Hi all,
The other day I received a phone call from what I thought was my credit card company.
She: Your account ending in 8338 has been in good standing. We would like to reward you with $250 worth of free gas and other stuff.
Me: Sorry, I'm not interested.
She: Come on. It won't cost you anything. You can cancel any time you want.
<just wanting her to get off the phone>
Me: Ok.. sure. But I'm going to tell you right now that I will cancel whatever you are offering once I get it.
She: Alright, sir. Let me just turn on the recorder, so we can record this conversation.
<she verifies my shipping address and then asks me whether or not I understand what she is saying. I said yes. Then, the conversation ends.>
I didn't think nothing of it. Then, the next day a guy from Suntasia, Inc. calls me. He says that the recorder from the other day was broken. He asked me to verify my shipping address and the same yes or no question. The conversation ends.
Today, I was going through my cards and found out that the one ending with 8338 expired a long time ago. I just remembered that I threw that card out. I don't have my numbers memorized. However, I do remember one of my cards ending with 8338, so I thought it was from my card company.
Now, I'm scared that those telemarketers will use my "yes" answers to sign me up for other services. I heard about this kind of thing in the news. Isn't it illegal for telemarketers to trick consumers into thinking that they are from another company? Damn. I should have paid more attention. What can I do?
The other day I received a phone call from what I thought was my credit card company.
She: Your account ending in 8338 has been in good standing. We would like to reward you with $250 worth of free gas and other stuff.
Me: Sorry, I'm not interested.
She: Come on. It won't cost you anything. You can cancel any time you want.
<just wanting her to get off the phone>
Me: Ok.. sure. But I'm going to tell you right now that I will cancel whatever you are offering once I get it.
She: Alright, sir. Let me just turn on the recorder, so we can record this conversation.
<she verifies my shipping address and then asks me whether or not I understand what she is saying. I said yes. Then, the conversation ends.>
I didn't think nothing of it. Then, the next day a guy from Suntasia, Inc. calls me. He says that the recorder from the other day was broken. He asked me to verify my shipping address and the same yes or no question. The conversation ends.
Today, I was going through my cards and found out that the one ending with 8338 expired a long time ago. I just remembered that I threw that card out. I don't have my numbers memorized. However, I do remember one of my cards ending with 8338, so I thought it was from my card company.
Now, I'm scared that those telemarketers will use my "yes" answers to sign me up for other services. I heard about this kind of thing in the news. Isn't it illegal for telemarketers to trick consumers into thinking that they are from another company? Damn. I should have paid more attention. What can I do?
I've done it once.
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