got a rude demanding call from this number. told him to take us off his call list and he would not. after telling him to remove me he said he was going to have all the people that work there call me every day
Foreign female calling to see if I qualify for a program and wanted to know my "exact" utility bill. Call showed Contra Costa County area code (925).... When I asked where she was calling from she became confused and eventually said California. I pressed for a more exact location and she said LA.
I live in SoCal but have a SF Bay Area phone number, so I know that when I see a bay area phone number that it is usually a scam. I picked up and the woman asked for Ms. _____ and had my correct last night. I identified myself as that person and she proceeded to say "I don't know if you remember me but someone called you a few months back about your electric bill." I did in fact get an automated call from my electric company a couple weeks ago about lowering my bill and getting a return call, so I said, "Well, I got an automated call a few weeks ago." She sad, "No, this was a person. I don't know if you remember but they called and spoke to you about lowering your PG&E bill." I said very sternly, "I LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MY ELECTRIC PROVIDER IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON." She paused and stuttered a reply, "...Ed..Ed.. Edison?" "YES" I answered. "Oh well, ... someone called this number a couple months ago and talked about your electric bill, it's about ... $70 a month?" Me: "NO ONE EVER CALLED THIS NUMBER AND SPOKE TO ME ABOUT AN ELECTRIC BILL." The lady on the other end of the phone kept trying, "Is this Cheryl?" That's when I knew this was utter absolute BS. Cheryl is my mother's name, pays my cell bill, and would never in a million years be answering my cell phone, let alone using my number as the primary contact to pay her bills. I say, "THAT IS MY MOTHER. THERE IS NO WAY MY MOTHER EVER WOULD BE USING THIS PHONE NUMBER TO DISCUSS HER ELECTRIC BILL", and then they hung up on me. I tried to call back but my number was blocked/it was disconnected.