Month: August, 2008

800-601-9330 Strikes Again

4 August, 2008 (10:47) | Front Line Reports, Telephone Calls | No comments

As I’ve said before, these telemarketers are a persistent bunch. At 9:18 this morning the phone rang it was my friends from Chase again. The fellow that called had a thick Indian accent, so apparently the big greedy credit card companies are now outsourcing out-going calling services (I had only encountered these when making a [...]

Online Ticket Scams

4 August, 2008 (10:20) | Scams | No comments

I just saw a report about a ticket scam on our local Fox TV station and I thought it might be worth mentioning with the hope of warning others about these kinds of scams.
A woman and her daughter who are all huge Boston Red Sox fans bought a tour package from a local company. The [...]

The Silence Is Broken: This Time It’s 800-601-9330

2 August, 2008 (18:21) | Front Line Reports, Telephone Calls | No comments

Now that my complaint to the FCC seems to have silenced the calls from CitiMortgage and their "affiliates," another company has decided to disturb the peace in my home.
This time it’s Chase Bank and since I do have a Chase credit card, they are allowed by law to make telemarketing calls to our home. The [...]