Weird event at work - should I do anything?

[Beanzmeanz]

Just that really. So last week I received a call on my personal mobile asking for someone else I didn’t catch what they were saying so asked them to repeat it. It wasn’t a name of anyone in our house - think Harry Jones so I said sorry wrong number.
Just as I was about to hang up I thought the name sounded a bit like someone I work with so I said did you say Barry Stones to which they said yes.
So I said well I work with them but I don’t know how you would get this number. They confirmed who they were (genuine) and that they had called the number of this person’s email footer.
I am bamboozled so I report it to our IT bod.
They ask me if my no. is 07xxx etc which it is and tell me this guy has set his v/m to forward to my mobile.
He doesn’t have my mobile, I’ve never given it to him and we have work mobiles

Yes, but that's your number and your email. Not someone else's.

The only scenario that I can think of is that he took a liking to you and asked one of your colleagues for your number. Then while intending to add you as a contact he mistakenly [bit pissed?] went to the wrong setting and set it as his divert number.

Chances of random IT clitch selecting a younger, junior, female’s personal number after a social event

Vs

Senior, male, older, been drinking purposefully finding OP’s personal number and accidentally diverting his phone to it.

I know where I’d put my money.

Sounds like Barry Stones has a crush!

He’s not in HR but another central function where I presume they have access tio personal records.
Im a manager I cannot see my teams phone numbers, dob or address on our HR system. Literally 2 out of 200 have my mobile. I’m married with 2 kids

Why do you think he’s done it?
I cannot fathom what benefit this is to him or how it could be a scam?

OP do you have a similar name to someone in his team, a PA or someone he’d put on his out of office? If he’s high up, could someone else have set up his v/m for him, incorrectly? If his v/m has been forwarded to your personal mobile, you have every right to ask him about it. He’d have to be a mega prick to be weird about you asking a very valid question.

Also - what was the comment about your age?! This guy sounds like a walking HR nightmare!

I can’t believe the amount of people that seem unable to take in the basic details that have been reiterated multiple times now.

I can understand your concern about this, OP.

Was this work social at your work premises and would he have returned to his desk after? It wouldn’t explain how he got your number (unless a colleague gave it to him) but could explain how he could somehow accidentally input your number while setting up call forwarding, maybe? In that maybe he was trying to call you but clumsily dialled the key combination that sets up call forwarding

It’s odd, for sure.

The key is finding out what number it was supposed to to be diverted to
my mums and my youngest numbers aren’t a million miles different
it’s a bit since been involved in stuff like this but you always had to key a code in something like #21# then the number
so the chance of him finding her number through whatever means then reading it and manually keying it in just seem very strange

OP I know you have had lots of people telling you to ask him directly and if the divert had gone to your work mobile I would find it easier to believe it happened as a result of a weird tech glitch and think that was appropriate BUT you know you did not give him your personal mobile number and yet he has obtained it and diverted his voicemail to it. There may still be an innocent explanation but I'm inclined to think it's best dealt with by HR. IF his intentions are nefarious its better if you have as little involvement in getting to the bottom of it as possible.

BAZ! Barry Stones is up to shenanigans- OP send him an email asking for an explanation so it’s in writing.

For those who think it is intentional, what would be the point of him diverting his phone to OPs personal mobile?

Could he have put in a personal mobile number that is similar to yours?

OP has spent a few days thinking about this which keeps him at the forefront of her mind. I don't know how or why this has happened but never underestimate the batshit things stalker types will do to get the attention if their victim.

What was the comment about your age?

What other function would have access to private personel records? Unless it's a very small company how would that be a thing?

Do you have your work phone set up to divert to your personal phone? As maybe it's your work phone number which is similar to his.

Sorry I assumed you were both single. Does Baz know you are married? I think he looked up the number and has since sobered up and thought better of it.
Honestly I'd spend no more time on this unless he pops up again.

Payroll. We have access to all personal info.

This @Beanzmeanz

How bizarre! Does anyone else at work have your personal number? I.e could it be a case of Barry Stones being off sick/breaking his work phone and his boss (or whoever) requesting a divert to his personal mobile but accidentally giving yours instead?

We definitely can see peoples mobile numbers at my work. When you click on a persons Team profile, it brings up email and phone numbers. Don’t need to access a HR system for that.

To me HR and payroll are the same department but I accept that may not be the case everywhere

Urgh no we are definitely not!

This happened to me - sort of. I kept getting calls to my mobile, but all the people were looking for someone in a different department.

This was back in the day of desk phones. Turned out that IT had allocated the same phone extension to us both. My colleague had the extension listed on her email - but it forwarded to my mobile.

There could be an innocent explanation to this.