I need the collective wisdom of ST, such as it is, please.
Posted by
Covington (aka CovingtonCat)
Jan 20 '16, 17:09
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Some may recall that I'm estranged from my mother. A while back (2-3 years) I finally got up the nerve to call her (she's in Colorado) and the first thing she said was, "how did you get this number?". Things started to go downhill from there and I wished her a happy life and hung up.
Today I got a voice message from someone I don't know who said he was calling from the town my mother lives in. He said he did some on line searching trying to find "my full name". He was wanting to talk to "my full name", the son of "my mother's name". He didn't say why, just left a number.
When I googled the number all I got was that it's a cell phone in the same area of Colorado as my mother. I'm not sure I'm understanding his last name but I tried googling it. Nothing. I searched obituaries in the local newspaper - nothing. I also searched for my step-father - nothing. I searched for lawyers in her town - no match to what I think is the guy's name.
So I called the number. It tripped over to another line after the first ring (there was a slight click and the rings changed somewhat). I got a message that the voice mailbox belonging to "first name" was full. I called twice more and got the same thing.
I called my mother's number. I got a message saying the number was disconnected. Knowing how paranoid my step-father is I wouldn't be surprised if they changed the number after I called. (They have bars on the windows of their house in a very nice neighborhood.) And then there's the way she responded when I called before.
Do I keep calling this stranger? I've been a victim of several data breaches so am leery of acknowledging anything to him. It seems odd that his mailbox would be full.
I'm going to Colorado in late May. I was hoping to make contact with her then. At the very least, drive by the house to see the bars on the windows.
What say ST?
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