I just had the oddest phone call...a new scam!

The landline phone rang and the caller ID said my own name! With the house phone number, not my cell phone. [insert Twilight Zone music] Dd and I looked at each other for a minute, then I answered. It was my credit card company (supposedly) calling with a "special offer" to lower my interest rate. They've left me messages about this before and of course I ignore them. But how the heck did my name get there in the caller-ID? Is this a new tactic by telemarketers to get us to pick up the phone?

My dd immediately said "lock the basement door!" and "lock the back door!" and "it's that movie 'When a Stranger Calls'"!!! lol. and 
I do remember the old movie, vaguely, so I read the wiki about it. There's been a remake also. But the wiki description of the original had me   and   . lol. 

Now I was going to go down to our basement pantry area and see if we have any canned tomatoes for tonight's enchiladas. But I think I'll just pick another can when I go to the store for a couple other ingredients. Because the pantry is in the laundry room which is down the stairs, and through the main room, down a small hall, past the dark furnace area.... in other words waaaaay far away from safety.   


eta: I've been reading the comments on the BBB site article that I linked farther down. Seems like it's a common newer thing, and not only are the scammers using our own phone numbers to show up in caller ID, they're also using other people's numbers. .