I'm a receptionist at a small physical therapy office and have been receiving automated calls from this number several times a day saying "Hello! This is John-.." and that's as far as I get before hanging up. Well, after several days of this I googled the number and after reading the comments on this board, I thought it would be a laugh to call the number back and get hung up on the man that's hanging up on everyone else. So it began: I called, was put on hold for the next representative for about 2 seconds before a man answered asking if I was interested in their business loan, I hung up, just to be the first one to score a goal in his little game.
I then called right back, and got the same man, he asked if I was interested in his loan, I said "No, but I'm interested in being put on your do not call list". He said "it takes a month" and CLICK he hung up. Well, that's 1 to 1.
I called back and listened to the holding music for about 30 seconds before figuring he probably wasnt going to answer again. So, considering the reviews here describing what has to be the same man I got on the phone, then getting him twice in a row, I figured either he's the only one manning the office, or it's at the least a very small office indeed. And as I've got nothing better to do with my time at work, I called the number back about 7 times and set the receiver on my desk as the hold music played until disconnected.
I did this for about 15 minutes before deciding I wanted to talk to him again and he simply must answer at some point. So the next time I called I listened to the holding music for about a minute before a different man answered who had more patience and at least pretended to apologize for the outrageous number of calls I complained about, and at least pretended to place me on their do not call list. Although if the calls actually do stop, I will be surprised.
3-5 calls a day, called it back and spoke to a live person who asked if we were ready to get our $8000 loan. Asked to be rmoved from their list and he asked agin about the loan and hung up. Called them back and a different person answered, she confirmed the # and said we would be taken off the list. 5 calls a day later, contacted them again and the same guy as before said to quit wining and hung up. Called back and same guy answers, I asked for a supervisor and he said there aren't any, but offered some cheese for the wine..... Phone company refuses to do a thing. Forwarded info to AG.
This was funny,
The conversation started with me asking who the caller was
Caller " I am from the Small Business Alliance, your business has been approved for an $8000 dollar loan."
Me "That is cool, for what?"
Caller "Could you start by telling me the name of your business?"
Me "How do you know my business qualifies for 8 grand and you don't know what my business is?"
Caller HANGS UP
LOL I call him Back
Me "I am sorry we must have gotten disconnected"
Caller "Yes I thought the same"
Me "Ok back to business, what is it exactly you were saying?"
Caller "Your business qualified for an 8k startup loan, can you give me the name of your business?"
Me "That's what I was asking when we were disconnected, how do you know I qualify if you don't......"
Caller Abruptly hangs up again
I think that's a question he didn't want to answer. If we can report email as spam and fine them why can't we get these guys in trouble for spamming un solicited calls?