Why does my phone ring when people call an entirely different number?
I had the same problem a few years back with sprint– strangers calling people in their phone books but getting me. Apparently something was wrong with the towers (they never explained what) but the problem was fixed later that day, and that was the end of it for me. I’d turn the phone on silent and wait a bit; if you’re still getting the random calls a few hours later I’d call them back up and ask again about a problem. Who knows– you might have been the first person to alert them of the problem earlier. If they still don’t know about a problem, ask to speak with a supervisor. Good luck!
Most likely there is a company that publishes multiple numbers that are all supposed to route into queue. This phone queue is supposed to go to a telemarketing group or something. This queue is messed up and is forwarding to your phone number. Alternatively your cell carriers switch is messed up and routing calls to your cell that should be going elsewhere. I would start by asking who they were actually trying to reach. It may be a phone sex number so don’t be surprised if people aren’t honest with you. If you can’t find out talk to your cell provider. I’ve dealt with this situation for business accounts and we usually need to open a pretty high level network troubleshooting ticket. Call your cell carrier’s customer care and ask them to transfer you to tech support. Keep pressing for a resolution.
This happened to me a couple weeks ago. One of my co-worker’s young kids was playing with his cell phone. The kid pushed random buttons, turned call forwarding on, and since my name starts with an A it was at the top of his phonebook and forwarding was set to my number. May not be what’s happening to you because of the volume of calls, but I thought I’d throw it out there.
