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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:34 AM Sep 2012

COMPLAINTS ABOUT AUTOMATED CALLS UP SHARPLY

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- So much for silence from telemarketers at the cherished dinner hour, or any other hour of the day.

Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwanted phone solicitations, raising questions about how well the federal "do-not-call" registry is working. The biggest category of complaint: those annoying prerecorded pitches called robocalls that hawk everything from lower credit card interest rates to new windows for your home.

Robert Madison, 43, of Shawnee, Kan., says he gets automated calls almost daily from "Ann, with credit services," offering to lower his interest rates.

"I am completely fed up," Madison said in an interview. "I've repeatedly asked them to take me off their call list." When he challenges their right to call, the solicitors become combative, he said. "There's just nothing that they won't do."

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COMPLAINTS ABOUT AUTOMATED CALLS UP SHARPLY (Original Post) xchrom Sep 2012 OP

The problem is not with the legit ones it's with clowns like "Credit Services" hobbit709 Sep 2012 #1

If I ever get my hands on 'The Captain," I'm going to make him eat his foghorn htuttle Sep 2012 #2

Hey, this Ann with Credit Services who's calling this guy.. joeybee12 Sep 2012 #3

yeah -- but she's just trying to keep an eye you -- xchrom Sep 2012 #5

You look good as a blonde! joeybee12 Sep 2012 #8

... xchrom Sep 2012 #9

Did Rachel change her name to Ann? IDemo Sep 2012 #4

They also have Jennifer dragonlady Sep 2012 #15

Last week I mailed a complaint form to the Minnesota Attorney General's Office qb Sep 2012 #6

COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALL-CAPS POSTS RISE SHARPLY! randome Sep 2012 #7

... xchrom Sep 2012 #10

I never use my cell phone. I want it in case I need help. I've got one of those plans where you Booster Sep 2012 #11

I've had the phone ring and an automated message would tell me to please hold... Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #12

I just stopped answering it, if they won't leave a message, they won't get a response. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #13

I pretend to be interested, give them a fake CC number, Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #14

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. The problem is not with the legit ones it's with clowns like "Credit Services"

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:38 AM

Sep 2012

They just spoof their number and switch to new ones as soon as they get caught. Ann or Heather or Rachel are part of a scam operation.

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

2. If I ever get my hands on 'The Captain," I'm going to make him eat his foghorn

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:54 AM

Sep 2012

He calls me everywhere -- home, cell, work.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

3. Hey, this Ann with Credit Services who's calling this guy..

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:01 AM

Sep 2012

Is also calling me...daily.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

5. yeah -- but she's just trying to keep an eye you --

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:29 AM

Sep 2012

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

8. You look good as a blonde!

Reply to xchrom (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:48 AM

Sep 2012

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

9. ...

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:51 AM

Sep 2012

bastard!

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

4. Did Rachel change her name to Ann?

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:22 AM

Sep 2012

Or simply find a helper?

dragonlady

(3,577 posts)

15. They also have Jennifer

Reply to IDemo (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:28 AM

Sep 2012

and a while ago there was a guy who called from the same outfit. He didn't last long.

qb

(5,924 posts)

6. Last week I mailed a complaint form to the Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:45 AM

Sep 2012

about a "card services" number that calls my cell phone 4 to 5 times a day. I stopped answering weeks ago but they keep calling. I found an online complaint blog about this number, and read that the caller sometimes misrepresents itself as Wells Fargo. If anyone can nail these fuckers, Lori Swanson can!

randome

(34,845 posts)

7. COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALL-CAPS POSTS RISE SHARPLY!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:46 AM

Sep 2012

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

10. ...

Reply to randome (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:52 AM

Sep 2012

Booster

(10,021 posts)

11. I never use my cell phone. I want it in case I need help. I've got one of those plans where you

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:05 AM

Sep 2012

pay $100 for 1,000 mins and it's good until you use up the mins. I didn't have the phone a solid week when I got about
15 calls - only 1 friend had my number. I'm wondering if T-Mobile is calling my number just to use up my minutes. The couple of times I have answered just to see who is calling, the caller hung up every time. Anyone else have this problem?

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)

12. I've had the phone ring and an automated message would tell me to please hold...

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:06 AM

Sep 2012

You call me and want me to hold? Fuck you.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

13. I just stopped answering it, if they won't leave a message, they won't get a response. nt

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:08 AM

Sep 2012

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

14. I pretend to be interested, give them a fake CC number,

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:27 AM

Sep 2012

fake last 4 digits of SSN, and when they ask for the CC customer service number I give them either the FBI's 800 number, or an 800 number for a phone sex line. It wastes their time for 10 or 15 minutes and gives me a sense of satisfaction when they get pissed off.

And I also report them to the FCC, every single time.

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