Three repeated Background noise RECORDINGS under different numbers and IDs

I've been having the same issue. We also use Cisco Jabber for our office. I find it interesting only people who are receiving these calls are people who work in a call center environment. Whats to gain? I do Website tech so it doesn't seem like they are targeting any specific type of call centers. My recordings usually are a 30 second loop of industrial fans, car workshops, I just got a new one today which made me search this but it was motorcycle engines sounding like they were racing. Its been slow today so I waited it out. Hung up on me around 30 minutes. I get a few a week. Always different numbers just like the rest of you guys. I'm dying to know WHY. Por que?!

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I find it interesting only people who are receiving these calls are people who work in a call center environment. Whats to gain?

I noticed that too and have a possible idea whom might be behind some of those calls. As scammers continue to spoof us and scam us, more people are becoming aware of methods to "get back at them", by scambaiting.
Inexperienced scambaiters tend to just call a number they see somewhere that received a complaint, without really researching the number. It could be a spoofed number by a scammer, telemarketer, etc and the call recipient is irritated at getting an unwanted call, complaining its a scam. Many scambaiters use a soundboard when they don't know how to interact with whomever their target "number" is and just basically prank call them. The Scambaiting Community is always telling people to check the number first, to make sure its not a spoofed number so innocent victims are not victimized. We do the same here.

This might not be the sole reason for those calls reported here, but could account for many as a possibility for those "looped" recordings.

Is it possible that it only seems like it’s coming from call centers bc it’s your job to answer every phone call?  Compared to cell phone users like me that don’t answer a # I don’t know?  There was a scam reported on my local news (NE Ohio) that people are trying to get you to stay on the phone while they steal cc #s stored in your phone.  They also said to NOT call them back as this is an easier way for them to get your info.  Just a theory.

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Is it possible that it only seems like it’s coming from call centers bc it’s your job to answer every phone call?

I'm not sure what you mean, since everyone said they don't know where the calls were actually coming from.

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stay on the phone while they steal cc #s stored in your phone

Unless they have some sort of app installed on your phone that requires them to call you in order to steal any type of data, I doubt the News story was realistic. You can't get information off someone's phone simply by calling them and keeping them on the line.

IMHO, the reason "They also said to NOT call them back as this is an easier way for them to get your info." is that there is no benefit to talking to these callers.
For one thing, they are encouraged to keep calling.
For another, most people are just plain stupid about giving out personal or business info/data. People are conditioned to answer when asked, and then they volunteer more info along the way.

Mike Huntleton nailed it: this is scambaiting.  Check out scammer.info for the details.
Basically, it's an effort to tie up call center telephones as a way of "getting back" at telemarketers.  The caller numbers are spoofed, and the calls are automated, as is the soundboard "background noise" (intended to get you to waste time waiting for a human to come on the line.) The perpetrators are offering software to let other scambaiters do this from their own home computers.  If your number gets onto their target list, you'll get these meaningless calls pretty regularly.  If you can afford to leave the line open, you can waste a lot of THEIR time (they earn credits of some sort based on the number of calls they place). The only thing to do otherwise is hang up and get on with your life.
It's annoying but otherwise ineffective (nobody's call center is being incapacitated); hopefully they'll evetually get bored and find a hobby, or a girlfriend.

Please provide some sort of proof of your statement

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There was a scam reported on my local news (NE Ohio) that people are trying to get you to stay on the phone while they steal cc #s stored in your phone

Otherwise we will have to consider the middle part of your screen name to be accurate.

Another wild story. Now they are "earning credits"?  Who is handing out these credits and what good are they? Sorry I am not going to some website based in Panama and having them install or try to install malware on my computer.

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this is scambaiting.  Check out scammer.info for the details.

No, not quite right. As a member of Scammer.info, I know exactly what your referring to, BobRTC. It is a program in Beta Testing at the moment and not even connected with this Topic, since it just went online a few days ago.

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The perpetrators are offering software to let other scambaiters do this from their own home computers.

I think your a bit confused and your misguided comments are way off. Its not a download, its a website you visit and use it as an online service. If your aware of it, then why didn't you also mention that removed numbers cost the person who added a bad number, the loss of new points and possible banning?

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If your number gets onto their target list, you'll get these meaningless calls.....

That is a possibility, but this web service is strictly monitored and spoof numbers are removed very quickly.

"Perpetrators"?     My conclusion is your one of those scammers who got calls from people at Scammer.info and your here to spread mis-information to discredit them.

This new scambaiting service awards "points" to successful scambaiters to unlock features the website has to offer. This guy is either not very good at reading/comprehension and/or  a scammer shill......yea they visit there often too.

I work at a hotel, and we get these. The only difference is that appear directly in the front desk's voicemail messages. The phone never rings, of course there are numbers that people can call into the system that won't ring directly to the front desk. Mostly the ones we get are always different. A couple of times it sounds like what you'd expect when someone butt-dials just busy noises and faint talking like you'd hear when walking down a moderately busy street. Other times its been church bells chiming, each set is a different amount of rings, got bored after counting the third set. Lets see, oh car racing noises, rain, waves crashing, etc. Caller ID is almost always unavailable with the messages.

Yes.  My business gets at least one phone like this call per day.  Repeated sound effects.  Easily viewed as I get all of my messages as audio files and view them in my audio editor. (you see I work in audio)  DEFINITELY SOUND EFFECT RECORDINGS.  We are NOT a call center and have NEVER done any kind of out calling to trigger any kind of retribution.  We get these calls ANYTIME.  Even 3am.  Each time a repeating sound effect.  As I write this I am listening to the sound of a train or subway on the tracks.  Each time...to the limit of my Ooma voice mail.  5 minutes.  Always from a different phone number with a caller ID that simply tells where the call originated.  At first it was a maybe once a week.  Now...everyday.  At present, I see no way to stop this.  I am not happy.

I've been receiving calls daily, some with the background noises mentioned above but most of them sound like someone is driving with their window open. I just now received one that sounds like a helicopter in flight. I block each one when they come in but they all come from different numbers. Been happening more than once a day now. What kind of person would get their kicks out of doing this to people? I hope they get caught and effectively punished.

I've been getting weird calls, too.  Numerous times a day, all hours of the day and night.  Whether I answer, or let it go to message, their is some recorded noise playing - traffic noise, factory sounds, even running water or a dog barking.  Never any voice message, just noises.  What gives?