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Yeah, this is unrelated, but, as there is no “shady political survey promising a Bahamas cruise” thread, I’m going for it. I just got a robocall, which promised a free Bahamas cruise if I participated. Well, I did, and then when it came time to sign up, I was “mysteriously” disconnected. No, of course I didn’t expect a free Bahamas cruise for answering three questions (that, yes, appeared to be from a conservative–surprise!–organization); but I would still think that actually promising a cruise to survey participants and then hanging up before the participants could even try to collect might be sufficiently illegal for them to not, you know, actually do it. And, yes, I had a little fun with the survey, as I expected they were not on the up-and-up. So I got a fair return on my 45 seconds. What I’m curious about is–has anyone else heard of such nonsense, and is there any way to try to find out who’s behind it so that, perhaps, some light could be shed on the organization behind the “survey”?
1 – I got that call and took the opt-out so they’d never call me again..
Of course, I didn’t believe that for a second so I just added the number to my home pbx blacklist.
On topic: I’m thinking this is Pittsburgh.. Reminds me of the crime scene in The Next Three Days.
It’s from the opening scene of The Office,
here.
It’s actually Penn Paper & Supply at 215 Vine Street, Scranton, PA.
@1 Here’s your booking.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8.....196504962/
@1. Googled this: Scam survey free Bahamas cruise.
Results: This appears to be a new phenomenon=====a business pretending to be doing a political survey so that they can get around the law. I suggest turning them in if they call you again. Some of the numbers the scammers/robocallers use:
In addition to 202-499-1479, these scammers appear to be robocalling from:
972-591-5250
914-373-7134
914-373-7170
281-763-0444
404-478-6372
702-605-7196
617-861-4479
@6 – Thanks. Good to know.
Why people do such crap is something I’ll never understand. Spending your days on this planet figuring out ways to scam other people has to be one of the most miserable existences possible.
@5 – I prefer to consider the picture a metaphor for the Republicans’ latest War on Women: hulking, ugly, and, ultimately, going nowhere.
@7 “Why people do such crap is something I’ll never understand.”
For money.
@8 That too.
@3
Good win!
@1
I got that exact same call yesterday (monday). I tried to answer the first question with “None of the Above” and it asked me the question again. I tried again, same result. Then I hung up…
I got the same phone call last weekend, when I hung up it kept calling me back – three times in total.