I received a phone call from this number which gave me a code number and do not know who or why they would be giving me this. Can you please help?

These guys are trying to defraud people by tricking them into activating some program or something via text and phone.

This number (202-455-8888) is legit. It called me to provide a verification code, while I was signing-in to a Customer-Service Review-Request, from a local merchant that I had visited a day earlier.

However, my phone lists it as a mobile number, while phonelookup.com lists it as a landline. Confused yet? Yeah, me too. That is all I know.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who received a phone call from this number. They tried to call me on October 11, 2022. I didn’t answer back because I didn’t know who the person who owns the phone number was.

I forgot to add that my phone says that they come from Washington DC.