Funny one this is… guy just answered hello. I did the ‘missed call from this number’ bit and asked who I was speaking with. He answered “Eric”. Grr… I said, no, what COMPANY do you work for. He wouldn’t tell me and instead wanted my name. I finally got it out of him that he works for “Verizon”. Told him that i didn’t have anything to do with Verizon, so why would they be calling me? Asked for my name and I gave him one.
He gets back on the phone and says that there were some Verizon services that were purchased on my behalf. I asked how he even got my phone number since I'm not a customer, and he said it was part of the purchase transaction that they currently have on hold, and if want to cancel it. I was sort of being resistant to the whole thing and giving him a hard time - but he was handling it pretty well.
Then out of the blue, I guess as things were starting to get a little into the weeds technically, he asked if I knew what "IP" stood for. I replied "Well, depending on context, it could either mean 'intellectual property' or 'internet protocol' - why are you asking?". He mumbled something that I couldn't really make out, so I fired off at him, do you know what "TCP" stands for? He went sideways an asked "What is that?". I said "TCP... you know, the part before the 'IP' in 'TCP/IP' - you apparently know what the IP stands for, do you know what the TCP stands for"? He said he didn't and asked me to tell him, __please__! I refused, and he about begged me to tell him. Told him that he and his fake Amazon job can shove it, and he should find a better job or get a real education, then hung up.
Hey - it's a toll free number - so it's costing them, not us :) Have fun.
888-863-0777