Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Telemarketers - Oh My

I decided to check my Google Voice number that I long disconnected from my cell phone, and the number of telemarketers that call it is just amazing.  This is why it is important to keep your cell phone numbers hidden from everything and everyone.  Google Voice is free and an excellent service that acts as a firewall between you and telemarketers.  Instead of providing your real phone number, all you do is provide your Google Voice Number.  This is a great alternative for people who enter sweepstakes/

Occasionally, companies notify the winners by a phone call.  This makes it important to receive phone calls, but also weed out the telemarketer ones. Once you identify a telemarketer number it is pretty easy to block that number in Google Voice.

Long story short, though, here is the list of all the telemarketers that called my Google Voice number since I started using it a few months ago:


Phone Calls


13055872093
18187556800 - Multiple times during what would be my night - SPANISH SPEAKING
19092595672 - Called 10 times in the span of 2 hours.... - Appears to be from Education Connection.
19173985568 - Multiple Times
19739293293 - Vonage Telemarketer 
15034571002
19173989559
18666397720 
13128785579
15034571002
18053095505
13146275524
13128785530
19143395641



Text Messages


I received text messages from:
14044332751  Shoppers: Make $100/ day! Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments! No experience required. Call 1-888-706-7667 Reply STOP to end
15054339704  Shoppers: Make $100/ day! Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments! No experience required Call: 1-888-279-0635 Reply STOP to end 9:37 AM 
12157968374  Need Money for any Reason? Fast Loan Approvals up to $1500 Visit: MONEY80.com 2end reply stop
13204963007  Congratulations! You been selected to receive a new IPAD! Supplies are limited, please claim fast! Visit: IPAD50.com 2end reply stop
15714207957  Congratulations! You been selected to receive a new IPAD! Supplies are limited, please claim fast! Visit: IPAD50.com 2end reply stop
17702356985  Shoppers: Make $100/ day! Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments! No experience required. Call 1-877-450-6614 Reply STOP to end
15166525017  Great news! Your requested cash advance is now available! Get up to $5000 now! Use approval code: giveme Visit: CASHSTORE100.com 2end reply stop

This would be so annoying getting all this stuff on my cell-phone, but thankfully I use Google Voice.  All my telemarketers get to hear is a voice mail recording of Mental Health Hot Line 



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