D

The cell phone does have caller ID so I usually know who is calling.


Cat

I don't have caller ID, but I sometimes use *69, I've never had that number come up, but I have had 123-456-7890. 

I think I've told this before, but eveyday at 2:09 my phone rings (it used to be at 1:09 until the time changed), no one is there and *69 doesn't work on the number.  Sometimes the recording says "The number is out of our calling range" and sometimes it will give the the number of the last call even if it's been hours ago.  The phone company has no idea why it's ringing everyday. 

it was The Mothman

it was The Mothman


If he calls back, I'll ask him to tell me about the Prophecies ;D

If he calls back, I'll ask him to tell me about the Prophecies ;D


are you holding chapstick? ;D

I don't have caller ID, but I sometimes use *69, I've never had that number come up, but I have had 123-456-7890. 

I think I've told this before, but eveyday at 2:09 my phone rings (it used to be at 1:09 until the time changed), no one is there and *69 doesn't work on the number.  Sometimes the recording says "The number is out of our calling range" and sometimes it will give the the number of the last call even if it's been hours ago.  The phone company has no idea why it's ringing everyday. 
I can explain this one! I had this happen to me for a while and it freaked me out so I called the phone company. It turned out to be a fax machine! Someone had accidentally typed in my phone number and it had dutifully been trying to deliver a message everyday. Quite a relief really, they contacted the company who owned the fax machine and the calls stopped.

We have called I.D so I never answer unless I recognise the number I let the answer machine screen the calls as call centres etc aren't allowed to leave messages.

A long time ago, the phone would always ring about a half hour after we went to bed. The person on the other end wouldn't say anything. It didn't matter what time we went to bed-early, late, the phone would always ring about a half hour later. One time we were watching t.v. and I suggested to my (ex) husband that we turn off the lights. We did and sure enough, about a half hour later the phone rang. It was pretty scary because it seemed like someone was watching the apartment. We changed our # and the phone calls stopped.




Cat

get out of the phone! the calls are coming from inside the phone!


That movie scared the crap out of me when I was young. :D

A long time ago, the phone would always ring about a half hour after we went to bed. The person on the other end wouldn't say anything. It didn't matter what time we went to bed-early, late, the phone would always ring about a half hour later. One time we were watching t.v. and I suggested to my (ex) husband that we turn off the lights. We did and sure enough, about a half hour later the phone rang. It was pretty scary because it seemed like someone was watching the apartment. We changed our # and the phone calls stopped.




Cat


oh wow...that is super freaky! :o

I got the call from the 000-000-0000 number again today at the same exact time that it called yesterday.  I was not home when it called, but the message on my machine was the long distance scam.  The phone rang, and a woman answered, said hello twice, then hung up. 

Since my machine answered it, I'll probably still see a long distance charge on my phone bill >:(

I don't have caller ID, but I sometimes use *69, I've never had that number come up, but I have had 123-456-7890. 

I think I've told this before, but eveyday at 2:09 my phone rings (it used to be at 1:09 until the time changed), no one is there and *69 doesn't work on the number.  Sometimes the recording says "The number is out of our calling range" and sometimes it will give the the number of the last call even if it's been hours ago.  The phone company has no idea why it's ringing everyday. 



I can explain this one! I had this happen to me for a while and it freaked me out so I called the phone company. It turned out to be a fax machine! Someone had accidentally typed in my phone number and it had dutifully been trying to deliver a message everyday. Quite a relief really, they contacted the company who owned the fax machine and the calls stopped.

We have called I.D so I never answer unless I recognise the number I let the answer machine screen the calls as call centres etc aren't allowed to leave messages.


I havent had it where the fax rang at the same time each day - but i did come home one day to find nearly 200 messages on my answering machine and it was a fax machine on redial. It drove me nuts because the only way to actually delete them was the play each one and hit delete at the end !

With Call Centres - most of them use dialler technology and it actually hangs up automatically if an answering machine answers - so if you are listening to your message while screening calls and you hear an immediate hang up - its most likely a dialler machine in a call centre.


A long time ago, the phone would always ring about a half hour after we went to bed. The person on the other end wouldn't say anything. It didn't matter what time we went to bed-early, late, the phone would always ring about a half hour later. One time we were watching t.v. and I suggested to my (ex) husband that we turn off the lights. We did and sure enough, about a half hour later the phone rang. It was pretty scary because it seemed like someone was watching the apartment. We changed our # and the phone calls stopped.
Cat


Far out Cat - that must have been really scarey.

I don't have caller ID, but I sometimes use *69, I've never had that number come up, but I have had 123-456-7890. 

I think I've told this before, but eveyday at 2:09 my phone rings (it used to be at 1:09 until the time changed), no one is there and *69 doesn't work on the number.  Sometimes the recording says "The number is out of our calling range" and sometimes it will give the the number of the last call even if it's been hours ago.  The phone company has no idea why it's ringing everyday. 

I've only used star 69 a couple times...and the first time I got an annoying recording that said my call couldn't be completed. ::) The second time, I forget what happened.