Weird telephone calls

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Wondering if anyone can come up with a logical explanation for the weird phone calls I have been receiving. So my dh and I are not sure but about eight to ten years ago I started to receive telephone calls, always from the same number, where a guy would say 'hello Elliot' I would obviously say sorry who and he would say 'Elliot is that you'. I would say wrong number the first few times and hang up and then it became quite frequent and we think it was always Saturdays it happened. So I blocked the number and then I would randomly unblock the number and they would start up again. My dh got quite annoyed and phoned the person back but again just saying hello Elliot and no other response. It wasn't an old voice if that makes sense. I mean it wasn't an elderly person who had got the wrong number. It became quite sinister. Again blocked and then every couple of years when I got a new phone and the number would be unblocked it would start up again and I would block again. You kind of forget about until again I just got a new phone after three years and on Saturday one of the first calls I had was again the same guy asking for Elliot!!How is this possible??? How would the said person just happen to try the number the very Saturday I got a new phone and am I right to now feel creeped out by this? What would you do?

Shalom thanks that makes sense. I just googled it and thought it was because I wasn't saving it then blocking.

I’m sorry. You’ve been receiving calls from random numbers asking for Elliot for 10 or so years and you’ve only just thought this is strange? And instead of seeking proper help you’ve come to an anonymous forum?

And it’s not true about the blocked numbers. They don’t have to be saved as contacts, that wouldnt make sense would it...blocked numbers remain blocked on new phones

I agree with getting dh to say 'this is Elliot, who's calling? See what he says & how he seems. If you have him as a contact, you can easily block him. Good luck, I'd've been freaked out years ago!

Why did you ‘randomly unblock the number’ ?
Why did you not worry about this until 10 years later?
Why does getting a new handset unblock your past blocked numbers?

So many questions

Creepy !

Sorry but the It's not ET is it comment did make me laugh.

Have you googled Elliot and the football team OP?

Phone them tomorrow and find out who they are. No need to be spooked.

Have you googled your own number to see what comes up?

I say that because I had something similar years ago with people - multiple callers in my case - ringing my mobile, saying 'is Colin there?' and then sounding very unconvinced when I said there was no Colin at my number. Turned out that a small business had mistakenly put my number on their website as it was the same as mine but with two digits swapped round so they'd made a typo and not noticed. I then moved to being really helpful and telling callers what had happened and what the real number was they wanted. None of them were particularly grateful But It might be something like that where the person has been given your number by mistake and 'knows' it's right so disregards it when you say it's not. Maybe they have memory issues. People with dementia can latch onto something and do it repeatedly.

You sure it’s not DH?

When your DH got annoyed and phoned Elliott back, could you hear the conversation?

I am not the only person who thinks it’s your DH playing tricks on you OP. Do you tell him when you have unblocked the number and is he in the same room every time it happens?

Cant you just say - E.T. is that you ?

It's not E.T though is it?
brilliant

Hope u find out

Get your husband to try on his WhatsApp. I.e. on his phone

Have you tried entering the number into Facebook and seeing if it brings up anyones account details.?

What's the number op? We can all give them a call asking for Mildred.

How random.... shamelessly placemarking as I now need to know more about Elliot.

This is so weird, I'd be spooked. It's strange that this person wants Elliott but hasn't been able to get hold of him for ten years. Hope he's not stuck somewhere waiting on a lift.
I hope you get to the bottom of this. I think it's a good idea to Google your own number just incase there is something else linked to it

Every year I get a phone call from a sweet Irish lady looking for her long lost friend. The name isn't a previous owner. We have a chat for about 5 min during which she explains the friendship and how they became lost to each other. I think my caller isn't all the ticket, yours may not be either?

There's nothing unexplained about it.
Someone has your number and they've been ringing it.
you got a new phone but you go the phone company to give you your old number. If you change your number the calls will stop.

If it carries on, then its either some sort of spooky stuff or its someone you know well enough to give your new number to.

I used to work somewhere our phone number was published online and we couldn't change it (public Helpdesk thing).

The number of unwell regulars who fixated on calling and kept dialling the numbers was very high. They called constantly for years. Some just repeated themselves over and over. Stopped sometimes when they were having crisis treatment for a few weeks or their attention was elsewhere and went right back to calling as soon as they were given their phones back. Many of the regulars had similar patterns and would start screaming abuse after the initial hellos and name taking. Even though you knew to expect this might happen, it was still a shock to be spoken to like that - we couldn't see who was calling when we picked up the phone. Many of course weren't threatening but asked the same thing over and over and over and if you weren't experienced at ending circular conversations you could end up stuck for ages if you didn't realise you were permitted to end the call (we were supposed to listen and be helpful to callers but only on our area of expertise which was quite specific - trying to think of a similar example, probably if you think of the HMRC self assessment helpline it was that kind of role).

So my experience of this, is saying that it's not likely to be just a very committed prank. By the way he keeps trying the number even after not being able to get through or get a response for years, I'm thinking the caller has persistent mental illness OP, or is neurodivergent and either way he is fixated on Elliot. I doubt any conversation you might have with him would do anything to help the situation or stop him calling again.

How strange. Keep up updates op, I’m thoroughly hooked. I really hope it’s all just a misunderstanding for you

Hmm, just a thought. They call on a Saturday afternoon and the number seems to be linked to a football club?. Could it be maybe that Elliot plays for that team and they try and contact him with the number they have on record (obviously wrong) to see why he hasn’t turned up?.

This makes the most sense ^
Maybe it's a different person ringing each time to see why the unreliable Elliott has not turned up again.

Op, this would freak me out too! Though I don't really answer my mobile unless it's someone I know or a call I'm expecting, I let it go to answerphone, yes I know Mumsnet thinks this is odd, but it's what I do! They can leave a message if they want me.
Anyway I agree with others, next time say Elliot speaking or I'll just get them then see what happens.

@CastleOfDoom

Hmm, just a thought. They call on a Saturday afternoon and the number seems to be linked to a football club?. Could it be maybe that Elliot plays for that team and they try and contact him with the number they have on record (obviously wrong) to see why he hasn’t turned up?.

This makes the most sense ^
Maybe it's a different person ringing each time to see why the unreliable Elliott has not turned up again.

I can see the logic but I doubt he'd be still playing for the team ten years on especially if he's so unreliable. The length of time this has spanned has really intrigued me, you can understand a wrong number going on for a few months but years? What? Why?🤔