"MaryL" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
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> I have been getting these calls for a long time. The first time I got
> one,
> I was picking my daughter up at school so it was probably May or June.
> The
> call had come in while I was driving so I couldn't answer. When I played
> back the voice mail, it was from someone at AARP about a job that Susan
> had
> applied for. So I called the number back to tell them that they had the
> wrong number but there was no answer. I left a message.
>
> This same scenario played out several times. Couldn't answer. Voicemail.
> Left message.
>
> Finally I was able to get a live body when I called but each time, the
> woman
> on the phone sounded very confused. She said there were 10 people who
> worked there and she had no idea who had called.
>
> But finally, just now, the woman called and I was able to answer. It was
> AARP in Seattle. She sounded very astounded to hear that there was no
> Susan
> here. Asked me if I was sure and even read back my phone number to me.
>
> I hope that was the last of it. But AARP must be very desperate for a new
> employee if they have been calling over a 3-4 month time span to try to
> contact Susan!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~
> You can go online and search to see if that number really belongs to AARP.
> There is a good chance that it does not. Some of those calls are designed
> just to see what time of day elicits a response.
>
> I screen my calls, and I do not answer unless I recognize the number. I
> will pick up if I hear someone starting to leave a message that is
> legitimate. You can also block calls if you get so many of them that they
> become an annoyance.
>
> MaryL

This was to my cell phone and they were all older sounding women so I'm
pretty sure that it was AARP. But I will look up the number.