I received a call from them today and a female identified herself as a representative from an ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) call-center. She did not ask me for anything just thanked me- slightly awkward silence and stayed on the line which made me slightly suspicious, so I began checking. I will call the ACLU offices in Oregon tomorrow to see if they have a call center with this number (In L.A.- which she did divulge when I asked her directly) to clarify if it might otherwise be criminals misrepresenting the ACLU and the dead-air time was to receive my call-back, personal-identification info for fraudulent purposes- especially since my personal info might have been compromised anytime during the last year due to a medical clinic leaving a firewall down after a systems update! Yes- how lovely! Also, when I asked for the ACLU local number she looked around for a bit and then came back with the N.Y., N.Y. headquarters number and not my local Oregon number- which should be very handy if you actually were in a call-center. She might be training because it is the weekend before the regular, busy work-week and that might be all the awkwardness was- a newbie- or it might be the hustler getting some relevant info to keep the dogs off the scent. If this is a call-back center then why are they calling me- when I did not call them in order for them to call me back? Interesting- maybe nothing and maybe something- I'll call ACLU-OR tomorrow and post again!
323-606-7210 -- three calls, three days in a row, dead air. The first time I waited until the person hung up. The second and third times, when after saying "hello" no one answered, I simply hung up. (I live in GA.)
I do not have caller ID, so I paid to check the number by dialing *67 twice. I cannot verify the third call, only to say that the same thing happened just now.
If this IS the ACLU, it's very unprofessional. They need to do something quick to make this stop.
I called them back because I had similar issues with a different number earlier in the year. In that instance it was a political campaign that was making money off of answered calls and the returned call stopped them. Anyway, I called back and was directed to an operator that informed me that they're calling on behalf of the ACLU's annual renewal campaign. The reason for the silence when you answer is because it's a computer system that is set up to respond after four standard rings. This is why the person who waited got an answer from an operator. He gave me a number to call to cancel/update my current ACLU status (212-549-2500 if you want to jump the middle man). I hope that it'll stop the calls!