Well, they called me again this morning. This time the guy began by saying "this call may be monitored....." so I interrupted him with two words that can't be written here, and then I hung up before he could say another word.
Recieved call from this number and name of Senior Dept. at 1051Am on 4/06/11 and the lady started asking me about my health Insurance and said she was taking a survey. after a couple of questions survey for who. She asked me to talk to her supervisor, and some man got on and started asking me these similar questions. I asked him also for whom was this survey for. He would not answer that question but wanted to continue asking me questions when I hung up on him.
Caller identified himself as senior dept. of Essence and would not personally identify himelf. Said he had to "explain the rules" about medicare. Said they were already explained to me thouroughly by our agent. Insisted and I hung up. My agent never heard of them.
I received a call from "Senior Dept" from a guy who said his name was Bradley, saying he was taking a survey. He started asking me questions about my health insurance that I considered extremely intrusive, and when I asked him where he got my name, he said that I'd been mailed a postcard containing the survey information and that I had returned it, and he said that's why he was calling me. I told him I'd never received such a postcard and would never have filled it out and returned it anyway. I then told him that I'm on the no-call list. He said thank you and hung up. I resent receiving such calls, and I'm especially angry about being lied to regarding this postcard that I supposedly returned, giving them the green light to call me. I want to be left alone, which is why I'm on the no-call list!
Our US Government lies to us. The national do not call list is for suckers. No matter how often you complain or update your information, you will still get the calls because our government does not care.
I went ahead and answered their survey questions when "Senior Department" called, but in the end realized I had been a sucker. They wanted to know which insurances my husband & I have (they knew his name), how old we were, what my favorite color was!! and then wanted me to hold while I spoke to a supervisor to verify that "he" had talked to me, who got on immediately. He repeated something I had said,l or asked me something, and then I asked him why he had to verify that, since there was no contract between he and myself, etc...anyway, I then felt like a fool. They were fishing for information!!