Mar 13, 2013
Called my cell phone, "The FBI reports..." yada yada yada... This sounds like another ISI Alarms / Monotronics home alarm scam where you get locked into a 3 year contract for around $1,500+ for a simple wireless alarm system you could probably get at Radio Shack. Thanks to JD for the rest of the information. I pressed '1', but there wasn't anyone available to take the call. Guess they can't make a 'sale'...
If they call you - press '1', too. The worst thing you can do to a telemarketer is talk to them. If they are talking to you, they aren't making sales elsewhere. This is the ONLY way we can eliminate these robocalls, by making them unprofitable through crowdsourcing. Every minute you talk to them, is another minute they aren't scamming someone else. Do not give them your real name, do not say the word "Yes" under any circumstances (use 'I understand' or 'That's correct', you get the idea). Let them go through their script. Ask questions. Don't feel you have to talk their entire time, silence is uncomfortable for most telemarketers, so they generally will continue giving more sales pitch. We can't beat them by hanging up on the robodialer, but we CAN beat them by letting the real people waste their time.