If you get someone, ask like you are interested, be sweet as pie,  get their company name and a contact number by saying you can not provide any information without getting their contact info first for your records. They will hang up unless the caller is new to the job. He/she may be dumb enough to give it you.

NEVER use the word YES, or any type of word indicating confirmation. I always very clearly tell them to not call this number AND that I don't want their crap. Use contractions so they can't remove the 'not' from their recording.

Or just hang up without saying anything. Or use a whistle or airhorn on their slimey [***].  I have one futures company that used to call all the time and they were [***]. Their return numbers work. So I started calling back, placing myself on mute, going into their VM and just letting them fill up with silence. Finally got the president one day, gave him an earful and they haven't called back. Knock on wood.

If you do get some kind of bill in the mail send it to your states attorneys general office and the US post master general. This is mail and phone scamming. If you actually get a business name, make a report at the BBB where the letter/invoice came from.

This all takes a few minutes of your time. Everyone of these sites makes it easy to report.


and please for the love of all that is holy never give ANYONE your personal information over the phone.SSN/DOB, bank info, not even your real name. Just tell them your name is Snookie Situation.

Oh and you can report that number to the state of origin attorneys general office as well. Unfortunately, these scammers come through on either trunk numbers or disconnected numbers which is why you can't call them back.