The latest one I’m getting (about 5 times in the last month):
My phone rings, it has some out-of-state number id (not an 800 number), I go ahead and answer it and there is a fumbling on the other end, like someone dropped their phone or their head set, and then a young girl laughs and says “sorry about that”, like she’s, you know, real human and right there with me in terms of shared experience. Before she can say more I say “yeah, right” and hang up.
Each time it is from a completely different number and region. I think it’s part of some upgraded telemarketing script.
If they don’t leave a message, I block the number; but, it’s like trying to hold back the ocean.
I have been getting that same one for about 2 months now.
Sounds very convincing, like it is a real person, until you realize that there is no two way communication
Sounds like a real human, except the robot talks on and on even if you say “No, I’m not interested”. Then again I get a lot of these kinds of calls from Minnesota area codes (either about an auto warranty or a “free cruise”). I one time asked “Are you a robot?”
Surprisingly I got the answer “No”, in a rather bitchy tone. So maybe it’s some Minnesota drone who can do no more than read from a script.
See my #33 in this thread. It is about exactly what you are experiencing.