Called my home phone, but left no message. If this is any clue as to who this might be, I have received over 10 calls from 6 phone numbers around the country all from my son checking some "college interest" boxes on a form during testing recently. So I'm guessing it's another recruiting, financing or fund-raising business working for some university(-ies).
Yes, they did reply. A "Dave Hill" called from Aurora, IL and said he was going to text me some information. Actually a person, previous "Scam" called with another pre-record. Tried to ask for more information, and he hung up on me. Should have played him out a little more, darn it. Still got enough to file a complaint with the FTC, especially since it smells like a pyramid scam. Legitimate business opportunities aren't afraid of simple questions. Maybe I ought to file a complaint with the IL AG, too.
I suggest everyone that gets this call do the same thing. Especially if it's a pyramid scam, filing complaints to their States AG will likely be more effective than the FTC.
Bob, thanks for coming back with that update. I'm not as familiar with the ploys of the pyramid scam on the telephone as I am with many of the others, so I am interested.
"David Hill" is going to *text* you more information? ...like on a cell phone? That's mighty inefficient and unprofessional.
It seems like it's a different game when you're just messing with them on the phone than when you're trying to get more information out of them - you have to act more dumb and gullible to do the latter, else they'll just abandon the call.
Thanks for posting here what you experienced and what you thought about this caller.
You're right - sometimes you do have a play a little gullible.to keep them from abandoning the call. There's sometimes a balance of "quid pro quo" you have to play. You give them a little (fake) information, and they'll open up and give you some information. You need to give them the feel they are moving closer to closing the sale. I should have given him a google voice number I have hanging around (you can receive text messages on it). At least I would have more info on the details of this scam.
Wow! He called back, thinking I was someone else. Must have gotten his CRM messed up. He's pushing "Millionaire Marketing Machine", which appears to be a pyramid/cash gifting that's been running around for 2-3 years now. A couple of web sites that Google shows pushing it are now defunct. You do have Bronze/Silver/etc buy-ins, so it seems it is like the previous one I got a call for.
The "Product" appears to be a collection of resources to help you get more people to invest in Millionaire Marketing Machine. Which is pretty much the definition of a pyramid scheme. The phone number to call back is 331-215-8594 and Dave's web site is workforyourlifestyle.com which immediately redirects to http://www.millionairemarketingmachine.net/[redacted]. I truncated the URI since I don't want to give him traffic, but it did have a 'dhill' in it, so that matches with the other info.