(856) 861-3454 recorded 25 April 2014 (Chris from "Action Medical" offering topical ointment "better and safer than Ibuprofen" pills...)
Caller ID: "US Life Care"
Also calls from: (914) 219-0093
This was a rather complicated two part call, but I was only able to record the second call, so some background information is necessary.
[Part 1, non recorded call]
A fellow introducing himself as "Chris from Action Medical" asked for me by a pseudonym I gave to a telemarketer earlier in April. He explained that due to recent changes in the Healthcare laws, I was now eligible for a new topical pain relief medication that was better and safer than traditional pain pills, such as Ibuprofin. He asked me if I was aware that traditional pain relief pills could harm my liver (although a grain of truth, I'm sure it's a tactic designed to scare me into wanting his topical pain killing medication)
He assured me he wasn't selling me this ointment, instead, he could contact my doctor and my doctor could arrange through him to have it sent to me directly via US Mail at no cost to me. Of course, he would need the name of my doctor.
I thought "Smith" would be too obvious, so I told him "S M Y T H E". He spent a few moments on the phone with me, accessing his database, attempting to find my fictitious "Dr. Smythe".
He noted "This is odd, usually I can find 99% of doctors mentioned to me, but I can't find your Dr. Smythe..." and he asked me if I had a phone number for the doctor. I said I have my medical file in a drawer and I'd be happy to get it if he could hold, and he agreed to wait while I went to get my folder.
Big mistake for him, I pressed MUTE on my phone (no Hold button) and left him for 5 minutes or so, then came back to tell him "I'm still looking".
This poor dumb guy actually waited on the phone for over 20 minutes while I was "...looking for my medical file". At one point I heard him say aloud "this is crazy!"
He finally disconnected and I expected him to call back, which he did, about 2 hours later.
[Part 2, recorded call]
The following documents his second call to me, which I was able to record. He reintroduced himself and reminded me about the topical ointment and that he couldn't find my doctor on his database. I told him there was one more box of my files in the garage and if he'd hold, I'd look through those documents to try to find the phone number of my (fictitious) Dr. Smythe. He agreed. I feel so guilty (not!), I put him on hold (I was using a software telephone on my computer desktop with a HOLD button now) and he remained on HOLD for just over 10 minutes this time! At least he had three different sets of HOLD music.
I won't bother with the transcript of our conversation, the above summary should give you a good idea, but it's worth listening to the recording I've linked (below) from my Spam Calls Web Page.
Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear this recording on my Spam Calls web page:
(856) 861-3454 recorded 25 April 2014 (Chris from "Action Medical" offering topical ointment "better and safer than Ibuprofen" pills...)
Caller ID: "US Life Care"
Also calls from: (914) 219-0093
This was a rather complicated two part call, but I was only able to record the second call, so some background information is necessary.
[Part 1, non recorded call]
A fellow introducing himself as "Chris from Action Medical" asked for me by a pseudonym I gave to a telemarketer earlier in April. He explained that due to recent changes in the Healthcare laws, I was now eligible for a new topical pain relief medication that was better and safer than traditional pain pills, such as Ibuprofin. He asked me if I was aware that traditional pain relief pills could harm my liver (although a grain of truth, I'm sure it's a tactic designed to scare me into wanting his topical pain killing medication)
He assured me he wasn't selling me this ointment, instead, he could contact my doctor and my doctor could arrange through him to have it sent to me directly via US Mail at no cost to me. Of course, he would need the name of my doctor.
I thought "Smith" would be too obvious, so I told him "S M Y T H E". He spent a few moments on the phone with me, accessing his database, attempting to find my fictitious "Dr. Smythe".
He noted "This is odd, usually I can find 99% of doctors mentioned to me, but I can't find your Dr. Smythe..." and he asked me if I had a phone number for the doctor. I said I have my medical file in a drawer and I'd be happy to get it if he could hold, and he agreed to wait while I went to get my folder.
Big mistake for him, I pressed MUTE on my phone (no Hold button) and left him for 5 minutes or so, then came back to tell him "I'm still looking".
This poor dumb guy actually waited on the phone for over 20 minutes while I was "...looking for my medical file". At one point I heard him say aloud "this is crazy!"
He finally disconnected and I expected him to call back, which he did, about 2 hours later.
[Part 2, recorded call]
The following documents his second call to me, which I was able to record. He reintroduced himself and reminded me about the topical ointment and that he couldn't find my doctor on his database. I told him there was one more box of my files in the garage and if he'd hold, I'd look through those documents to try to find the phone number of my (fictitious) Dr. Smythe. He agreed. I feel so guilty (not!), I put him on hold (I was using a software telephone on my computer desktop with a HOLD button now) and he remained on HOLD for just over 10 minutes this time! At least he had three different sets of HOLD music.
I won't bother with the transcript of our conversation, the above summary should give you a good idea, but it's worth listening to the recording I've linked (below) from my Spam Calls Web Page.
Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear this recording on my Spam Calls web page: