Help Calls from strangers claiming I called them

[davoid]

Maybe they are. See if this makes sense...
Phone # (456)-789-0345 calls person in area that uses 7-digit dialing.
That person dials 456-789-0345 (or just hits redial), but since they are in a 7-digit dialing area, they should have dialed 1-456-789-0345. The phone system connects them to 456-7890 and ignores the last three digits.
Benny's phone rings because that is his phone number.

Ah, Ok, that makes sense. We don't have anything like 7 digit dialing areas for mobiles in the UK, they're all 11 digits wherever you are.

Then in that case, it's the fault of the local exchange infrastructure that is converting a ten digit number to a 7 digit number. Why should you have to dial a 1 in front to return a call from outside the local 7 digit area?

 

[snilloconator]

Yet another random caller today. When I ask who this is they know to say wrong # can anyone shed some light on this.?

I'm wondering if it's a fetching scheme and they want you to call them back.

 

[rdgeorge]

There are websites and applications where people can play jokes or pranks on others by supplying a number to appear on the Caller ID. It appears as if someone may be using one of these procedures to play a prank on you.

If you search for the words prank dialer and / or evil operator you'll see what is possible and what has probably happened to you in this case.

Changing your phone number wouldn't help if the person behind the prank is one of your "friends".

Good luck in locating the culprit!

 

[scrannel]

Well, again, it sounds like the two people complaining about this are both on T-Mo and that's where it was happening before -- think I was back on a G1 in those days. Calls to T-mo, elevated as high in tech as they could go finally ended it. Maybe it's a coincidence...