I just received a call from this 401-123-4321 @ 1:02 this afternoon. Caller was asking if I had smoke detectors in my house. I said "you can take me off you call list". Caller responded with "F-yourself" and hung up!!!
Call to cell phone. 3 calls yesterday to land line. Company claims to be in Providence, RI, but numbers they give are New York Area code: (646) 367-8179, (646) 367-8159, and (646) 413-1433. Depending on if the 'supervisor' is talking, company is spelled Monitronics, or Monotronics. All have thick foreign (east european) accents and heavy boiler room calling sounds in the background. Company claims to be official General Electric representative, and I've been 'selected as one of 9' people to get a 'free' GE Home Security System, which of course has a monthly fee. They are ignoring federal and state Do Not Call lists, and argue they 'aren't selling anything' since it's 'free'. This has all the earmarks of an identity theft scam since they're wanting personal information to complete the deal.
Caller claims he is "Ron from VMS Alarms" in Providence, RI, telling me I won a free GE alarm system. The trick with these guys, if you have the time, is to keep them talking for as long as possible. Ask lots of questions. It really messes up their calls to sales ratio. Since they use random dialers, these callers don't know who you are unless you tell them. They're probably calling from out of the country anyway and could care less if you're on a "no-call" list. It's time to turn the tables on these scam artists.