Re: Mortgage Phone Spam: How to get rid of these jerks

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

You should have just spoken to him for five minutes, I can pretty much
guarantee he would never call back again

Doug

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"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:iqlgi.8134$oo5.7672@xxxxxxxxxxx
> There's a company running a mortgage scam in Florida.
> They have a dialer that calls every number in a given
> prefix in sequence several times a day, every day of the
> week.  They completely ignore the state's "Do Not Call"
> list.  Asking to have your number removed from their
> database is useless.  They have been calling four and
> five times a day for weeks.  Verizon says they can't do
> anything about it because the company is using another
> telco provider.
>
> I got tired of them so I punched "1" when prompted and
> got to hear a recording promising a 1% mortgage.  At
> the appropriate time I again punched "1" to speak to a
> "financial counselor" (a scam artist, actually).  I told him I
> was, "very interested but busy right now.  Can I fax you
> the particulars?"
>
> The scammer said sure and gave me his fax number.
> Next I started Adobe Photoshop and created a new
> 8" x 10" image.  I filled the image with a solid black
> background, selected the text tool and set it's color to
> white.  I chose a 36-point Arial font, centered and
> wrote in the middle of the page:
>
> REMOVE MY TELEPHONE
> NUMBER FROM YOUR
> CALLING LIST
>
> I DON'T WANT A NEW
> MORTGAGE
>
> I DO NOT WANT ANY MORE
> PHONE CALLS FROM YOUR
> COMPANY
>
> TAKE THIS NUMBER
> OFF YOUR LIST
> (home number)
>
> I then created a Word doc, inserted the image in
> the middle of the page and copied it to 100 pages.
> The doc was saved as a PDF file.
>
> Then I opened my PC fax and ....
> Voila!  No more calls.   :^)
>
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>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass

> http://www.bassburgIaraIarms.com