Telemarketer Says This Isn’t a Sales Call, But It Is
Part of the fun of running a business is dealing with Telemarketers that Need To Talk To The Owner. This... Continue reading →
Tormenting the “Windows Support” Scam Telemarketers
There’s lots of people that like to torment telemarketers. Some of the telemarketers are businesses that violate a variety of... Continue reading →
Telemarketers Press 1 Campaign Revisited
In the post “Telemarketers Press 1 Campaign Anti-Pattern“, we discussed adding a DTMF ‘1’ to your answering machine message. This... Continue reading →
“Hello, This is Lenny” gets lied to by a Telemarketer
Lenny is pretty funny. Lenny is a series of pre-recorded audio clips driven by a VoIP system, typically Asterisk. Basically,... Continue reading →
Telemarketers: I Need To Speak With The Owner
Telemarketers cause problems at businesses, too. Unfortunately, the Do-Not-Call list does not provide for a business to be added. As... Continue reading →
Telemarketers running IRS Scams, Debt Scams, and related scams.
Seems like there’s been quite an uptick in the number of IRS and Debt scams. These are scams which the... Continue reading →
Telemarketers probably don’t like Lenny
The worst thing you can do to a Telemarketer is to talk to them. Or so I thought. Maybe the... Continue reading →
Telemarketers Press 1 Campaign Anti-Pattern
A lot of Telemarketers talk about something called aPress 1 Campaign.You should be familiar with them, as the pre-recorded message... Continue reading →
Telemarketer Instant Response Systems taken to task by the FTC
The Consumeristand Noodleshas a nice little overview of the FTC case against Instant Response Systems. If you’ve gotten telemarketing calls,... Continue reading →
Telemarketers Faking Surveys, and some Tormenting Telemarketing Math
Well, you really just can’t trust some Telemarketers to not violate the Telemarketing Sales Rules. The Consumeristand Network World have... Continue reading →