To be concerned that a person is willing to go to these lengths?

[Leftielefterson]

I received a missed FaceTime call from a number I didn’t recognise on my work phone. I called it back but no answer. I never receive FT calls on my work number so thought it was a bit odd but assumed it was an accident. Then I started to receive private calls to my work number that evening and days later. Again, odd.

I went into work for a KIT day (on mat leave) and one of the receptionists who I know personally approached me and told me that one of the newbie receptionists gave my number out accidentally last week (there was an order not to distribute any of our numbers a year ago due to security) but she wasn’t aware. She told me that the person on the other line had been insistent on having my number even though I was on maternity leave as they urgently needed to speak to me. Other than the FT call and unknown calls I received no ‘urgent call’.

I have my suspicions who this is and they are not work related. I changed my number to escape them a while back. I’m more suspicious as they have changed their number so they don’t want me to know who they are. Work are trawling through the calls that day to get the recording to me so that I can identify who this is.

Due to the nature of the business I am in an investigation has been kicked off and I’m now quite concerned. Who the F even does this shit?

Who do you think it is? An ex?

Glad work are taking it seriously
There are some weirdos out there

@LaurieFairyCake - I assumed the ex but he’s denying it (and I have both his work and personal num) and reception said it was a female. Have an idea but should have more info tomorrow. I’m embarrassed more than anything because I’ve had to explain the situation to my work.

It’s actually frightening that someone would do this, presumably to stalk me.

That is weird, glad work is taking it seriously. Can you block the number so no more calls can get through?

@digitalash - I tried the number to see who it was, no surprise they wouldn’t pick up. Then a day later they changed their number. I think they thought that by doing that they could hide their identity but I’m
Not having this person contacting my work, it’s despicable and it’s now gone too far.

I'm glad work are on to it!

Is the recording at work calling from the same number as the missed calls you have received?

How scary. Good that your work are taking it seriously.

Responsibility for the data breach belongs with your work place & they have a duty to investigate how this happened.

I suggest you contact the police to make them aware of the situation now rather than later when matters may have escalated. They can advise you on what best to do at this stage. It may be no more than sending a message to tell the person to desist from contacting you, but their advice is what you should follow.

This needs nipping in the bud now.

Can work release the phone recording once they've found the call? I should imagine you'll recognise the person when you hear it. The police can be quite slow to attack on stalking or harassment issues but if the person was presented with a call that clearly has their voice on it then i can imagine even a brief visit from the police would rattle them and perhaps put them off. I doubt they considered that they may be recorded. How awful for you that the person has brought your work into this. I would be really pissed off.

Can you get back to us and let us know if it is the person you suspect? (Am dealing with similar atm...)

If anything else untoward happens I would go straight to the police. Do not depend on your employer to protect you.

Can you be issued with a new number by work as it is their fault that your number was given out (lack of training).

The exs girlfriend?

I through the same as slippery.

Then I started to receive private calls to my work number that evening and days later. Again, odd

How do you know they were private calls? Are you assuming that because you’re on ML?

I Hope you get some answers today from work, but try not to wind yourself up too much, it could be innocent. IF it’s the person you think it might be, don’t they have an easier way to contact you than hassling a receptionist at your work?

Just ask work to give you a new work number, surely?

After all, it sounds like you only intend to use it for internal work calls.

Business to business communications have, in my experience, tended to ignore GDPR after the first couple of months.

Probably find it is a recruitment consultant - they usually are.

@IncrediblySadtoo, I read it as the calls were ‘private’ in that no number showed up by the words ‘private number’ were in their place in the same way that you sometimes get ‘withheld’ from hospitals or businesses routed through a central switchboard.

As part of the investigation they need to allocate you a new number. Also only use your work phone on kit days, otherwise you may inadvertently be "working" during ml.

Thank you for the responses. Just to clarify private number was shown so that means the caller withheld their number. I’m linking the two (which may not even be the case), because prior to this number FaceTiming me I never receive private calls.

Work have been great. My number is being changed today and they are going to call me later today to discuss.

It seems to be that the caller accidentally called me. Hence why the number was changed just a few days later. That should be easy to track.

I’ve been to the police about similar earlier in the year So I’ll just need to update.

Curious as to who you think it is?

I hope they can get you a recording of the call. Some people are very bizarre, I hope this woman can be effectively cut out of your life.

A change of work phone number and a note to everyone at work not to give out phone numbers should stop this.