I am on the Do Not Call registry. This number has been call every day for two months. I've picked up several times and followed the automated message instruction to press #3 to be removed from their calling list. Despite making this request, I still receive calls. Today I received a call and this time I pressed #5 to speak to a representative. When she came on the line I told her I've requested them to stop calling on several occassions yet still receive calls. She said she'd remove my number from their lists and hurried off the phone....we'll see.....
This is an energy broker (who won't identify themselves) who is trying to get you to switch gas & electric providers. I receive 7-10 calls per day from this and other numbers, and I, too, am on the Do Not Call Registry. Sometimes they call me about my "current bill with PSEG". Sometimes they call me about my "current bill with JCPL". That should tell you something.
When you try to talk to a rep to get your number removed, they will ask for your account number.
NEVER GIVE ANY ACCOUNT NUMBER OR EVEN YOUR NAME TO ANYONE COLD CALLING YOU. ANY LEGITIMATE COMPANY THAT YOU ALREADY DO BUSINESS WITH ALREADY HAS YOUR NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBERS, AND WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO PROVIDE THESE THINGS. IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE, IT IS A SCAM.
Furthermore, whoever these people are, they at times try to misrepresent themselves as PSEG or JCPL to gain your trust (they are NOT PSEG or JCPL; again, they refuse to identify who they are).
This is a shady scam. As of last week (week ending August 18, 2012), they were robo dialing people using 973-1XX-XXXX and 732-1XX-XXXX phone numbers. Phone numbers where the prefix starts with a 1 (example 973-158-9945) are not legitimate phone numbers). After I posted this complaint on all of the prefix-1 phone numbers listed below, they started robo dialing people using other phone numbers such as this 425-320-5045 phone number. When you try to call this number yourself, all you get is a busy signal.
Obviously, this is not a legitimate company if they are using deceitful practices to get around the Do Not Call Registry, misrepresenting themselves as PSEG or JCPL, and don't even have legitimate phone numbers.
FYI, other phone numbers used by this company are:
These all have the same complaints attached to them. "Calls multiple times a day." "Won't leave a message." "Energy broker trying to get me to switch."
I am posting this on the complaint threads for each of these phone numbers.
Supposedly, this company "Discount Center" and all their phone numbers are with a phone carrier/telecom provider called Level 3 Communications. Again, see info in the link above.