Oh, the anger.
Has anyone else had "spam" phone calls? I keep getting phone calls from a company claiming that my auto warranty is going to expire. The first couple of times I hung up, but after I realized it wasn't going to stop, I pressed "1" to be connected to a representative.
"Can I please have the year, make and model of your car?"
"I was hoping you could tell me that, since you seem to have my information already."
"What?"
"Well, you know that my warranty has expired. How do you know that, when don't even know the year, make and model?"
"I need to know those so I can look up.."
"I need to know how you got this phone number. This is a cellular phone and you are wasting my time and money."
"I'm sorry, sir. Do you want me to take you off our list?"
"Yes, please."
"Okay. Goodbye."
THE NEXT DAY!!!
I get another call. It is not on my personal cell phone. This time, they called me on my WORK cell phone! I hear their recorded message and start cussing, telling my wife that I am gonna let them have it! By the time I am done ranting and get back to the phone to press "1", the caller auto-disconnected.
They did not call for a week.
Yesterday they called again.
I was very angry, but kept my cool, but still when I tried to tell my story to the guy who called, to show that even though I requested for them NOT to call me in the past and how they keep calling me on two different phones, he hung up on me. I was firm towards him, but was not being overly angry, and that little shit hung up.
Can I prosecute these people for harrassment for calling me over and over again when THEY ask me if I want to be taken off their list and I say yes? What can I do? I've had my cell phone for over 2 1/2 years and I have very rarely received telemarketing calls. The other callers always ceased upon request, but these bastards are persistent.
The last call and as far as I can remember the rest of the calls came from area code 818, which is basically the San Fernando Valley in California. The calls started around winter time and stopped for awhile. They would come back occasionally, but lately they have become more frequent.
I think that what bothers me most is that they have information that was most likely data-mined and/or bought. This falls somewhere between espionage and social engineering on a small level.
Has anyone else had "spam" phone calls? I keep getting phone calls from a company claiming that my auto warranty is going to expire. The first couple of times I hung up, but after I realized it wasn't going to stop, I pressed "1" to be connected to a representative.
"Can I please have the year, make and model of your car?"
"I was hoping you could tell me that, since you seem to have my information already."
"What?"
"Well, you know that my warranty has expired. How do you know that, when don't even know the year, make and model?"
"I need to know those so I can look up.."
"I need to know how you got this phone number. This is a cellular phone and you are wasting my time and money."
"I'm sorry, sir. Do you want me to take you off our list?"
"Yes, please."
"Okay. Goodbye."
THE NEXT DAY!!!
I get another call. It is not on my personal cell phone. This time, they called me on my WORK cell phone! I hear their recorded message and start cussing, telling my wife that I am gonna let them have it! By the time I am done ranting and get back to the phone to press "1", the caller auto-disconnected.
They did not call for a week.
Yesterday they called again.
I was very angry, but kept my cool, but still when I tried to tell my story to the guy who called, to show that even though I requested for them NOT to call me in the past and how they keep calling me on two different phones, he hung up on me. I was firm towards him, but was not being overly angry, and that little shit hung up.
Can I prosecute these people for harrassment for calling me over and over again when THEY ask me if I want to be taken off their list and I say yes? What can I do? I've had my cell phone for over 2 1/2 years and I have very rarely received telemarketing calls. The other callers always ceased upon request, but these bastards are persistent.
The last call and as far as I can remember the rest of the calls came from area code 818, which is basically the San Fernando Valley in California. The calls started around winter time and stopped for awhile. They would come back occasionally, but lately they have become more frequent.
I think that what bothers me most is that they have information that was most likely data-mined and/or bought. This falls somewhere between espionage and social engineering on a small level.
