Monday, April 24, 2006

1-800-552-0164. Have you been getting incessant automated calls from the same source at a rate of about two per day? I have.

I'm angry at Worldzen, or whatever company it is that's been calling me up at all hours and putting on a recording telling me to call 1-800-552-0164. It might not be a "solicitation call," as the recording states, but it is harassment. Whether the culprit is outsourcing company Keane Worldzen (most likely) or the World Zen Fellowship or some other racket, the tactic is relentless and annoying and invasive--just like getting prank phone calls.

I'm not the only one to get this treatment. It also happened to Sandra Thompson of the St. Petersburg Times last year. In her case, the phone number was 1-800-401-6070.

If you've also been harassed by these jerks, feel free to register your complaints and suggested solutions here.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I had these !#$@&'s calling us for about 2 weeks. They are obviously dishonest shysters or they would identify themselves in their recording. They obviously have no respect for anyone or they wouldn't have used a recording in the first place. My wife called them back and gave them an earful. They said they just got us mixed up with someone else. Wrong number. Right.

David Marc Fischer said...

Thank you for the input. The more details, the more we can get a sense of what these twits are up to.

Anonymous said...

Got a message on my machine to call 800.552.0164. This was after two days of getting calls in the evening saying that "all operators are busy, please stay on the line". I was curious, so I called. Was told that my phone number was deleted from the system :) I have a sit tone on my answering machine for just such purposes :)

I asked what the call might be regarding, and I the operator said that she had no idea. Obviously not my credit card company trying to get me some urgent information, or anything of the like.