How many of you are experiencing these damn telemarketers? Unfortunately they’ve gotten a hold of my cell phone number, and while it’s not as bad as it can be (I’ve read anecdotes on the Internet claiming several phone calls per day), it’s still pretty annoying to get a couple of calls every week. And if I don’t pick up, they leave a message which uses my cell minutes.
Here’s what happens:
The phone rings. You say hello. An automated recording kicks in and states that this call is your FINAL WARNING before your auto warranty expires (the horror!) and that blah, blah, blah, you can sign up for protection and whatever. You can press 2 to get the number taken off the list, or you can press 1 to speak to a representative.
Pressing 2 has absolutely no effect. I’ve been getting calls for a few months now, and it has absolutely no meaning to them. Being on the do not call list is irrelevant.
You can press 1 to talk to someone, and ask them to remove your number for you, but that has no effect either.
Of course, it’s a total scam. It sounds like it’s a total phishing attempt in an effort to skim credit card numbers. It also seems like it’s a pretty sophisticated scheme, complete with phone number masking and other methods to subvert tracing and detection. Every number they call from is a different one, and when I try to call them back I am told the number has been disconnected.
That being said, I’d totally participate in any attempt to track these fuckers down. I’m convinced that the people running this scam and the idiots working for them are the lowest scum of human life and deserve to die a nasty, horrible death.
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I never had it on my cell, but these jerks were calling us a while back on the home phone. Eventually it stopped, but it had me rather furious too. I just don’t understand why people do this kind of stuff.
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My mom gets these all of the time…like every day. She’s even talked to them quite a few times. She goes along with them and tells them what her car is (a ‘89 Dodge Diplomat), they literally laugh at her and tell her that they’re not able to cover a car that old. She tells them that she knows this and that she’s told them many times before, so why don’t they take her off of their list. They hang up, and call back again the next day. Actually sometimes they just hang up right after she tells them what she drives. Doesn’t sound very professional to me.
isn’t there a do not call website to register your numbers?
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Go to https://www.donotcall.gov/ and register all your phone numbers, landline and cells. Should the calls continue after a month, report the calls to that same web site. Be sure to have the originating number, and if possible, the buisiness name.There was an e-mail going around earlier this year wherein the author was having telemarketer problems. One day he answered and claimed to be a police detective investigating a crime at the house, implying that the caller was implicated in it too, and began questioning their relationship, scaring the guy silly. While probably a tall tale, it was a good read. The idea could be used by someone with enough cutzpah.
Kyra - They do it to scam people out of money. They can’t earn an honest living, so they have to take advantage of people that don’t know better.
Stephanie - It isn’t professional at all.
Tim - Yea, but these guys don’t abide by it.
I got one of these warranty calls. I told the “lady” on the other end of the phone that I would like to extend my warranty. She asked how many miles my car has. I said 200,000. She then asked if I had the V.I.N number. I said that I would have to get it from my car. I asked her if there was a number that I could call her back. Of course they only make outbound calls. She said she would wait for me to go get it. I said it may take a while, is there a website I can go to. She gave me the website. http://www.warranties.com. I guess she heard me typing and promptly hung up on me. The site didn’t have any links to click on except google ads. I looked at the Whois registry for this site.
Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
Ansell, Cheryl
TheAnsells@suddenlink.net
3 Rota Lane
Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
US
Phone: 501-984-2225
Fax: 501-922-5907
Called the number and spoke to Cheryl herself. I told her that I was having difficulties using the site. She then gave me the numbers of a guy that could help me out. I don’t think Cheryl is the bad guy in this situation, but this guy and his company appears to be behind the telemarketing. I was shocked that she gave me this information.
ROBERT GREENSTEIN
(800)939-3906
(800)800-8640
Cell: (760)522-1269
I googled the 800 phone number and found the company. Diversified Enterprises. http://www.diversifiedenterprises.com/index.php/management
Quote from the CEO - John Valenty What is John Valenty’s formula? He says; “No excuses, just business at full-throttle. We have fun, drive hard, make a lot of mistakes, learn from them, and hit a few out of the park; all part of the plan.”
John Valenty CEO — Email: john@diversifiedenterprises.com phone: (800) 800-8650
David Pohl CHAIRMAN — Email: david@diversifiedenterprises.com
Rob Greenstein PRESIDENT — Email: rob@diversifiedenterprises.com phone: (800) 800-8640
This may be him http://www.linkedin.com/in/robg2000
Valenty has a profile on there too, but no picture.
This John Valenty has numerous law suits filed against him from wrongful termination, sexual harrassment, the FCC for direct mail scams and I even found a domestic violence restraining order! This is all in the San Diego County court records. Sounds like real good guy…
He seems to be this multi level marketing guru that made his millions selling snake oil back in the ’90’s and is now making his money doing this and who knows what else. It seems this Rob Greenstein guy is a multi level marketer (downline from Valenty) too.
In additon to the other phone numbers, this was given to me as well.
John Valenty: 760-522-1221
Unfortunately googling the phone number might not always work as telemarketers can easily use fake caller ID information.
I kept getting calls telling me I was approved for a loan which I never applied for. The guy said I just needed to send a deposit of $500 and I would get $5000 wired to my account, and there was nothing on google about that phone number. The only thing I found was this site http://www.tracethisnumber.com which gave me some city information, a map, etc. The number was a cell phone. The city was on the west coast and we are on the east coast. I got a premium lookup and the number turned out to belong to some guy named Jose Arguelles with an address in Ontario, CA. I called the number back and the same guy who was calling me picked up. I got all the info I could and passed it on to the BBB, FBI and local PD.