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Tag Archives: scam
Florida Man Gets A Five Year Prison Sentence For Telemarketing Scam « CBS Tampa
Don’t take callers at their word. A Florida man falsely told time-share owners in unsolicited calls that they had buyers for their properties. The scam solicited fees, proposed as refundable closing costs, in the thousands of dollars from victims. They scammed 22,000 people … Continue reading
Posted in Making the news
Tagged cold caller, Florida, guilty, man, North America, scam, scammer, solicted, telemarketer, telemarketing, time-share
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Computer error scam
Computer event-viewer errors Those scammers called again yesterday. You know, the ones who offer a glossed over, vague business name with Microsoft in it somewhere. He warned me of terrible errors on my PC that imminently threaten to crash my computer, which one … Continue reading
Posted in About telemarketing
Tagged computer errors, event viewer, Microsoft, scam, scammer, telemarketer
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Prank #67: Something for nothing
#67. Something for nothing – Ω TELEMARKETER: “Hello, how would you like 6 nights in Bali, the middle pearl of the island necklace in the Java Sea, for only $69 per person?” ME: “Does your offer come with a free … Continue reading
Posted in Pranks pranks pranks
Tagged cold caller, Humor, phone solicitor, Prank Calls, scam, telemarketer, telemarketing, telepest, unsolicited call
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Telemarketer Types
He (or she) sounds nice In my time, I’ve experienced at least four kinds of ‘telepest.’ The artful, benevolent presenter: the caring telemarketer who attempts to mitigate their intrusion by qualifying their call with, “I’m not selling anything. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Telemarketers, cold callers, blah blah blah...
Tagged benevolent, cold caller, inhumane, interloper, prank, predictive, scam, scammer, telemarketer, telemarketing, vigilante
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Pranking Telemarketers 87 Ways
Gidday Tired of annoying telemarketing calls? Had enough of being harassed at an inconvenient time by an anonymous, foreign sounding or hard to understand cold caller? Me too! Hi, I’m Jimmy. What am I doing? Well, here I plan to post my experiences about annoying … Continue reading
Posted in About telemarketing, Pranks pranks pranks
Tagged antic, caper, cold caller, intrusive, japery, joke, phone, practical joke, prank, pranking, prankster, scam, schtick, solicitor, telemarketer, telemarketing, telepest, trick, trickster, unsolicited
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