telemarketers pretending to be with the US government. Spammers, do not give them any information. They are also making fake posts on these boards to throw people off about them. The US government would only call from an "888" number -ONLY and your caller id would list as"US Census". Any thing else is a lie!
We got the stupid survey in the mail. It was about 30 pages. I work for the US government and I would NEVER complete a survey so invasive as this one. We threw it in the fire place. It was not even addressed to us, it was addressed to Resident. And then the phone calls started, even on Sundays! And we have an UNLISTED/UNPUBLISHED phone number! They will not stop calling. My husband told them we were NOT going to answer those INVASIVE questions. They said you had to by law. Well it is NOT going to happen. I am reporting them to our local State's Attorney's office in the morning.
This IS the Census Bureau. And they will haunt you to the depths of hell if you don't complete the "American Community Survey". This is NOT the "every 10 years for a head-count" survey - far from it. The 28-page questionnaire asks extremely personal & financial information THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS COLLECTING. They claim it's for them to know where to build schools and hospitals. Here's a news flash: The government doesn't build schools and hospitals. And what does the amount I owe on a home, how many times I've been married, and how many vehicle loans I have, and what time I leave for work - WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BUILDING ANYTHING? They claim the information they collect is "private" and will not be divulged to anyone - hey, I thought you just said it was used to help locate schools and hospitals. I'm not as worried about them divulging this to a third party as I am the fact that THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THIS INFORMATION. If you trust politicians, go ahead, tell them your entire life history. NOT ME. Just one of the blatant examples of why this government is f****-up. By the way, they also call from TX: 812-218-3144 in the State of Indiana. Damn crooks.
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We got this same intrusive survey - starting with a post card telling us to do it online. When we didn't, it showed up in the mail. Then this call came. I told this woman we would never give this type of personal information to ANYONE! Then came a letter from the " head honcho" lecturing us about how important it is and how a response is required by law. So they got a response that stated that our response is that it was none of their business, we don't care about their programs, and the government is so far in debt they can't afford this crap ( along with their blank booklet). Now they are calling again and again, and we don't answer. They have used 3 different numbers that have all been listed in above comments.