Journal nizo's Journal: Credit Card companies should offer this 8
The recent rash of annoying scammer auto warranty phone calls to my cellphone made me think; it would be awesome if my credit card company would give me a special number I could give to people who are trying to scam me, so they could be easily flagged. Obviously the number wouldn't charge anyone (and would be automatically declined), but if a company got a certain number of these in a given day, their merchant account could be suspended (hopefully to be followed by a large amount of napalm being spewed over their headquarters).
Could try a rechargable card... (Score:2)
I'll also point out that if it wasn't for our atrocious toll-free system on this continent, it wouldn't be so hard for us to find out who is on the other end (and so damned easy for them to hide their identity for as lon
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Unfortunately, he really shouldn't do the rechargeable card thing that you suggest. It might be seen as an attempt to defraud them by using a card that is "known bad". And if these people are sleazy enough to try to scam you, if they have something they can drag you into court for and sue you, you're just pure gold to them.
I don't think he wants to investigate them himself. I think what he's looking for is a way to pass the sleazeballs off to Visa so they can investigate them.
Since it's really inves
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if these people are sleazy enough to try to scam you, if they have something they can drag you into court for and sue you, you're just pure gold to them.
That is a good point. However I know I have been getting quite a few telemarketing calls at work of the same type that he described, and they often originate overseas (it is also tragically easy to get a US toll-free number and then staff it in your favorite third world country). So if that is the case, then the company would have an incredibly hard time suing him if they are only established overseas. And of course if they actually are an American company, they would have to disclose who they are to ta
moof (Score:1)
So basically you want to be able to prevent anyone else from doing business with a company that calls you too often? While we're dreaming, I want everyone I don't like to be taken up into a spaceship and whisked away to another planet. To then be on the menu there.
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Only the ones that a) won't remove me from their call list b) are trying to sell me something I don't need (warranty for my non-existent car) c) call me constantly (now a daily thing)
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You're right, what was I thinking, your rights to not be telephoned certainly outweigh mine and everyone else's rights to do business with someone. I'm a little surprised, but I guess you've gone completely off the deep end.
Ugh! You're getting these calls on your CELL?! (Score:1)
I do like the feaux-number idea, but I think it would be a hard trick to implement.
I've been getting these kinds of calls on my land line *forever*-- the same voices, both live person and automated, claiming that I needed to contact them immediately to keep from [insert doom and gloom about my car insurance/credit card/the Baldwin Brothers].
(Okay, I made up the part about the Baldwins)
I signed up for my state's Do Not Call list, but the list rules are a joke, since if these guys don't identify their company