Calls from "Unavailable" or "Private"

Received a call from just "1" and Caller ID "Unavailable" on our house phone a few minutes ago. We have been receiving calls like this for days. So, out of curiosity I picked up. When I said "Hello," a young man's voice came on the line. He was calling for the Republican political party. [So, here's the deal, why is the calling # spoofed as just "1" and why is the proper caller ID not given?] He started thanking me for my support. I interruped that I did not support that political party and told him to remove our phone # from the calling list. No matter what the political affiliation of the calling organization, I don't like deception. This call was deceptive. Period.

Since it was a spoofed caller ID, I'm wondering if it was a scam where they were trying to get you to donate to the Republican Party but really just wanted your credit card info.

Just received a call from *Unavailable +5065??* I have never seen this before! I didn't answer it as likely a scam call?
Anyone know who/where it's from??

I never answer a call from a number with too many or not enough digits.  Someone spoofed their caller ID with the number you mentioned.  I smell a scam when a number like that pops up.  Unknown number or ones marked as not available I answer not!  Not being paranoid just common sense.

Repeated unavailable rings ...when answered beeping continues...similar to that of a fax machine.  What is this

Sounds like a fax machine to me.  I have received a call from a number I did not recognize, it left a series of beeps in the voice mall.  Called it back and got a modem sound, so it sounds like a fax machine is calling you.

that is an old scam, in the usa there are plenty of people with the same name , first and last and sometimes even the 1st last and middle, I have 2 cousins with the same name and got a call ;the guy said i owed $978. for some bank aquisition <sp> account, one cousin same name   has a dad that is an attorney, so thats why they call me and then sent me a statement saying i owed $978. the bank didn't have an address or phone number just that it was in st louis mo, the collector was calling from new mexico so I called the nm attorney general and they said it was a scam and not to pay them a dime, i asked can i tell them the attorney general of nm said not to pay and she said yes, so next time they called i told them that. and the guy was like i thought for sure you were going to pay this debt you owe, i said if i owed it i would pay it, give me the phone number of the bank that you say i owe and he wouldn't so i repeated what the ag nm office said and i didn't hear anything for about a year when they tried it again, used same message

I got 7 calls so far this day from scammers, and four of the times the phone never rang - phone logs show the calls were only 4 seconds long. I think that means the caller hung up before the system began ringing my phone.

Makes me wonder if those very short calls were trying to make money off of dip fees, where they had no intention of actually talking to anyone.

Three of the calls came in with CNAM "1" and one said "Unavailable"

And with old fax machines the user had to dial the number to make the call. The oldest fax machines had telephone handsets to a person could talk to someone before sending the fax. Later fax machines have a dialer pad but do not have a phone handset, although many had a jack for a telephone to be plugged into the machine. I had a lot of documents to fax to an insurance company in 2003 and I dialed every time manually. It's easy to misdial.

Yesterday. I receive the unavailable phone number. It say unavailable name. There is no phone number pop up. When I answer the phone. He said his name is John. His from HR college education. He    's looking for the residence at age 18 years old. He wants to know how many people lives in the household. I said to him you got the wrong number.

Why don't you stop copying my name first, ignorant idiot.
You sound like an incestuous waste product who is fugly to boot.
Unavailable numbers come from scammers. No one named "John" is calling you with normal intentions.

The person impersonating the real Kat.  But you are the product of an incestuous relationship so I would expect you to have diminished mental capacity.

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this  the   third   call from this   company  the  first  come in on Tuesday  afternoon  looking  for my husband  and  ask  this person who  they are   looking for  and ask for my husband   I told  this  person that  he was not   home and that  I was   wife  and he  hang up very   rudely   and then  the  2rd call  come in about   11:30  am  this  a.m   when  I was at  work. and there   was no  message  on the  message   the  next one  and last one  I hope  come in at 2:57 pm  and I anwered  the  phone   the  guy asked for  my husband this was home   I said  no and this  was his wife  and they  keep  calling and blow up my phone   what  they want and what  is about  it   turned out this  guy  who  was Chinese or  so  and claimed     that  he was  from  Deptartament  of Education  in Washington DC   and started is  spill  about  my   husband  was  pick to  $ 7000,00  grant  and I  told  this  guy  that is was real  than  would have a  real  phone number  on the  phone  and started  to get   angry   with and hateful  and  he  told me that he  really need to  my husband  I  told this guy   that  not home and if this  a  scam  don't  call  our  home than he  cused  me out and told me [***] you and said  some to you  sir and  hang up the   phone

i get the   same   phone call  on Tuesday afternoon  looking for my husband and would not  give  me any information and the very  rudly  hang up the  phone   when  i asked  him  what this call was about  so I  could  give me the  message   and i called  the   to call the   number   back  it  said  unavailable 1 sometimes  you  can get through but   no luck and i know that  it was a  scam  call     then  about   11:30  this  a.m,  there  was  a  missed  called and yes  it was the  same  number  and  just  shortly  I get the   call again and I answered  it  different  guy  but proably the   same  company   say that   he was  from the  Dept  of education  in Washington  and my husband name  has been  coming  up  stating that  he has  been  award  a $7 thousand grant   this  so to  good to  be   true  and  he said  he need to  really  speak to  my husband  and  I told this man  I don't  remember  his name  not to  call  and this was  scam  that  he would be   taking the  offer and not  call  since this  is a  scam and basically  cursed  me   by  say  f you and  said   some to you  sir  and hang up