When I moved to NC in 87, we were given a number that had belong to a lawyer. :)
About once a month we got a call and politely told them we didn't know what his number was and that was it. But there was that one call about a year after we got the number.
"I've been arrested, can you bail me out?" It was on the answering machine. So I couldn't even tell the poor guy how bad off he really was.
The other day, I got a call the caller id showed as a hispanic name that I didn't recognize. On a whim I answered. (I work at home and try and ignore most personal calls during the day to the home number.) I said hello, the other end said in what seemed to me to be a plaintive female voice, "Maria?". I tried in my non-existent Spanish to tell her wrong number but she kept repeating that name in a questioning voice. I gave up and hung up. She called every half hour a few more times. I called a friend who speaks Spanish and got the phrase for "wrong number" and tried that. No luck. So I ignored the calls. About
6 that day. The next day we got 2 more then they ended. I was going to ask my friend to call the caller id and try and explain if it didn't stop.Is there any other way to deal with this?