Cramming is a common telephone company practice in which services you never agreed to end up on your phone bill Nowadays, phone companies have a lot more to offer consumers than just basic phone services. Some of the phone service add-ons offered to consumers are 3rd party calling, call waiting, call forwarding, directory assistance, conference … Read more
Fake charities use telemarketing methods as well as email to try and bilk you out of your money by pretending to represent a well-known charitible cause. No one likes feeling like a jerk. So when telemarketers claiming to represent charities call asking you for a donation it’s hard to say no. Telemarketers know this and … Read more
They may not actually use a boiler room but these direct marketing scams bilk people out of millions of dollars every year Boiler Room is a term that describes a business operation set up as a direct marketing company that will usually use telephone to solicit sales. Some boiler room operations are legitimate and sell … Read more
Don’t get tricked into making a very expensive international phone call to an 809 area code because these calls can cost up to $25 per minute! This is an ingenious but cruel phone scam. It aims to frighten you so badly you make a call to an 809 area code right away without thinking. If … Read more
Crooks have learned how to use fax machines to their advantage by employing underhanded techniques designed to con people out of their money. Fax machines continue to be a necessary evil in many offices and businesses around the country. Many of us have a love/hate relationship with them. We can’t live with them, we can’t … Read more