I received a call from the same number yesterday also. I saw it on caller ID and didn't answer it. I thought it was odd that if it was a legitimate business call they would have left a message which they did not. And it may be just a coincidence but someone called my cell phone number early this morning and asked for a "Brian" which when I researched that number was a roofing contractor located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
The number area code ( 318) is regional to Northern Louisiana---so the scammers MAY be targeting Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi residents.
1) Caller contacts you well into the night---hours AFTER any "normal business hours" LEGIT service companies operate under. Caller may carry heavy Indian / Arabic accent---clear evidence whoever is calling you is calling from THEIR foreign country, so the con artists are using overseas "outsourcing" call center agencies. This bypasses "do not call" subscribers, by the way; a loophole that seriously needs to be closed.
2) Caller pitches a "home painting" service and offers to send someone over to your home to consult with you on what you'd like done. You already see where THIS is heading.......I did and cold hung up on them.
a) IF you get such a call from "318-528-1336", see if they FIRST ask for your residential address or FIRST ask for your CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. IF they seek the CREDIT CARD INFO FIRST....yeah, it's a CONFIRMED SCAM and you can hang up on them. These creepy people ask for you BY NAME, so IF your phone number is listed, safe odds are they ALREADY HAVE your address.
b) The scam bosses running this ring ( likely from North Louisiana ), evidently has several scumbag con artists in YOUR local area ( likely hiding out in area hotels, ready to run if necessary ). Notify your local police and/or sheriff's office and report the strange creepy call to them, asking they patrol your street.
If your neighborhood has a organized Crime Watch program, it's a good idea to tip your neighbors on what happened---asking they watch the street for any suspicious vehicle activity in or around your home / neighborhood.
If your neighborhood doesn't have a Crime Watch program set up---your local law enforcement agency can help you establish one.
c) All online inquiries on number 318-528-1336 failed to provide a residential or business address. Imagine that---the final red flag sign whoever called me was a outsourced con artist.
Hanging up on these scumbags is the first step. Notifying local law enforcement is the next step in defeating these dirtbags. Maybe, with any luck, they'll get stupid and contact someone IN law enforcement.....and get caught at their con games.
I received a call from the same number yesterday also. I saw it on caller ID and didn't answer it. I thought it was odd that if it was a legitimate business call they would have left a message which they did not. And it may be just a coincidence but someone called my cell phone number early this morning and asked for a "Brian" which when I researched that number was a roofing contractor located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
We are getting calls on a nightly basis from this number, and it is the house painting deal. This has been going on for maybe a week or so now. I have just started hanging up on them. The last time they called I only picked up to tell them not to call again. When I said hello, a man started giggling. One time they called shortly after 9 pm.
I am a business owner and these people called on my main business line and asked for one of the owners. The caller initially said his name was Zach and when I told him that the owner was not in so I would have to take a message he gave me the name of James. I then asked if his name was Zach or James; his response was "yes". I thought this was extremely odd so I asked him again about his name and he seemed to giggle and just answer "yes" again, so politely asked him to not call my office again and I hung up.
I am so sick of telemarketers that I got the number off of my caller I.D. (318)528-1336 and called the number back . A woman answered the phone and I asked her if she could please take my company's telephone number off of her phone list because I do not want her company soliciting my company anymore. She asked me the phone number that was called and the name of the rep that called me. After I gave her a short description of my call she responded that she had no one in her employment named Zach or James and that my telephone number was not in her system nor was it called from her location!!! Of course THEY have to record of calling me but I certainly have a record of them call me. So I asked her once again to take me off of her list and hung up as she was trying to talk her way out of something that I was really not interested in.