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My number has been on the DO NOT CALL list more than a year.
The calls have decreased, somewhat; however, they're still coming!
On 7/16/10 in the evening, someone on this line "slipped up" and started talking in the background to another person.
I'm a novice in Spanish, French and Italian and quickly understood they weren't speaking any of these languages. To be honest, I have no idea what language they were speaking.
One of them said something that sounded like, "key-key-key". It was said very, very quick. I couldn't make any phonetic sounds from the other person.
Considering the number of complaints, this site and others, there's got to be a way to go after these people.
I got 4 calls from this number the very next day after my given to 2 websites.
One of my family members signed up on 2 websites called jobsradar.com and findlocaljobsnow.com - on jobsradar.com they were tricked into filling out "optional sponsor offers". The first was from Canyon University, the 2nd sponsor ad they gave their cell phone number to was Kaplan University, and the 3rd sponsor ad they filled out belonged to Art Institutes school.
I say tricked because they design the ads in a way that look like you have to fill out the ads before you can proceed to do a job search. And since many unemployed people are desperate for work, they blindly fill in the details, and click "Continue" or "Next" without a second thought.
I went back and did my investigation of this website and what the offers looked like. It appears that once any of those 3 schools get your cell phone number, they will call you and ask you about enrolling. I believe this number belongs to one of those 3 schools.
On my call, I picked up didn't say anything and waited. For about 10 to 15 secs, I heard bad static noises and noises like the caller was in a very crowded place like a airport or call center. A woman then came on saying my name and hello? a couple times before ending the call.
My theory is some of you may have used the 2 websites I talked about and had their personal information shared with random companies.
Hello,
I am writing from JobsRadar.com, whose mission is to help our members get better jobs. The mention of our website in this discussion thread was brought to our attention. Please know we take all feedback constructively and investigate promptly.
We are unaware of this phone being related to us. Given the mention above, we continue to investigate to confirm and if it is in any way we would promptly address. (Likewise, please know we have forwarded this discussion thread to our member experience team for consideration of the other concerns expressed as well.)
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I was called today 5 times between 8am-1pm. I answered on the 6th call.
Then a woman asked for me by my first name (which means this can not be random cold calling as they have my name somehow). And this would make sense since my name was filled out on those sponsor ads.
I asked: What's this call about? The woman said quickly: Gold's grants club (or something like that). I would of asked her to repeat that but the phone quality was AWFUL. Just like the last time. It sounds like they're at the World Cup (minus the Vuvuzelas) or airport or busy call center.
Then she said something about "from the US Government grants". She had no accent and definitely sounded American.
Also many times during the call I was fooled into thinking the call was dropped because the call would go dead silent BUT if you wait, it definitely resumes the call. It seemed to happen everytime I spoke, so I waited 5 seconds or longer, then woman came back on and heard exactly what I said during the dead silence.
I calmly told her to remove me from this program and she said "I will process your request." So we will see what happens. I don't think she deleted my number but I'm going to keep asking because that's the only way these calls are going to stop.
It also seems once you answer the call and actually wait how ever long it takes to hear the caller's voice, that they don't call you back for the rest of the day. I think the system is programmed to keep calling back every half hour or every 10 minutes (by looking at my call history) until you answer your phone AND connect to one of their people.