These people call me at least twice a day if not more-I have answered in the past and ask that they stop but they have continued. I now no longer pick up the phone for them when I see this number.
I WANT THESE GUYS HEADS ON A STICK. If anyone has a number to these conartist than post it. I will set up a system that will overload the call center they are calling from and take care of this forever on at least the system they are useing now.
I've been getting calls from this # 2-3 times a day for over 3 months. I switched tel# and the calls starting coming to my new number. No one speaks when you pick up the phone. When I call the number back it says the number has been disconnected. Any suggestions to get them to stop would be great
I got the "Value Benefits of America" call at 8:15 am. I "won" a gas card and a restaurant dining card! They had my name, address, and obviously had some way to dial my phone number. They asked me if I was between 18 and sixty something (65?) and wanted my birth date for confirmation. I accused them of gathering information for identity theft and they said "we already have enough information for that" and "that's not what we do". So I gave them only my birth year. They weren't satisfied so I lied and said my birthday is April 1 (April Fools on them!).
When I refused to pay them $2.95 for shipping me my free gifts, the person who called and her supervisor both got confused. I repeatedly told them I'm not paying anything for my free gifts. The supervisor told me several times that I'm not paying her company or even Value Benefits of America. "The $2.95 goes to the government." What the f*ck? The supervisor even said that I don't pay the $2.95 until after my gift cards arrive. Then why the hell don't you just send them already?
Then she wanted the expiration date of any credit card or gift card I had but they're "not going to charge me anything". I made up "2008" (for my Barnes & Noble gift card) and when she wanted a full date I told her April 1, 2008. (April Fools!) Then she needed to know which logo (MasterCard or Visa) it had -- "because they're marketing partners". But you just told me I could use ANY card!
Here's what I think we have to do to get these calls to stop.
Get off the phone with these telemarketers.
Call the companies they claim to represent -- Value Benefits of America, Sprint, Mortgage Zone, Financial Capital, etc -- and ask to speak to the Vice President of Marketing.
Begin using on him/her the same line of bullsh*t you got from the telemarketer. Don't be rude. Make the point that either:
1) his/her company has engaged these people to drum up business for them (and it's a monumentally STUPID thing to have done)
or (more likely)
2) his/her company is being abused by these people even more than we victims are (I mean really, are you every going to do business with Value Benefits of America, Sprint, Mortgage Zone, Financial Capital, etc ?)
You and I are not going to have any success getting these calls to stop. Let's get these big companies working on it!
I just recived a call 712-429-0254[apex services]for the second time today!!The first time they did not speak this time they told me I had won a vacation to anywhere in the us.His name was Harry and you could tell he from India back to my vacation that won he said it would cost me nothing then told he needed a credit card # to pay shipping and handling when I said hell no he hung up..