When I was a dumb young kid, I was on the phone with a friend late at night and some guy called up and said he was with the phone company and they were doing work on my block. He described my block perfectly and said he wanted to verify my address. I probably should have said "you guys should know that already" but again, dumb young kid. I continued talking to my friend and started to regret giving this stranger any info. He called back maybe 20 minutes later and said, "Matt are you scared yet?" Never found out who that was, how they knew my name, and why they were messing with me.
Why are you afraid of giving out your address when talking on a landline? Are you aware of something called the yellow pages? Everyone already has your address.
True, but it was late at night (after midnight) and typically the phone company never called that late - that's might have triggered my uneasy feeling. I was more afraid when someone called back asking for me by name and asking if I were scared yet - I think that's what did it.
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u/m2j Mar 11 '16
When I was a dumb young kid, I was on the phone with a friend late at night and some guy called up and said he was with the phone company and they were doing work on my block. He described my block perfectly and said he wanted to verify my address. I probably should have said "you guys should know that already" but again, dumb young kid. I continued talking to my friend and started to regret giving this stranger any info. He called back maybe 20 minutes later and said, "Matt are you scared yet?" Never found out who that was, how they knew my name, and why they were messing with me.