Caller purported to be from 'American Power'; 'not selling anything' (plenty of boiler room chatter in background). Wanted to schedule a '15 minute interview' to determine eligibility for a $4500 payment from the US government to offset power costs without having to purchase anything! Wanted to know if my monthly power bill was over $100 and how many adults lived in the house. Gave me a confirmation number. Transferred to a verifier who asked if the scheduled appointment was OK. They have no website, "because we're not selling anything." !? I asked him for the legal name of of their business. He said it was "American Power Association" in Orlando and was registered in FL. No such business in FL per sunbiz.org.
Should have an undercover deputy sheriff waiting for the interviewer...
Sounds like a canvass for selling qualified home improvement leads. Fear. Greed. Urgency.
This is the second time I've been called by these people. The first was in May...the second was tonight. I let them go through their script and then when they asked about what I thought my creditworthiness was I said " Why should that make any difference ? If this is a gov't program and it's free, it has NOTHING to do w/my credit. " to which she responded "Oh they just need it so the person doing the audit will know what program to recommend for you ", to which I replied again... "WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO W/MY CREDIT ?" to which she gave me the same lame response. I declined making an appt and blocked that number from being able to call me back. This call came w/a number from Savannah. I usually don't answer the phone if I don't recognize the number or name or if there isn't a number or name. Not sure why I did this time but won't again. The "NO CALL" list is absolutely frigging useless. I get more calls now than I ever did.
Just got a call. Same spiel...not selling anything...chatter in background. i said sure Ill make an appt. She asked what my average electric bill is...i told her $70. I got silence. then she repeated her question. so I repeated. She quickly said I dont qualify and hung up.
TOO FUNNY!
They just keep calling and I keep telling them no. I want them to stop annoying me. I've had it with whoever they are!! Why would I ever use them if they consistently annoy me? (DUH!!!!) There is no business sense here. I knew it was them again when I answered. If I answer and tell them no, at least my number goes to the bottom of the list. Otherwise, they will just keep calling until I answer. Yes, they always call from a different number and they are cellular numbers. The first time they called, they used a local area code. Today the call came from 1-229-485-9767. I am registered on the Do Not Call Registry, but they seem to be exempt. I think that they are required to honor my request for privacy and place me on their internal Do Not Call list. They won't hardly listen to my request and continue to talk over me. I always have to say good-bye and hang up on them.