Who called from the number +1 (804) 841-2461

There is a trend towards sending spam/scam/telemarketing calls which appear to be through LOCAL area codes. These are sometimes lapsed/canceled accounts (numbers re-issued), or they're spoofing the calling number. Telemarketers/scammers/spammers will also call from one (local) number, and if you respond, the call drops. Later, you receive a call from a different (local) number, which starts the sales-pitch recording. This is one of those calls. Pick up and respond, then after a second the line goes dead. A few minutes later, a call from another number has a contact recording. If you look up an in-coming number, it will either show nothing (newly registered) or show a name/address that you don't recognize. Some services will indicate the age of the person that the number is registered to. Why would a 79-year-old, or an 82-year-old be calling me, out of the blue? One possibility: You can look for the name in the obituaries... the account was canceled or lapsed, and the marketer picked it up in a block of local numbers for sale. Telemarketers/scammers/spammers will also call from one (local) number, and if you respond, the call drops. Later, you receive a call from a different (local) number, which starts the sales-pitch recording. If you want to check, you can try calling suspect numbers while hiding your phone number. For Verizon, starting a call with *67 will place the call but show the caller as "Number unavailable". i.e., to call 757-555-1212, you would dial *677575551212 If it's a telemarketing call, this is usually rejected or gets an error signal.