by the 4th call from a DIFFERENT number w/ the same recording, pressed 1 to speak to someone and told them the person calling died so not possible for a sale. person then asked if I would be interested
HUNG UP. a new number called back w/in an hour. unrealTHEN called by a Sal Gambino - yep caller ID said Sal Gambino w/305-Florida number. ruh-roh, thinking did I accidentally pick up a duffle bag stuffed w/mob cash, guns, drugs or bookie numbers on the way home.
Sal, however, identifies himself as "T-Mobile" says, he's working on 212-810 numbers in my area. WITHIN 1 SECOND: what repair guy calls EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER while working on lines and how da hell would he get repair work done?! the rest of his sentence while I was quiet: I just wanna know what types of use this phone is for because I'll have to disable your line for awhile while it's being worked on. HUNG UP instantly. all Sal, oops I mean "T-Mobile" heard from me: hello and clickinstantly called T-mobile only to find out they've outsourced their support to Philippines!!! (more US jobs lost and they were 1 of the few 100% US companies w/ US support). the rep tells me, that call was part of fraud they're aware of and to notify my credit card companies. OF WHAT?! what information did person steal? she's basically asking me to do the equivalent of calling NYPD and saying: someone stole something, then NYPD asking me OBVIOUSLY, "what did they steal?", and my response would be: I don't know, but simply told to call you. WTF?!
THEN the weirdness didn't end there. on way home, went to grocery/mall area (where I saw wrecked car off main road and met related persons (cousin and best friend) who told all of us staring what happened:
;)
related story: www.nydailynews.com)... ok back to rest of weirdness:
just a few blocks from grocery/mall, some guy stops, stares, blows a kiss and puckers THEN goes "you're beautiful" and just stared. I just stared back
, said nothing but thinking, ok what do I have on me to kill this mofo just in case. he was creepy, and even more creepy, he was carrying a large bucket. I immediately thought: he's probably carrying a head in the bucket. I'm like Brad Pitt in Seven: WHAT'S IN THE BUCKET, OH GAWD, WHAT'S IN THE BUCKETTTT??!!
LOL (if embedded video isn't appearing, view on youtube directly: youtu.be/1giVzxyoclE)
I said nothing, SO HE WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS OK, because I didn't respond to him
I'm thinking "does that puckering up kisses work w/ women and if so can you point out the crackhead it worked on? thank you". but RIGHT across from me was a precinct, my options: get as far away from this mofo as possible and closest to the precinct, at least I'd be on camera before he started his Hannibal activities.
he could have just said "hey beautiful" and kept it moving, but the stop, stare and pucker was creepy especially since he himself looked creepy as hell.
oh, and the fraud numbers calling in case you have block service which I just realized I have: 401-365-6307, 910-509-5008, 213-550-3111, 440-519-6712, 260-399-4151 - all ghost numbers, if you call it back only plays same recording and all call w/ different financial fraud scams: lower credit card debt (have none), lower mortgage (no longer have one), erase IRS debt (have none)
the goal is to get your full name, social AND any credit card number or bank/routing info by end of call. somehow, they do have your name from phishing something but that's all they have, they need the other puzzle pieces.
crazy if anyone does purchase something like that over the phone, because they've called so many times, during one call, I tried asking for their company name (couldn't provide), a phone number to reach them back in case we get disconnected (slick, hehe), they couldn't provide. ding, ding, ding - FRAUD! or they get slick: well "did you want to lower your interest rate or not?" EYES GET BIG, like I know this mofo did NOT deflect a valid question w/ desperate sales pitch?!
if they can't give you their DBA/biz name OR a valid phone number, hang up, it's a scam. even fake creditors call people now because of economy but people rarely ask: can you give me your business name and number to call you back?
and that was one trippy Twilight Zone-ish day.
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