Real Estate Spammers on your Cell Phone-Oh No......

Don't forget about the telemarketers. I asked the last one how she got my number. She state off the Internet. I am thankful I can be found on the Internet, but I am wanting potential buyers and sellers to call, not a telemarketer.

I have placed my home phone on the "Do not call" list. It looks as if I will have to put my cell phone number on there too.

Michael Thompson, MBA, Realtor
Century 21 Anderson Properties
http://www.MichaelThompsonProperties.com/

If you aren't getting a little telemarketing, you don't have enough exposure, IMO.

They aren't hard to get rid of.

Kathy,

I recently started turning the cell phone off at night. 

It did develop a habit of ringing when I was trying to sleep.

A few months ago, I went through the telemarketer ordeal.  I already had all my phones on the Do Not Call list, even my cell phone.  But it seems that the information we give out, even for ourselves like applying for a mortgage gets transmitted to these folks.  But what if registering your number on the DNC activates it?  Telemarketers get a report of those numbers that they are not allowed to call to stay compliant, but what if they abuse the list? It is food for thought. 

I started getting calls from telemarketers on my cell.  The calls came from +09633 and similar numbers, always by a foreigner with an accent.  I tried to call them back to ask for removal. I asked them to remove my name, I asked for their Supervisor, I asked if I could have their address and phone number and call them back.  All I got was CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.  They even had the audacity to call me back 5 minutes later from the same number.  I wasn't just mad, I was livid.  Who do they think they are?  Those are MY MINUTES that I pay for!  Like receiving a collect call.  So I reported them (repeatedly) to the Do Not Call list, and the FTC.  To which nothing happened other than I got a copy of my report.  You can't even talk to a real person at the FTC, just file a report online.  My last act was to change my cell phone number.  AHHH..... peace and quiet at last! 

Yeah, you got that right. Definately a double edged sword. You want folks to be able to find you, but in doing so you leave yourself open to this opportunist morons across the globe.

You just have to keep your savvy up at all times!

I just Googled the number that called me today... same number....and I found your blog.  So now I can confirm they are targeting Active Rainer's form our profiles andcell numbers:

Cell Numbers in Profile - Warning! Nigerian Scam Calls to My Cell!

I am lucky all my phone calls our forwarded from another service, so what seems like my cell phone really isn't and once I get a spam call, I immediately block it forever and they can never call my phone again.