[Jewelry making - Article 00058] - Re: [Orchid] Another scam?

[Ettagale]

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    In regard to Experian and similar calls, when I pick up the phone
    and the person, without making any attempt to identify himself or
    herself says, "I want to verify that you are (name, address, phone)"
    I say, "Who's calling?"  "Why do you want the information?"  "Did
    anyone ask you to run a credit check on me?" "What is your name?" 

    Somewhere between the third and fourth question they hang up.  If a
    company is not willing to give me information about what it is,
    there is no reason for me to give information about who I am.  

    One such company asked to verify my phone number, the very number
    used to call me.  Why would you want to trust such mindless people? 

    Very often I get calls about "surveys" with no sales pitch involved,
    or so they say.  When I ask who is sponsoring the survey, they get
    vague and again, after a few questions from me, they hang up. 

    Try to tell the person who is calling to remove your number from the
    call list.  I say "try" because the person may have hung up before
    you get a chance to do this. 

    Since these calls invariably catch me at a moment when I am doing
    something else -- such as trying to interview someone on my other
    line -- I don't always have the time, or the wits, to follow the
    advice above.  But whenever I do, I am quite satisfied with the
    discomfort I cause the other person.  

    And, I always report the caller to the donotcall.gov list because I
    put my number on the "do not call" list the first day this wonderful
    service became available.   It really works; the number of calls I
    receive has definitely diminished.  (Charities and political groups
    are excepted but they will also take you off the list if you ask.) 

Ettagale Blauer

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