Hours after I received a call from the shady “Card Services” I got another one from the “Warranty Services” scam – originating from Platino Interpr at (909) 691-9149. I was fortunate to be able to record enough of the call so you can hear how they train their operators to avoid telling you exactly who they are. There is no question their calls are designed to fool you into thinking they are affiliated with your car dealership or company with whom you may still have a warranty. Click to hear the phone call.
For safety reasons, I have edited out the phone number given to them and have also cut down on the hold music which lasted for about 2 minutes. When the “specialist” came onto the phone I guess I asked my question about who he was with too quickly so he hung up the phone. They keep doing this to avoid providing information or having to deal with suspicious people. Not a problem. I’ll certainly be receiving many more calls over the next week and will document another in entirety.
While working on our news section of the site I received yet another automated telemarketing call with the same woman’s voice, telling me this was my final notice in order to lower my interest rates. How I wished this was the final call, this time from Daytona Beach, Florida at (386) 767-8027. However, the person who picked up to finagle me into a can’t lose deal was calling on behalf of “Consumer Services” – perhaps this is the new version of the infamous “Card Services” company that has taken the country by storm and unable to be stopped.For those of you who haven’t heard these calls, here’s an MP3 file of the Consumer Services aka Card Services call: Consumer Services MP3. After responding to the caller that I did press 1 to lower my interest rates, they hung up on me – perhaps this person recognized my voice?
Michael M. Wechsler, Esq.
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