Phone Call II
So that same number called me again. The automated message says they will take me off their list if I hit 2 and hit 1 to get a 1% mortage. I hit 2 and they (automatedly) talked about respecting my privacy and that they won’t call me again. OTOH, I may have just let them know that it is an active number. Interestingly their number is 206-415-8614. Looking that number up on Google give som interesting hits. It looks like there are a number of scams now that call cell phones. Why do only the scams call cell phones? Why aren’t they in jail?
Apparently that number is also used by USPACS:
“Telemarketer asks for your zipcode and tells you there are sex offenders in your area. Gives you web address www.uspacs.org Website says: By submitting this information you agree to a one time charge of $19.95 for a USPACS subscription which includes: a full year’s protection of E-mail ALERT updates; and access to registered sex offender profiles. Unlimited Access to sex offender profiles.”
People actually give these guys money? Apparently they are related somehow to Girls Gone Wild, and engage in scams where repeating charges show up on your credit card, and then make it hard to remove them. *sigh*