Answered phone. Person asked if I was receiving my magazine in a timely fashion. Wanted to offer me a great rate for 24 more issues at an additional discount. I Told him to send me the offer by mail. He Said he didn't know how to do that. Don't know how they got my name, phone number & the fact that I had that mag subscription. He wanted me to speak with his supervisor to verify my address. I was very suspicious and ended the call. I tried to call the number and it said it was not in service. Obviously, this is some type of a scam and they are trying to gather your personal information for whatever reason.
Answered phone. Person asked if I was receiving my magazine in a timely fashion. Wanted to offer me a great rate for 24 more issues. Told him to send me the offer by mail. Said he didn't know how to do that. Don't know how they got my name, phone number & the fact that I had that mag subscription. I ended the call.
Have received two of these calls at work in the past week. They ask for me by my first and last name, and then ask about my TV Guide subscription, and if it is arriving on time and in good condition. I have never had a subscription to this magazine in my life! When I inform them of this fact, and ask if my name can be removed from their calling list, I am assured it will happen, but so far, this has not been the case. This last time, when I made my request, the guy kind of chuckled when we said he'd take my name off. Real reassuring! :(
Got the call, didn't bother answering due to being an unfamiliar number. Word of advice, if at all possible, DO NOT EVEN ALLOW AN ANSWERING MACHINE TO TAKE THE CALLS, much less answer. That signals the spammer they've got a live number and your number will be sold for possible hits in the future. The less participation by the receiver will slowly cut back the volume of worthless calls. I've dealt with many of these supposed magazine subscription services and they're basically just phishing for your information. I've been astonished by how many different companies have claimed to handle the one magazine I did subscribe to.
What's real assuring is you're likely to get pelted with more spam calls as a result of taking that one. The 'chuckle' was probably because he'll just sell your number off to somebody else for the same purpose. This particular outfit might not pester you again, but you're liable to get more. He lost with you but he'll still get paid for relaying your live number.