Odd Phone Number

Dennis99

Hi all, I don't normally frequent this forum but I have been getting a weird number coming up a few times on my home phone. The calls are silent and the number is 00000920251. I am loath to call it back not knowing what it is. Any ideas?

sicker

Dennis99, you are safe to try it, there is no such number so you will get a number unrecognised message.

John

scape

I also had a call from this number asking to speak to someone else in the household.
I asked who was calling and what it was regarding. They said something along the lines of "its about something we have recently sent [person] in the post". They also said they had some relation to [person]'s bank.

They asked when it would be best to speak to [person], so I said 'in the evening' without thinking much of it. Then something strange happend. They called back immediately asking to speak to [person] again! I asked to take a message (indicating I wasn't [person]), however they hung up.

I 1471ed and the 00000920251 number was reeled back to me.

I suspect this may be a phone phishing attempt. I will notify [person]!

EDIT: FYI caller was female, english speaking (not foreign) and most definately in a call centre.

sicker

Strange !!!!!!! When I dial 000 from my BT phone I get a message saying ' the number you are dialling has not been recognised'

innocentmonda

These kind of numbers come from internet calling

BexTech

Dennis99 wrote: »

Hi all, I don't normally frequent this forum but I have been getting a weird number coming up a few times on my home phone. The calls are silent and the number is 00000920251. I am loath to call it back not knowing what it is. Any ideas?

Why would anyone call any number back that they don't know?

I only call back numbers I recognize.

It's probable the number was spoofed to get around people having anonymous caller reject, could be corrupt CLID or could have been using VoIP with no regular CLID set but maybe a number they set up as an exstention number or other such number.

My one VoIP account sends out similar numbers as CLID, others I can program with my our genuine numbers, previously I could spoof any number, used to phone friends using their own number as ID or someone else they knew or the number for a take-away etc etc.

I'd just forget about it. Remember Caller Display is only a guide and not to be relied upon.