FromMyColdDeadHand
07-10-10, 20:55
My wife's aunt has been getting these weird calls. She has gotten 75 plus calls in the past day from all kinds of places-- from trade schools to Jenny Criag saying that they are calling in response to an inquiry that was made. She has made no inquiries, but the odder thing is that they are asking for A. Smith (a man), when her name is actually B. Smith- same actual last name. Both of their phone numbers are listed by initial and "Smith" in the phone book. My aunt called the B Smith and he is not been in search of continuing education or losing weight.
There are enough calls that it has to be meant as a harrasment. My aunt lives in a managed community and has had some rather rocky interactions with one neighboor who complains about noise when she watches my kids from time to time. This is her only known person who may have a gripe.
My first thought was somekind of identy theft, by why use one name and another number- and not purchase anything?
Anyone heard of anything like this? I'm almost envisioning a website where you can enter someones name and phone number to get them deluged with calls. The name thing is weird, why not just use her real name?
If it is her neighbor, it is a pretty passive-aggressive tactic, really kind of sick. Due to the number of calls, my advise was for her to contact the local PD (not 911) and see if they could get a record pulled at one of these places to see what's what. At least get something on the record so that if this is just the first step in this guys plan, we can start to lay down some facts.
A baseball bat or a fist I can deal with, demented retired gessers with time on their hands and ill health scare me when they are around my kinds when I'm not around.
There are enough calls that it has to be meant as a harrasment. My aunt lives in a managed community and has had some rather rocky interactions with one neighboor who complains about noise when she watches my kids from time to time. This is her only known person who may have a gripe.
My first thought was somekind of identy theft, by why use one name and another number- and not purchase anything?
Anyone heard of anything like this? I'm almost envisioning a website where you can enter someones name and phone number to get them deluged with calls. The name thing is weird, why not just use her real name?
If it is her neighbor, it is a pretty passive-aggressive tactic, really kind of sick. Due to the number of calls, my advise was for her to contact the local PD (not 911) and see if they could get a record pulled at one of these places to see what's what. At least get something on the record so that if this is just the first step in this guys plan, we can start to lay down some facts.
A baseball bat or a fist I can deal with, demented retired gessers with time on their hands and ill health scare me when they are around my kinds when I'm not around.