This number called our business today at 1135 hours. Caller ID said "Billerica MA" so I knew there was a good chance it was yet another scam artist. There was a bloop! noise which told me my call was immediately transferred to the next available agent/scam artist. A man asked to speak with the person in charge of our National Grid bill. I got the same kind of call from a different phone number yesterday, asking the same thing. However, unlike yesterday's caller who claimed she was calling "on behalf of National Grid" when I asked this guy if he was from the Grid he said, "No ma'am. I'm from [something mumbled]" and claimed something to the effect that they were a trusted supplier to National Grid. Yeah. Sure you are buddy. I mumbled back, "Not interested," and disconnected. These energy scam/spam calls are getting ridiculous again. This crap happened when the Grid first announced a raise in rates, with every Tom, Dick, and Harry so-called energy suppliers crawling out from every available rock. Now it's happening again.
Our office also received a call this morning with the exact same message. Requested that they not call us again because we are a doctor's office and we were seeing patients. Asked for a call back number, and would not provide.
This number called our business again, this time, today at 1042 hours. The second I picked up the phone, I heard "bloop!" and chattering in the background, so I knew it was a b.s. call. When no one spoke, I said, "Hello?" They disconnected. Morons. These people apparently have been trying to trick people into faxing over their energy bills to them, likely so they can switch people or add on their own charges. They've also claimed to be from different energy companies or implied that they are. Just another energy scam using underhanded tactics to try to trick consumers.