Posted on 06/15/2009 11:24:44 AM PDT by metmom
You answer the phone, and it's a recorded message:
"By now you should have received your written note regarding your vehicle warranty expiring. This call is to give you a final opportunity to extend coverage before it is too late. Press '1' now to speak to a warranty specialist regarding your options on your vehicle."
Upon pressing "1," you are transferred to a "warranty specialist" who lies to you, telling you he is affiliated with an automobile dealer or manufacturer and that your warranty is up. And before long, you may have agreed to put $450 down on an extended service contract that costs up to $3,000, the balance to be paid in monthly payments.
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I got a bunch of calls for weeks from a robot that said, “I’m calling about your credit card...” I didn’t hear what it said after that. It heard “click.” I have good credit and pay my balance off every month, so they couldn’t possibly be calling me about my credit card in a menacing voice that implies that I’m a deadbeat.
Ive taken to stringing them along... Despite the fact my only vehicle is a 2009 I tell them of my 2001 Dodge Neon... The best part comes when you say ‘hold on while I get my credit card’ and then just leave the phone in the bedroom while you go and watch TV.. I figure if I can waste 15-30 minuets of a scam artists day it was a worthy effort..
Just put their photos and current address up on the web. Some guy who’s mom or daughter was ripped off will take care of things . . .
I kept getting calls at my work number a few months ago about the warranty on my GM vehicle was about to expire. I finally let the phone laying on my desk on speaker phone mode and when a live person FINALLY got on the line, I told them my 1994 S-10 was way over on mileage, the person said they would take me off the list.
BTW, has anyone been getting numerous calls about pre approved credit cards the past few weeks?
I asked them if their warranty covered both sides of the Moebius belt.
It seems I get these calls on my answering machine about once a month (I say ‘Hello’ twice on the machine, so I waste their time while I’m not even there).
It’s a good laugh for me too, my car is 44 years old.
You could not make them stop calling. We got a new cell phone with a new number and the calls started within 4 days. They even called on Christmas Day.
#2. Yes. They also fall for credit card repair, mortgage loan adjustment, get rich in real estate and lose weight without diet or exercise and wait, thats not all, much, much more!
FOTFLOL!!!
They've called me on my cell phone and on my home land line.
The intriguing thing is that the Caller ID has the call originating on several different 800 lines and on a broad selection of regular lines -- originating from different states, from Idaho to South Dakota, to Maryland, to New Jersey.
I've yet to see one repeat.
I'd wager that they've found a way to spoof the Caller ID.
A friend of mine told one the other day, "All I own is a pair of clogs. I didn't know they came with a warranty!"
— Damian P. Kohlfeld, 35, of Valparaiso, Ind., is the owner of Network Foundations, which is based in Chicago. Kohlfeld allegedly supplied the technical know-how for the alleged telemarketing scheme employed by all three companies. The Arizona State University graduate has more than a decade of experience writing software and building computer networks. His latest hit, according to the FTC, was a "spoofing" device that tricked caller ID systems.
Meet the main players behind the alleged scheme:
— Christopher D. Cowart, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., owns Transcontinental Warranty, a Delaware company based in Fort Lauderdale. A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, Cowart likes to read, travel and play golf in his spare time. He also maintains a Facebook page and uses a LinkedIn profile to advertise his latest business ventures.
— James A. Dunne, 36, of Daytona Beach, Fla., owns Florida-based Voice Touch with his wife, Maureen. Dunne has a checkered legal past, including charges of filing a false report of a bomb that landed him six months in jail in 1991. He was most recently arrested in 2001 for indecent exposure, but those charges were later dismissed.
— Maureen E. Dunne, nee Maureen Geisen, is James Dunne’s wife. Little information can be found pertaining to her.
— Damian P. Kohlfeld, 35, of Valparaiso, Ind., is the owner of Network Foundations, which is based in Chicago. Kohlfeld allegedly supplied the technical know-how for the alleged telemarketing scheme employed by all three companies. The Arizona State University graduate has more than a decade of experience writing software and building computer networks. His latest hit, according to the FTC, was a “spoofing” device that tricked caller ID systems.
http://davedubrow.com/my_journalfile/
“Do people really fall for these things?—Yes, they prey on the elderly. “
It’s unfortunate that he world has changed so much that people from a different time just don’t understand it.
My GF’s mother is in her mid 70’s and recently told her that she’d like to watch them film A Gieco Commercial so she could see how they got the Gecko to do all the things he does. The GF told me afterwards, “I didn’t have the heart to burst her bubble”.
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