New Telemarketing Trick
Jun 21, 2017 08:49:38 #
Bob R wrote:
There was a law against it until Trump reversed the law. His friends own the sales companies.
It's interesting has business seems to have all the advantages.
Jun 21, 2017 09:21:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It's interesting has business seems to have all the advantages.
This little ditty might be of help........
https://lifehacker.com/im-a-telemarketer-heres-how-to-get-rid-of-me-1540911401
Jun 21, 2017 09:34:27 #
RS
Loc: W Columbia, SC
photoman022 wrote:
I pick up even for spam calls because if I don't do it the answering machine will. Do I pick up and hang up almost immediately or do I keep pressing the "skip" button on the answering machine? The first option seems to work best for me. Oh, if I get a live person on the spam call, I yell as loud as I can into the phone. My wife is now used to my yelling.
I agree with you re the answering machine, so we usually do the 'answer - hang up' thingy.
There have been times when, if I am alone and all is quiet, just pick up the phone and say
nothing, waiting to see how long they will hang on. I feel time must mean something to
them, too, so I'll eat up as much of it as I can.
Re yelling into the phone, I often wish I had one of those little blasting horns you see every
now and then. The only problem I see with something like that is that they have my number
and I really don't have theirs, so they might put me on one of their 'lets get this guy' lists.
Jun 21, 2017 09:38:35 #
gjgallager
Loc: North Central CT & Space Coast Florida
A couple years back, from February until about May we got repeat calls from what looked like a nearby neighbor, it was the 'reduce your credit card interest' scam. But the stupid part was that after the first call, are we dumb enough to bother to answer the repeated calls that went on for weeks? You'd think their 'bot' would get the idea after a few attempts but not so. Sometimes the calls would repeat within minutes! Then it dawned on me. Someone else was getting robo calls from my number and caller ID!
Jun 21, 2017 10:03:22 #
RS
Loc: W Columbia, SC
koalaroo wrote:
We also have the same problem here in Oz. Very annoying. Mostly the calls are from India or the Phillipines so if I pick up the phone, say hello, and there's a delay, I quickly hang up.
Our local tv warned us of a new scam....if they ring and ask "can you hear me?" and you say "yes", they can splice that word and use it making it seem you agreed to some sale or whatever nasty business they are up to. Beware.
Our local tv warned us of a new scam....if they ring and ask "can you hear me?" and you say "yes", they can splice that word and use it making it seem you agreed to some sale or whatever nasty business they are up to. Beware.
I, too, have heard about them trying to get you to use the word "Yes" so they can splice it
as the answer to a different question that they didn't even ask. Do all you can to not use
that word, or a variation thereof, if you do get into a conversation on one of these calls.
Jun 21, 2017 10:26:36 #
Jerry, they are driving us nuts on our cell phones! They don't call the house anymore because we simply don't answer the house phone because of them! The other day I got a call from my husband, and when I answered, it was a telemarketer! They had taken his number and somehow made it their caller ID and made a call to me! Talk about crazy. His phone definitely had not called me. I continually block their numbers, but they continue to call from every kind of number and area of the country you can imagine. One that is circulating in our area is you answer hello, and there is a pause. Then the young lady comes on and says giggling, "Oh, so sorry! My headphones got tangled up . . ." Somebody needs to crack down on them!
Jun 21, 2017 11:18:14 #
mgstrawn wrote:
Jerry, they are driving us nuts on our cell phones... (show quote)
Yes. They are awful. I doubt that they generate enough business to justify the cost. Maybe the cost is very low - low wages to third country people. At one time, prisoners were hired to work the phones.
http://www.xojane.com/issues/vocational-opportunities-in-prison
Jun 21, 2017 21:51:10 #
Must be a worldwide problem, and it's a darn nuisance. We are lucky to have this site, where we can talk with lovely people and share happy photos and temporarily forget about the ugly things that are happening around the world on a daily basis. We just have to be smart and wary of our phones.
Just my thoughts..Jude.
Just my thoughts..Jude.
Jun 21, 2017 22:37:11 #
mikenolan wrote:
IMHO, spoofing should be illegal, but good luck getting Congress to move off its *** on something that might have some meaning for Americans.
Why would Congress do anything when they use it for campaign calls?
Jun 22, 2017 00:19:17 #
Jaackil
Loc: Massachusetts
Camlane wrote:
Why do you pay for something you never use?
Fair question The phone is bundled with internet and tv. If I drop the phone it will actually cost more for the other two. The other reason is 911 Calling 911 from the home phone routes the call to the local dispatcher and allows them to identify the location instantly. Using a cell phone to call 911 goes to the State Police who then have to route the call to the local 911 dispatch and they do not get an instant lock on the location.
Jun 22, 2017 21:50:05 #
Looks like the Republican-controlled FCC might actually do something about telemarketing abuses. See https://www.wsj.com/articles/fcc-proposes-120-million-fine-against-miami-telemarketer-1498152920?cx_campaign=poptart&mod=cx_poptart#cxrecs_s
Jun 22, 2017 23:45:04 #
mikenolan wrote:
Looks like the Republican-controlled FCC might actually do something about telemarketing abuses. See https://www.wsj.com/articles/fcc-proposes-120-million-fine-against-miami-telemarketer-1498152920?cx_campaign=poptart&mod=cx_poptart#cxrecs_s
If they do it'll shock me into a heart attack. When has the government ever done something worth while besides abuse and violate our rights; the rights guaranteed us by the Constitution?
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