213-537-1439

Just got a call from these people at work.  There was another person on the other end of the line, but her english was very broken and I couldn't even understand the name of the person she was asking for.  She said this person was the vice president of the university, but there are 5 VPs here.  She got frustrated that I couldn't just direct her call, so she asked for the manager....um, I'm the secretary to the VP, so I guess that would be me.  Anyway, I asked what it was regarding so I could properly direct it.  She lets me know it's for a magazine subscription.  I immediately turn her down, but she is persistant.  I eventually have to hang up on her while she's talking, which I don't like doing.  Anxious to see how many calls we get now...

caller ID said JPC did not answer and no message left

Ok, first things first. Why do these people don't leave a message instead on your voice mail? Because they are not allowed to. Why are they asking so many questions just for a subscription? Those answers are used as research to fuel up the economy, It's called market research, it's been around for some 30 odd years now. They are not rude by the way, they are just frustrated, try calling 350 people a day and spend 5 minutes explaining to them what you are doing, and getting a freaking hard NO for your efforts. Imagine, these guys are calling you in a 12 hour difference, meaning while you are up, and enjoying the wonderful morning breeze, these guys are awake all night trying to sound energetic, while every freaking thing around them is asleep. What's the problem with accent? as long as you understand them it's all fine. Look, these are honest and hardworking people, with families to feed, kids to send to school, futures to build  at the moment, this is the only good thing they have. Try living in a [***] up 3rd world country, with greedy politicians and a screwed system. Please..

Caller ID said SURVEY. Overseas caller asked for one of the managers here who gets a lot of magazine--excuse me--free trade publication--renewal begging calls, and it had the very same feel & sound.

Too many callers say, "This isn't a sales call, it's a survey." The they proceed to try to sell something. One of the oldest sales tricks in practice. But, lying scum are still lying scum. If you can't even give it away, time to go into a new line of business!

ALL,

I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS IN REGARDS TO THE PHONE NUMBER 213 537 1439 .
I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE ALL OF YOU, TCAST COMMUNICATIONS IS A CARRIER IN VALENCIA CA AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INFO REGARDING THE ACTUAL COMPANY WHO IS OPERATING THE BUSSINESS OF SAID PHONE NUMBER.

FOR IMMEDIATE REMOVAL PLEASE EMAIL COMPLAINT CS@TCASTCOM.COM
THIS WILL BE REVIEWED & SENT THRU THE PROPER CHANNELS.
IF YOU FEEL THAT A CALL IS NECESSARY THEN PLEASE ASK FOR COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT

steps for harassing phone calls

1st
Fraud or harassment calls need to be reported to the local law enforcement agency immediately. Law enforcement needs details about the calls you received so they can investigate further.

2nd
Contact the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov and file a complaint online about the phone#, call, and give them details about the calls you received.

3rd
Contact your FBI Regional Office (look in the phone book or FBI.gov) and request an investigation into these calls.

4th
Place phone #'s on the National DO NOT CALL List at WWW.DONOTCALL.GOV (you can also file a complaint here) or call them directly at 1-888-382-1222.

Hope this helps.

THESE PEOPLE ARE SCAMMERS! I NEEDED A JOB SO BAD THAT I DEPOSITED A CHECK THAT THEY SENT ME INTO MY ACCOUNT UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS A MYSTERY SHOPPER. THEY TOLD ME TO GO AND EVALUATE A WESTERN UNION AND SEND THE MONEY THERE AND EVALUATE THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I DID ALL OF THIS AND A FEW DAYS LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE CHECK WAS COUNTERFEIT. IT WAS 1300.00 CHECK. ONE MANS NAME IS DAVE THE WOMAN IS MONICA WILLIAMS ALTHOUGH THESE ARE PROBERBLY FAKE NAMES ANYWAYS. IF THEY CONTACT YOU DIAL THE NUMBERS *57 TO TRACE THE CALL EVEN IF IT IS PRIVATE AND CALL THE POLICE. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE CAUGHT.

Caller ID said "SURVEY."  Call quality was very poor so caller was hard to understand.  Wanted to talk to our IT manager to "verify our address" for a free subscription to CIO Magazine.  I asked if there was a website or something that we could look at to determine if we might be interested, but she said no and just went into her spiel.  At least she was polite when I asked her to remove our number from their calling list, but it sure took a while to get to that point.