0266696687

spam and prank caller from this number

this number calls my work about 2 or 3 times a day, never anything on the other end. Just going to block it. Seems strange that everyone has different stories. Hope they leave us all alone one day!

Odd... This number coming up shows nothing for caller ID, but the person calling claimed to be "Anthony" seeking one of our services, and provided a different phone number.

Update: This specific number that is being used is for people that like to stay ANONYMOUS (Excluding the 0, the phone number literally spells ANONYMOUS). This is provided by phone companies sometimes if the person requests it. If no message is left, you will not be able to call them back.

I am based in US (New England) Got a call into my CRM system and when I looked into it, it spells out ANONYMOUS. Further, I fould this on the internet : https://shaun.net/notes/solving-the-mystery-of-calls-from-266696687

Any thoughts?

266 696 687
This number translates to ANONYMOUS.
737 874 2833
This number translates to RESTRICTED.
256 2533
This number translates to BLOCKED.
865 6696
This number translates to UNKNOWN.
86282452253
This number translates to UNAVAILABLE.

Scammers who spoof numbers got the idea of spelling out nonsense names and punched them into the keypad to produce a phone number. I wouldn't read too much into Shaun's 2 1/2 year old Article and there is no reason to over think its meaning.