Audible spam

[ezdays]

I just received an application for a new credit card in the mail yesterday. In the fine print the form stated something to the effect that by providing my phone number I was authorizing them, their business partners, and independent third party contractors to call me, including the use of automated calls...

They are really tricky when they do stuff like that since the do-not-call rules allows then to call with your permission, or if you've done business with them. I got a call yesterday while I was composing this thread. It was from an auto glass company that said I was a previous customer and wanted to know if I had anymore chips or cracks in my windshield that needed repairs. Well, they knew that was a lie since the last time I had any windshield work done was around 1965. I just told him that, "no, but if I did, I wouldn't use you guys since you did such a lousy job last time"... I think he got the message that I knew he was just using a list of names that they purchased.

I was reading a article that said that the, "Hi, I'm Rachel...", call could be from any one of a bunch of companies. Apparently the rent time on the robo-dialer, which, if you press "1", you are transferred to one of their salespeople. It also said that if you respond, you are asked for your credit card number and they will charge you for services that you can basically do yourself for nothing, or they don't do anything...

The feds asked a few months ago for the public to give them ideas on how to stop this flood of phone spam. Hey, what are we paying them the big bucks for? Still, nothing changes and these spammers get bolder...