"You have been selected by Expedia for three free vacations. You must be 30 years or older and have a valid credit card to qualify". Scam.
The phone number from my call display would be local to my exchange, and there is a significant chance that it was faked.
I pressed 1 and told them I was over 30 (I'm not above lying to a scammer), and was passed to a second person. I then gave the second person a really hard time about violating the Do Not Call list. The person claimed that they had not called me, that I had been forwarded by one of their sponsors. Upon questioning he claimed that his company hired the sponsors. I asked him multiple times why his company was willing to hire companies that engage in criminal activities. He kept dodging the questions but after a time offered to take my phone number and get it taken off the list. I kept pushing the illegality of having been called and did not give my number (because I didn't believe for a second that they intended to honour the removal since we know it is a scam.)
But next time I will know to ask the first person for the name of the company since there is the claim that two different companies involved.
"You have been selected by Expedia for three free vacations. You must be 30 years or older and have a valid credit card to qualify". Scam.
The phone number from my call display would be local to my exchange, and there is a significant chance that it was faked.
I pressed 1 and told them I was over 30 (I'm not above lying to a scammer), and was passed to a second person. I then gave the second person a really hard time about violating the Do Not Call list. The person claimed that they had not called me, that I had been forwarded by one of their sponsors. Upon questioning he claimed that his company hired the sponsors. I asked him multiple times why his company was willing to hire companies that engage in criminal activities. He kept dodging the questions but after a time offered to take my phone number and get it taken off the list. I kept pushing the illegality of having been called and did not give my number (because I didn't believe for a second that they intended to honour the removal since we know it is a scam.)
But next time I will know to ask the first person for the name of the company since there is the claim that two different companies involved.