Phone rang, picked it up and someone started to say "this is a collect "and then hung up.

Received multiple phone calls from this number claiming to be a collect phone call from an inmate at the Erie County holding center and to press 1 to accept the charges

this is the system that calls from the ec holding center - collect calls from jail.  only way they can call out.

caller recording collect call from NYS prison in buffalo ny.   they want to make a collect call to you.

this is a collect call from erie county holding center in buffalo new york. i don't know anyone in jail.

its a collect call from somebody in jail if you know someone who just got arrested you might want to answer it you have to say hello so it knows your not an answering machine

I never answered