Wanted money "Upfront" to set up my satellite dish from Directv ... I knew it was a scam, because I have gotten calls from same area code before same "ACCENT" same lame excuse & as soon as you start to get upset they get mad & pushy... I had the upper hand because this set up was for my Dad and I knew I didn't have to pay any money upfront because I just got Directv in Feb., when I told him I was going to call Directv and cancel everything he hung up LOL ... What pissed me off is today the jacka@@ called back and said he was from the cable company, and wanted money because he was going to come & upgrade something, I'm not sure I couldn't understand everything he was saying, I told him "I don't have cable" which I don't, he argued with me. My Dad has TWC, I'm changing him over to Directv, but this guy didn't know that and he forgot he called me last night... When I told him I have Directv he yelled at me "No you don't You have no credit, you can't get Directv" ... I had to pay upfront so Dad could get Directv because he has no credit, not sure how this jerk knew this but he did, when he told me that I laughed at him... He knew messed up and hung up... I called Directv they told me its not coming from them... Hmmmm funny this guy knew part of the conversation...
The dumb [***] call then hang up when the answering machine picks up. They are to stupid to talk and when you call the number it will ring about 5 times then busy signal. I'm on the do not call list and the government as always is remiss in enforcing anything harms or invades the privacy of the consumer.
I just had comcast installed and next night an Asain sounding man bad (imitation) speaking high pitched called supposedly from U.S Cable Services did I still want cable. It sounded like he was calling from a bar! Lots of yelling people having fun. I told him "dude you sound like your in a bar! He apologized claiming it was telemarketing noise, no way I heard music like a party! I played music loud in his ear. He hung up called back and made noises like he was masturbating we laughed at him and asked what he did with the missing Malaysia plane and eventually he said thanks for your time and hung up. He called back twice more but we did not pick up.
It's weird because when you look up this phone number, people like me will say it's Comcast, or they'll say it's TWC, or Direct TV. In my case, we spoke with Direct TV yesterday because we are interested in doing a switch from TWC and are considering Direct TV. We didn't sign up with them, we just got info. This morning, when I got this phone call from 310-201-4562, I didn't recognize it, didn't answer, they didn't leave a message, so I googled the number and see message boards basically all stating the same thing--the only difference is that we all think it is coming from a few different sources. It's as if these people have tapped into the phone boards from these different cable companies, grabbed our phone numbers, and are calling you and I to try to divert funds to them, instead of the cable companies. Just a guess, but why else would it happen after I speak with Direct and you speak with Comcast?