I got a voicemail yesterday afternoon from Linda Gibson, said she was television producer interested in doing a feature story on our organization for her program 'Insight into the Environment' to air on CNBC. I couldn't find this program on the CNBC website and finally found this posting. Thank you to all who have written in to warn of this scam and prevent me from wasting my time.
Caller said this was for possible inclusion of our organization for a production for PBS on people/organizations making a difference. Gave the name and number to call back, said it was timely to do so: 561-826-0770; and ask for Chris Kelch - said the above number was in Florida.
The same scenario happened here. Very unprofessional tone and unacceptable behavior by the representative. Refused to e-mail any information/details and said that I must call a number.
this number showed up on Caller ID 561-862-0072called said she was a TV Producer and wanted to do a live interview guest spot.
For her TV show "Medical Trans and New Era"
She left the message and gave me her cell # (754)367-1007 Her name was LINDA GIBBS
I received a voicemail from Diana, asking me to call producer Linda Gibbs at 754-367-1007. Linda couldn't say where she found out about me, ("our research team is a machine") or why she thought I would be a fit for her programing (she read me the bio from my web site as an answer).
She used an excellent sales script: engaged me, asked how I would use the product, complimented my choice.
Then, she went for the close in 3 parts: the money part being $22,900, and asked who would make a decision about that. I replied that I would want my CPA and my attorney to advise me, and she asked for a conference call with them TOMORROW.
I said I didn't anything about her, or the company, I was in the car, could she email me something. Twice she offered to FedEx a package that would arrive tomorrow, contingent on my agreeing to the conference call. When I asked a third time for email links to people who were my peers, she listed clients "like Donald Trump and Eric Clampton."
I replied that I was not a peer of either, did she have someone who was like me I could talk to, and she said she was "going to move in another direction."
There was nothing about this call that felt good.
In fact, it felt bad enough that I was willing to invest
more time, here, telling the story.
I might post this on a few other groups on LinkedIN and Facebook too.
But I'm most interested in hearing if I was wrong.
It's confusing that she absolutely would not sent me email--preferred FedEx to email. If she is legitimate, I've done her a disservice.
The website I found is: http://www.businesstrendstv.com/index.htm