No Call List Bypassed Using Call Centers in India?

lollipop17 asks: "My husband and I recently bought a house, and so our three months on the do not call list before we can file complaints is not quite over. We only have one business thus far that has called soliciting anything, but here's the catch: it's always a recording, and when I finally got through on the number they provided, 800-513-4524, the reps that answer are in India and have no idea what's going on other than they have a contract with an American company to take sales orders. The girl on the recording mumbles the business name, which seems to be 'All Digital Satellite,' which I could not locate via Google as it's so generic. Given the recent story about spam faxes, and solicitations overseas, do you think this is the future of telemarketing (the offshore location anyway)? Has anyone successfully filed a complaint with the FTC for violation of the do not call registry (for I am sure they will call again after our three months is over, they call at least twice a week)? Does anyone have ideas for tracking them down (i.e. local phone number or stateside address)? The message even seems fraudulent, but I cannot file a complaint with the better business bureau without local phone or address. Any ideas?"

Comments

Phone spam

[AtariAmarok]

That sounds like phone spam.. Illegal, arrives in garbled format, and from some shady scam outfit that does not want to identify itself.

Reminds of the few times I have received spam advertising products that took the "cover up" aspect too far: the return address was fake, the name of the product was not in the e-mail, and there was no link or phone # or any way for me to contact them if hell had frozen over and I actually did want to buy their product.

This means .... war!

[Leffe]

Couldn't you consider this an attack on America and use it as an excuse to invade India :)?

Re:This means .... war!

[WarPresident]

Couldn't you consider this an attack on America and use it as an excuse to invade India :)?

Never pick a fight with a country that believes in reincarnation and has nuclear weapons.

phone bills

[rooskie]

I'd imagine if you kept them on the line long enough the overseas phone bill would add up on their end.

"Be right Bach!"

[AtariAmarok]

" Then put the phone down and walk away for half an hour or so."

And since this is over IP, they might be incurring bandwidth and transmission charges. So, when you put the phone down, turn on a nearby tape player playing some J.S. Bach tocatta with some ridicolously high note resolution (32nd notes, etc) into the phone. Just to maximize the data going over their lines. You'll be on your way in no-time to actually succeeding in slashdotting a telemarketer.

Get Their Billing Address

[DynaSoar]

Ask the next caller for their address. Tell them you're a telemarketing consultant, and you'll be glad to listen to their pitch and rate it at your normal consultancy rate. If they give you an address, listen to their pitch, hang up, write them a letter telling them what you think of their pitch, and send it to them along with an invoice. If they don't pay, submit it to a collection agency. The resulting credit rating problems will make them notice.

I've never gotten past explaining what I needed the address for, and I've never gotten a return call from the same place. If I ever do get an address, they'll get my best effort to rate their pitch, and a bill for US$200.