It sounds to me like a two-part authentication code. (That's a secure
way of authorising access to an application or website - you set up
your mobile phone number in the app/website and when you want to
access it, after entering your userid and password, it will text a
one-off code to your mobile which you then also enter.)
It seems like the text was sent to your landline and it was read out
by a speech synthesiser.
The question is 'why was it sent to your landline?' Part of the setup
process initially would have been to test that the user correctly
received the text on his/her mobile.
Maybe just a glitch somewhere in the software...
Nothing to worry about,
Jez
On 11/09/2014, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Brian wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if any of you can throw light on this.
>
>
> Last night at about 11:30 while most of the family were asleep a call
> came in on the landline.
>
> It was a very clear and distinct woman's
> voice, which could have been computer-generated.
>
> It said something
> like " thank you for answering / confirming. Your code is 64 0790 ( or
> 64790)" then hung up.
>
> 64 is our country code but nothing else of that
> makes sense.
>
> Any clues? I will be asking our local telco also.
>
> Brian
>
>
> //////
>
> Well, I didn't believe in random acts of kindness or
> malevolence in this case, and decided to take firm action to get to the
> bottom of this.
>
> I contacted our telco and eventually got to their
> investigation unit. Since there had been no law broken, all they would
> tell me was the precise time the call came in, (11:38, in this case) and
> that it had originated within my own country.
>
> Case still open as far
> as I am concerned. I was not hallucinating.
>
> Brian
>
> wrote
>
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