Oct 4, 2007
I received this call numerous times over the last month to month and a half. I have not answered it until today when I accidently answered it. A man said that I was listed as a reference for J. D. (someone who is related to me through marriage). I do not remember what organization or company he said he was with and I was caught off gaurd when he began to ask questions.
Because he began with what sounded like a legitimate question, such as "Do I consider J. D. to be a hard worker?" before asking more personal questions I thought it was a legitimate call. He continued to ask these type of questions with more personal questions intetwined such as, Can you verify J. D's. phone number? My reply was, "Sure". I waited for him to give me the number he had and he said, "No, you need to give me the number.", which without thinking I did. He was asking questions so fast that I did not have time to think, plus I was home about to take my daughter who had been in the hospital earlier this week to see the doctor. Once I hung up and had given out other information of which none really seemed to be enough to harm this person, however I have called and warned them about the call. This was the one thing he asked about that became most suspicious to me once I hung up and of which should have been a red flag to me. He should have given me the number for verification instead of me giving it to him.