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Got a call notifying me of my lucky chance to lower my credit rate from Member Services....."press 1 to speak to an agent" I decided to wait..to politely ask to be removed from their lists...i was number 12 in line to speak.....like a lunatic, i decide to wait this time... make sure to get off the list. I wait over 8-9mins to be next call in line.........the automated voice says then... you are num 14 in line.... now I am really made so I wait to speak to someone about it...i wait more than 15 mins to be caller num. 2 in line... then they hang up the line.......... they are blocked from receiving direct calls from my phone when I decide to call them...... what was this call even about???? some messed up test to see how long I would wait?? I would like to take a shovel to the agent now...
Caller type: Telemarketer
Caller: Member Services
Number: 906-209-8746
Unsolicited/Nuisance/Fraud/SCAM/Prank telephone calls are here to stay. Robotic calling technology is readily available and unscrupulous people will exploit it. Get a life and deal with it.
What can you do?
1) Block the calling number. Most cell phone service providers (and some cell phones themselves) have blocking services. Many land line phone providers also have blocking services. Contact your service provider (cell or land-line) to find out how to do it. For a nominal one-time investment you can purchase a simple plug-in add-on device that allows you to manually block numbers to your land-line (Google "call blocker"). Note that these callers don't use a number very long before they switch to another and hit you again. Get used to it. It's an unadvertised perk of having phone service.
2) If you do answer a call and get a real person talking to you, you have established a "business relationship" which takes you out of any Do Not Call Registry restrictions with them….as if they were abiding by those regulations anyway. Engage them in non-committal conversation as long as you possibly can. Act VERY interested. Mess with their minds. Give them phony credit card numbers. Give them fictitious addresses. Make up names. Consume as much of their time as you can. While you are taking up their time they cannot harass someone else, so you are performing a vital civic service. When they do finally hang up, block their number on your phone.
3) DO NOT call them back! DO NOT select the button that is supposed to remove you from their database. These actions only registers your phone number as valid so they can add it to their list to sell to other scammers. Such action also establishes that you have "done business with them before" which takes you off of the Do Not Call Registry for them….as if they would even consider abiding by the law anyway.
4) Telephone communications are regulated by state and federal governments. Carry a card with the phone number of your State Attorney General (who has the responsibility of enforcing telecommunications laws). When you get an unsolicited call tell them that they have caught you on a phone that can't be used for personal use (or they've caught you on your cell) and ask them to call back on a different number. Give them the Attorney General's number, hang up, and immediately block their number on your phone.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Rachel
Company: Credit Card Services
Number: 906-209-8746
I have been calls from this company on a daily basis stating they can lower my credit card percentage. I do not own or have a credit card and when I pressed 1 to speak to someone, I told her that I do not have a credit card and to remove me from their list and she just hung up with nothing more to say. Really? Is that Customer service??
Caller type: Telemarketer
Company: Card Holder Services
Number: 906-209-8746
Wanted to offer me a reduced Apr on my non existing credit card. I told the Rep that I don't have a credit card but they're welcome to pay my cell bill for me since they call me more than any other number. Caller said they don't offer that service so I said that I don't want what they offer. I added that "be advised that u are calling a recorded line, continued calls to my number will confirm they take responsibility for my cell bill. Haven't heard from them since.
Caller type: Telemarketer
Number: 906-209-8746
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