Call came at 7:32 pm 7/12/13. Tons of noise in the background. Woman with thick accent said she was from Gold Rush something. Said I wasn't interested. She said oh, not a sales call, blah, blah. I should've hung up, but said Fine, what's it about. Sarcasm wasted. She says she has to get her manager to talk to me. He comes on the line, starts telling me about an open house or something for Gold Rush, "here in unintelligible city." I tell him I can't hear him, and where is he? Same garbled name. He keeps saying "Okay? Okay?" I said NO! Stop talking to me and never call here again, never. I hung up. It felt like he wanted me to say yes, which would maybe have me agreeing to something I don't want. I'm a little concerned because they did know my name. I am on the Do Not Call list, but it didn't help. I hope I don't get this call again, but maybe I'll take the advice of a previous poster and fake 'em out with an accent of my own. Or, since I know their phone number, I could answer "Thank you for calling the office of the California Attorney General for Consumer Affairs." There is such an office! It MIGHT scare them.
Received a call from this number with no name on the Caller ID ... just "Out of Area." When I answered, someone with a very heavy accent, obviously English not being their first language, asked to speak to "Mr. Rex." Rex is my first name, not my last name. When I asked who was calling, she proceeded into some spiel I could barely understand, but I did make out the words "Southwest Airlines." When I interrupted her and asked what was the nature of the call, she immediately hung up on me. I've been on the Do Not Call list for years. I will report them, not that it ever seems to do any good with these scum bags. They're usually calling from some offshore location with phony US numbers, so apparently they are outside the reach of the law.
so I get a call claiming to be from GoldRush something - thick accent told them they home owner was not home they questioned how I am related? interesting - since I'm the baby sitter they didn't want to talk to me and hung up - good thing I wasn't the resident of the house I might have god suxed into some deal I didn't want - very thick accent couldn't determine if they were Philippines or Pakistan but definitely not home grown American!