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Call was from "College Genie"
I answered the phone & when I asked what the call was in regards to the caller became extremely rude & hung up on me. I immediatly called the number back & reported her behavior and asked to be removed from their call list. I suggest to everyone that they do the same. They have to by law remove your phone number & it will no doubt be annoying if millions of people returned their calls to be removed and report rude attitudes.

Caller read an obviously scripted greeting, when I asked a simple yes or no question, he simply re-read the script. I could barely understand him through his heavy accent. When asked how they got my number, he claimed that I had either filled out a suvery or an inquiry online. I've done neither, and I'm already in college, so I have no use for their 'services.' I've also been registered on the Do Not Call Registry for months, so I'm not entirely sure how they called me, unless they have a random dialer, which would explain the 10 sec interval between my answering the phone and his greeting.

calls repeatedly-no message
hangs up

Called and left a message for me at work? How did they get my work number??

I got a call on May 15, 2010 and I did not pick up. If Me, Myers, Ryan, Jim, and Heather are in college and studying online, then your data has been compromised. I have two professors harassing me on the phone and got into my credit report. I had one impersonate someone's name from a finance institution. Luckily, I recognized the voice and called all the bankers, business enterprise, and the police. These people work in the research survey or collections. Be careful and do not give any further information or call the local police and investigate.

Last Fall I completed an online Meyers-Briggs personality test and (unfortunately) clicked a box saying I'd be interested in information on online degrees. The "mystery calls" started shortly after that. They typically come in a burst, where they call you several times in a day, or several times in a week. They rarely leave voicemails, because they know most people succumb to the temptation to see who keeps calling them relentlessly. My suggestion is to never answer a call from a number you don't recognize unless that person is polite enough to leave a professional voicemail, clearly stating their full name, their company, their phone number, and the precise reason for their call. Anything less is simply rude. I hope less and less people give in to their curiosity. I know I've FINALLY learned not to call these people back. Good luck to everyone! And very kind thanks for providing this information. My best wishes... Claire S. in Texas