May 18, about 3:00 PM, I got this message on my answering machine: "Hi, this is Teresa calling at Services Calling. You are authorized for a reduction on your electric account. Call 201-379-4318 with your reference number, 01014." I keep getting variations of this telemarketing call, often with the same "reference number," 01014, but with different call-back numbers. I have been getting about 2 or 3 of these calls every week for many months now.
While there are reduction programs available , many small time companies will try scamming people into a lower 'variable' rate and it will cost you more over time, so if you are interested, always research the company FIRST, before allowing anyone to switch you.
Thanks, but I just wanted to post this as a telemarketing scam. These scumbags are the worst kind of malevolent beings and I'd like to think that there's a particularly excruciating place of torment reserved for them for eternity.
In many cases, you need to "opt-out" through your main utility company to stop getting the calls. It shouldn't ever be that way, but on the other hand, who in their right mind would ever "opt-in"?