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Jonas Parker
Master Baiter
Joined: 13 Aug 2009
Posts: 109
Location: Texas
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Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:31 pm |
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Sorry I haven't been around for a while, but the wife is ill and I've been busy on the amateur radio traffic nets. I still get lots of would-be targets in my e-mail though.
We've been getting phone calls from some direct-marketing pukes (I think located somewhere in Florida) for the last several months identifying themselves as "Card Member Services". We don't have caller ID (which can be spoofed anyway), so when they called today about 12:30PM I decided that I'd get some information.
After I admitted that we had over $10,000 in credit card debt (big lie) and that we were being charged 28% interest (another whopper) on a Master Card (well, a fib anyway) that expired this July (another fib), I found out that the sleeze that I was talking to was named "Dexter Livingston" (pure BS I'm sure). I explained that our telephone service out here in the sticks was none too reliable (another fib) and asked this doofuss for a number that I could use to call him back in case we were disconnected. Being not exactly the brightest light in the harbor, he gave me his number 1-800-847-2911. I then explained to him that we were on the US Federal No Call list and I was going to immediately report him to the Federal Communications Commission (there's a handy on-line form on their website for the purpose), and I hung up.
Here's the weird part. Ten seconds later "Dexter" called back to "remind me that 'they' had my name and home address"... and I presume by his tone that it was probably not to deliver flowers to. I gave "Dexter" a succinct summary of the Texas Castle Doctrine Law, basically "you come at me and I'll kill you" and hung up again.
I did file a complaint with the FCC, and I also notified the sheriff's department, just in case. Hopefully "Dexter" and his group will get nailed to the wall shortly. I will shoot a note off to our congressman, Louie Gohmert, who probably doesn't want supporters shot in an election year so he may just put a bit more pressure on running these folks out of business.
Just thought I'd let you know that all the "lads" aren't necessarily in Nigeria. We have some in the US that are "home-grown"! |
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Salting the Gold mine
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 03 Jan 2014
Posts: 993
Location: Living next door to Alice
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Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:38 pm |
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Sorry to hear about your wife,I hope she's better soon. |
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Robert Heinrich der 1.
Baiting Guru
Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 3877
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Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:29 pm |
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Gohmert
damn, this person really exists... first I thought about some other "gohmert"
regarding baiting safe... I guess it's a bit problematic that he contacted you and might know your name/address/and so on... |
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dwatina
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Posts: 7164
Location: Home of the Orangemen! Friends call me Doc
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Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:10 pm |
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I wouldn't worry about it.
And if it's a 800 number, what exactly are they going to do? The folks who work for them probably number a half-dozen. I doubt they are going to send anyone anywhere to rough someone up.
I've gotten those calls from "Card Member Services" and other ones like it. Several times I've heard children in the background, and the TV blaring. Someone working from home, is my guess.
So far as them having my name and address--all they have to do is go to the white pages on line and put in my phone number--and vioila! There's my name and address.
Actually--they usually know my name when they call.
I wouldn't worry about folks like them. |
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Mr. Labowski
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Sep 2013
Posts: 2210
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Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:13 am |
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I agree, they are similar to debt collectors in that they are mostly all fluff and little/no muscle. My RL business gets calls from them all the time pretending to be Yahoo (I have a Yahoo hosted website) trying to sell me worthless crap to "improve" my ranking in Google.
I've been telling them to F*** off for years, nothing has ever come of it. They are telemarketers. They really don't have enough interest in you personally, they just go down their list and keep calling/harassing other people who might fall for their BS. |
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Connie L. Gus
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Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Posts: 7243
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:34 pm |
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Sorry to hear about your wife JP.
The number that the scammer gave you 800-847-2911 is 1-800-VISA-911. This is the number to report lost or stolen VISA credit cards and is not used by VISA for outgoing calls.
I understand that people with caller ID see CardSerices 800-847-2911 (Check spelling) on their phone displays when receiving a call from these scammers. |
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Dorothy
Baiting Guru
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 3114
Location: somewhere over the rainbow
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Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:00 pm |
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These things are far more organized than people realize. They operate like boiler room scams. They use robo-dialers and fairly large-scale call centers (the people at the top of these scams are often in the US but the call centers may be anywhere in the world.) to target thousands of potential victims at a time. They use a wide assortment of VOIP numbers and often spoof legitimate numbers (I have at least a dozen of their fake numbers on block on my cellphone right now, as my number has unfortunately made their list.)
But as for the caller on the other end of the line? He/she is just a petty pawn hired to make the calls and get the info out of those who fall for the scam. Some of them will harass, get vulgar, or threaten, but they aren't going to do anything, except call you more often. |
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The Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 2885
Location: La La Land
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Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:32 pm |
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I have actually had them call back after I abuse them and hang up. The Microsoft security one is making the rounds at my house right now.... After a few single malts the wife is surprised at the new and exciting ways I can find to tell someone to have anatomically impossible relations with themselves. |
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lakeside77
A chaff in the USA
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 2700
Location: Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
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Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:44 pm |
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I had a "Microsoft Security" tech call me last week. The lady with the Indian accent read my name and address back to me to be sure she was speaking to the right person. After telling me that my computer had a serious malware problem I told her that my computer was in the shop for a hardware upgrade. I thanked her for telling me about the malware problem and said I would call the shop right away and ask them to run a thorough system check. I'm not too concerned they have my name and address since it's up on Spokeo already.
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Rowan
Elite Baiter
Joined: 15 Feb 2013
Posts: 1348
Location: In the back room, being naughty
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Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:38 am |
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Card Services is a pretty notorious one. It's been around for quite a while now. I remember getting calls from them when my eleven-year-old was just a baby. Like Dorothy said, they're boiler room scams. Plus, they're very mobile. They'll open a call center, use it for a couple of months, then when someone starts sniffing around thinking they're probably not legit, they pull up stakes, disappear for a while and are back at it from another location some time later. That's why you'll get a bunch of calls from them over a several month period, then nothing and a few months later have the calls start back up again.
It always shows up as CARD SERVICES on my caller ID followed by a U.S. phone number. I suspect it's a spoofed number, but I don't know since I never pick up the phone or try to call them back. I haven't gotten a call from them in over a year and I hope that continues. |
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lakeside77
A chaff in the USA
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 2700
Location: Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
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Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:10 pm |
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^^They are all spoofed calls. You may notice that the area codes are for places like North Dakota or Montana or Idaho -- places with sparse populations and therefore more unused phone numbers they can use for spoofing.
Apparently Orlando, FL was ground zero for these operations (and maybe still is). My son worked there (for a company known for its mouse ear logo) and said that they would set up signs along the main roads announcing "Telemarketer Jobs" and giving a phone number. That was their recruitment program. |
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I must let you know that am sick and tired of all this whole bull sheet do you know my ass is on the line - Jonh Raymund
i want to say i am very sorry for the Mother that gave Barth to you -- Jim Ovie
. . . it is disrespectful,malicious, an ILEDAN EYE,to our corporation and embarrassing to my secretary as he was messed up by your action. I thought I was assisting a true American gentleman without knowing that I am trying to help one of the most chaffs in the USA. --Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh
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