<p>Am at work and a secretary passed a phone call to me form a person who said he had a fed-x package for me. I answered the telephone and he asked me my name and I confirmed my name and then he hung up. He had an Indian or a Pakistani accent. It was a bit unsettling. Has anyone had this happen to them. I went in and checked my bank accounts and credit card balances and they are ok, any thoughts or advice? I am having our company telephone provider try to trace the call.</p>
<p>I had an Indian accented dude called me at work a few months back claiming I won something, maybe a grant. I told him not to call back because of his accent. Interestingly enough he was on the phone denying his accent. Why?</p>
<p>OP, did he ask for any info other than your name?</p>
<p>It could be some headhunter is looking for people with a certain background and wanted to confirm that you work there.</p>
<p>Sounds like it’s not much different than telemarketing calls we get at home. (Or the email phish about how we have UPS or Fed-Ex for you, just open this nasty link and give us your card number. Yeah, nope.) At times, their calls get cut off, the nature of the beast. At home, I can look up the originating number on the who-is type sites where people report these calls- invariably, it’s about someone who wants to sell something. </p>
<p>When you think of all the ways someone can get our names, just a call where someone has the name isn’t surprising. Lot of sites do tell our work affiliations, some even full street address and phone number, voter registration and more. You can google how to sweep some of this, eg, Spokeo.</p>
<p>Process server?</p>
<p>No, Just asked is this(name)…, then hung up. Just don’t know what to make of it. Just as I am writing this, I am getting a similar call but am not answering.</p>
<p>What’s creepy lately is when the spam call comes in as your own phone number! It’s happened to me twice in the past month or so. </p>
<p>That’s creepy.:(</p>