gateley
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:11 PM
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Just got a robocall from "Rachel at Credit Card Services" -- |
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There is currently no problem with your credit card account, but it's imperative you contact us to get a 6% interest rate...
I don't have a credit card.
Vultures.
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:15 PM
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1. Gawd. they were sued out of business six months ago |
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but I guess you can't keep scammers down for long.
I don't have credit cards either.
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:15 PM
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2. What are "people you should legally be allowed to club within inches of death?" Alex. |
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Edited on Thu Feb-25-10 06:22 PM by YOY
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Sherman A1
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:16 PM
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3. I would call her and have a good time |
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discussing anything, (the weather, etc) and tie them up as long as possible.
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:19 PM
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6. You can't have a conversation with a robocall. |
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Yeah, I know, you can press 1 and talk to whatever poor live bozo answers. But why waste your time as well?
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Sherman A1
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Thu Feb-25-10 08:08 PM
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Registering for the no call list
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Thu Feb-25-10 08:23 PM
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We've been on the no-call list since we moved here, and we still get those calls every single week.
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Sherman A1
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Fri Feb-26-10 04:10 AM
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20. Then you need to file complaints with the FCC |
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or if on your State No Call list with your AG. I did so here in MO and the St. Louis Post Dispatch was fined $5K.
The list does work here for me and I am on both the Federal and my State, but sometimes you have to file complaints.
You could also call any number provided in the message and inform them that you are on the No Call list and you will be filing a complaint with the proper authorities.
I suspect the calls will stop.
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Fri Feb-26-10 04:19 AM
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21. Actually, I used to get these frequently. About 2 months ago, I pressed 1 and launched into |
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a 60-second spiel about how I knew this was a scam; I don't even have credit cards; I could see their phone number (I couldn't); and I was going to contact the FTC.
No calls since. It was 60 seconds well spent. :)
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:17 PM
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4. I haven't been to my doctor for about three years, thank you god, but |
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received a bill for $15 for "administrative costs." CPA in my building says it might be a new accounting firm trying to generate money so I threw the thing away. Vultures is the right word...LOL.
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Thu Feb-25-10 08:27 PM
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18. Some doctor billed you out of the blue? |
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Even though you had never gone to see them?
I would have taken that bill to the district attorney's office, or called the state attorney general's office, or tried to find some way to get them charged with fraud.
If someone is randomly mailing out bills to strangers, hoping some people will thing they are legitimate and pay them, that's just amazingly horribly offensive!
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:18 PM
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5. Rachel is just as interested in me and I don't have a credit card, either. |
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She called me again today too. Think someone should tell her? :rofl:
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:21 PM
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7. Greta called me..and then hung up on me when I told her to stop calling me |
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:24 PM
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8. The CC companies are targeting us lately, too, |
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especially since my husband paid off his Chase, Capital One and B of A cards not too long ago. I think between us we got six credit card offers in the mail just yesterday.
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Fri Feb-26-10 04:25 AM
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22. I mail back expired coupons in the pre-paid envelopes. |
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And those blow-in cards from magazines. :-)
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:25 PM
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:28 PM
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10. My husband has been getting this call on his work cellphone and |
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I found this information on the number. http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/6165974022He's reporting this to his boss because he will be charged out of pocket for the calls coming in if they are not work related. He has no idea how they got his cell number at work.
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:34 PM
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11. Damn, that Rachel gets around |
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... the skank...
Just for that I'm not returning her robocall either.
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:40 PM
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12. Yeah, I've been getting those also... |
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both on my landline and cell phone. I don't have any credit cards, either.
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Thu Feb-25-10 06:51 PM
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They figure that somebody will fall for it.
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Thu Feb-25-10 08:20 PM
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15. I do too, and I should know better! |
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Did she have an English accent? :)
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Thu Feb-25-10 08:21 PM
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16. I get those calls at least once per week. |
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Anyone who actually talks to them is asking to be robbed.
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Thu Feb-25-10 08:41 PM
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19. I get one every couple of weeks, usually a guy. |
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i just hang up, they don't listen to 'do not call'. Discover magazine was so bad that my husband yelled at them and threatened to discontinue. but they just kept calling. sometimes twice a day. And usually it was only six months into his renewal. They usually do this when they are bankrupt or need money in my opinion
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