Called several times ,finally claimed to be doing a research on cancer,and would only speak to the next adult birthday.Did ask if we rented or owned house or apartment.
I thought it was very Phishy.
We are a survey research department here at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. We do many different studies pertaining to people's opinions about public health issues. We appreciate people's input and opinions and we do pay participants for their time with most of the studies. This is legitimate scientific research.
A myth about survey research is that it pertains to the 'Do Not Call' list. This list does not apply to us because we're not selling anything or asking for money. We're just asking for opinions and paying you for your time and participation. Also, the numbers we call are created through random digit dialing. We don't know who we're calling initially.
We have 9 other numbers affiliated with us, which are assigned to different projects we're conducting at the time.
845-7680
845-7722
845-7731
845-7743
845-7746
845-7748
845-7761
845-7762
845-7776
That's bull [***] you don't know who you're calling. You buy your lists of randomly generated numbers to help weed out all the potential disconnected numbers and businesses. Your interviewers also leave very bad messages. You also misrepresent yourself as being the Florida Dept of Health and make ME confirm that you aren't.
It is very interesting that this phone number is connected to a facility in Buffalo NY. When they first called my husband, they would only identify themselves as the "Florida Department of Health," doing a research survey. They told him that he would get $20 for completing a survey, although they gave no particulars (they also asked for the same information as the first commenter described). My husband (an attorney) was suspicious about this,and told them that he was not interested and would not answer a survey. He had only given his name
A few weeks ago they called my husband again. He asked them why a Florida health department wanted to include Oregon residents. They didn't give him an explanation, or any other information about the supposed research project, besides it being an opinion poll "about cancer." He again told him that he would not participate.
This evening they called AGAIN, again identifying themselves as "the Florida Department of Health." The woman said that they were following up on his agreement to take the survey! He became angry and told them he had told them twice already that he was not interested, and not to call again. They dangled the $20 as an incentive, not accepting his refusal. He then stated very clearly that he would not talk to them and hung up, then immediately dialed *69. I Googled the phone number, and this site came up.
I don't believe the previous comment. It did not explicitly state that the Roswell institute is conducting the survey, but only implied it. The statement was also very vague, and did not provide a means for verification ( for example, contact information for the project leader, a project website, etc.).
As Kathleen stated above - this is a scam. They offered $20 to complete their survey. I live in VA so why would they be calling. Do not give these people your info!