Phonespam fun

[dvandom]

Two things have caused me to get more phone calls on my cell today than in most entire weeks.

1. Some idiot named Ron gave out my phone number as his, and I've gotten three calls for him already. It sucks when a wrong number has a better social life than I do.

2. In something thandrak tells me is going around, I got a voice mail from some lender claiming I'd sent them email requesting information about a home equity loan. Thus "fulfilling" the previous-relationship loophole in the Do Not Call List. And I'm sure they have convincingly forged email from me requesting that information...of course, the fact I don't own a home makes it a little less convincing, but they can always claim to have been duped by a third party scammer if I sic the government on 'em.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Sic the government on them, anyway. A file will be kept and if the government suddenly notices 10 complaints all with the same excuse "Oh, we were scammed" then there's a chance they'll be censured anyway.