Weird call yesterday

[countrygirl12]

I agree that they do think they are slick and I don't think they would necessarily identify themselves even if they were law enforcement.  I was raised to respect law enforcement and I have at 65 never been in any kind of trouble but I have had enough interaction with them to have lost a great deal of my respect for them. At the end of the call the guy said he'd make sure to let my brother know I didn't want to see or talk to him and that really ticked me off and I informed him I didn't need him or anyone else passing on any messages on my behalf.

How is he going to let your brother know you do not want to see or talk to him? He is looking for your brother...remember?  Maybe your brother had someone call you to see what you would say about him or if you would want to reconnect with him?

I know a lot of times you don't think about stuff like that until after the conversation is over.

[braggin]

From now on, to play it safe, I would not answer any call from a number I don't recognize if I were you. You don't want to give out any information that might be damaging to your brother to people who might be looking for him. It's a good idea in general to do that anyhow.

[mardukblood2009]

We got a call like that looking for my cousin one day. My mom told them she never heard of who they where calling about and that was the end of the call.

[countrygirl12]

We got a call like that looking for my cousin one day. My mom told them she never heard of who they where calling about and that was the end of the call.

There could be a legit reason for someone to be looking for someone.  Doesn't mean there is anything shady going on. For example, I am trying to find a woman I worked with a few weeks ago.  I do not know her last name. The only co-worker I still talk to doesn't know. I have tried to find out where exactly she works. I know she is an independent contractor and works with a local business but I do not know where.  I am sure she said I just do not remember.

I have asked a couple of people trying to find her.  I would really make me mad for people to treat me this way when there is a legit reason for me needing to find her.  As for anyone else knowing what I need to talk to her about that is none of their business.  Kind of veering off topic.  I am just saying I do not see the need to be mean to people.  Unless there are details left out of the OP there is really no reason to think it was law enforcement.  She has the phone number they called from.  You can google that and find out who owns the number.  Is it Joe Blow's Art Service or does it come back to a law enforcement agency?

I doubt it was a cop.  If it was they would have identified themselves as such.  If the OP is really concerned about her brother and thinking he may be hurt then talk to the (if it is one) cop who is calling you.  They will tell you why they are looking for him. IF he is running from the law and you with hold information you can be charged.

I would have asked more questions of the caller. If they did not want to tell me anything about who they were or exactly why they needed my brother then I would not even tell them as much as I have not seen him in x number of years.

I guess I just do not understand people's need to be a butt wipe when someone calls before you even know why they are calling.  You answer the phone with an attitude and expect the person calling to be evil and trying to scam you.  I can think of a time when I called someone who was a jack wagon to me as soon as she answered the phone.  Smarted off to me and hung up on me.  Later, and too late, she realized that no, she did not know me, yes I got her number for a family member, and YES she needed to listen to me and hear what I was trying to tell her.  And yes, I did tell her exactly who I was, how I knew the person I was calling her about, and what I needed from her.  Later she tried to get smart with me but I shut her down pretty quick. I reminded her I tried to talk to her but she got smart and hung up on me.

[singletonb]

I am sorry that you had to experience that weirdness.  I pray that your brother is ok and that you can hear from soon.

[sbenkoski]

I agree that they do think they are slick and I don't think they would necessarily identify themselves even if they were law enforcement.  I was raised to respect law enforcement and I have at 65 never been in any kind of trouble but I have had enough interaction with them to have lost a great deal of my respect for them. At the end of the call the guy said he'd make sure to let my brother know I didn't want to see or talk to him and that really ticked me off and I informed him I didn't need him or anyone else passing on any messages on my behalf.

Maybe  it was your brother seeing how you felt,   and seeing as the person knew allot of the story  you must have told him and if not , then i'd figure it was him fishing for answers about  maybe contacting you,  what ever you said the caller got the idea you want nothing to do with him .   

[countrygirl12]

I agree that they do think they are slick and I don't think they would necessarily identify themselves even if they were law enforcement.  I was raised to respect law enforcement and I have at 65 never been in any kind of trouble but I have had enough interaction with them to have lost a great deal of my respect for them. At the end of the call the guy said he'd make sure to let my brother know I didn't want to see or talk to him and that really ticked me off and I informed him I didn't need him or anyone else passing on any messages on my behalf.

Maybe  it was your brother seeing how you felt,   and seeing as the person knew allot of the story  you must have told him and if not , then i'd figure it was him fishing for answers about  maybe contacting you,  what ever you said the caller got the idea you want nothing to do with him .   

If this is the case and the brother wants to have some contact then I would write a letter.  If I was sure the receiver still lived at the address I had.  Tell them how to contact me and wait.  The ball would be in her court. I do not know what all happened but I do know the Bible says if you refuse to forgive others that God will not forgive you.

[nannycoe1]

I get alot of robo calls and sometimes a real person asking for names I don't know. I hang up.

[judylucas]

Don't be upset just hang up if it's important they'll call again

[snuggleycutejc]

That is scary. When I was young, I had put my sister as the fallback guy.

[countrygirl12]

Don't be upset just hang up if it's important they'll call again

Not necessarily. If she was talking to them and she just hangs up or even if you answer and then just hang up --- I would not call again.  I can understand people not answering their phone because if I do not know the number I do not answer most of the time.    But I know if I was trying to get in touch with someone for a legit reason and they smarted off to me and hung up (as I previously mentioned this has happened to me) I would not call them back.  I would make a note of what happened and move on with my life.

I think people take the "you cannot call MY phone number" thing way to seriously.  It is not like they came to the door and forced entry in to your home.  They called your phone number.  The robo calls sometimes they know why they are calling and sometimes it is just a sequence. 796-688-1568 then 796-688-1569 and so on.  AND IF that is anybody's phone number don't get your undies in a bunch because I just hit random numbers on they keyboard. lol

I think if someone called asking for a specific close family member I would get all the info I could about who they are and why they are calling.  I have been known to google a phone number WHILE I was on the phone with someone else. lol

[Ebony77]

 

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[sbenkoski]

back in the old day we looked forward to talking to people , now days no one does !

[lywb2168]

There are all kind of callers out there, maybe they are looking for your brother and just wanted to know if you know where he is, I do not know why they would think that even if you knew you would tell them, is not like you are going to say "Hey he is not here but you can call him at 000000, without actually asking them who they are in the first place.

I had a call once for someone looking for a person that had the same last name as mine, they went down the list for everyone in the area with the same last name just so they could find that person.  My mom once got a call where they asked for her name and then told her that they had a warrant for her arrest to please wait for them at home, my mom is 75 years old and does not even drive.  She was so scared, I told her to not worry about it, and true enough nobody ever came to the house with anything for her. LOL