Oct 14, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have your answer.
Anybody living in Chicago might remember a radio host named "Mancow" who was fired from his radio station a few years back. As you might recall, a large portion of his show was spent doing "Phone Scams" where somebody calls you acting like a business or something and tries to get you upset or make you sound stupid. This is what this is. "Mancow" is still on other small radio stations across the country, but he still does his show out of Chicago.
I'm sure that they even set up the PHONEY ORC Protel Website. If you were a business would you really hire a company with a website that looks like that? Especially a large bank like Wells Fargo.
Any calls from (312) 588-7690, (708) 418-7400 or any variations are these (fill in your vulgar term of choice) that work for Mancow.
Hence, why some folks have had the caller ID say "Chicago Radio."