Have received about 10 calls from this number in the last three days. The times I have picked up, nothing but silence and they hang up after about 15 seconds. Blocked now, would like to report.
08/11/2011 09:05am and 12:25pm Call from 904-418-6037 - caller ID = STARNET PAETE
Following my official business greeting, the first call was dead air. When a second call rang in, I recognized the number and simply said, “Hello”. A telemarketer came onto the line and announced that she was calling from Nationwide Diabetic (found online as http://nationwidediabetic.com/). She asked for an employee, who has not been employed here in over 2 years. She then launched into a long solicitation. She was offering a free talking glucose meter. I interrupted her and asked if her company had a website. She told me her company’s website was solometers.com (found as http://solometers.com/) I then asked if she had a phone number where I could return her call and she provided 800-693-7573 as listed online at http://nationwidediabetic.com/.
I then informed her that I had received a call from the same number earlier in which no one came onto the line. She apologized. I then asked her to remove my phone number and name from their database and place us on DO NOT CALL. She promised to comply with the request.
I suspect this website[http://nationwidediabetic.com/] is just a front. All links are inactive and if you search the originating telephone number, 904-418-6037, there are many, many complaints across numerous websites that track phone solicitation complaints.
I reported the suspicious website and telemarketing activity to both the American Diabetic Association and the Better Business Bureau because their logos are displayed on the website.
if you call the number straight back, an agent will pick up asking to speak to whoever it was they were calling for in the first place. I told them to take me off the list, however this isn't the first time in me doing so, so we'll see.