1-800-224-5606 < don't answer this caller!

[Biggie]

Hi All

if you see this number on your phone, don't answer.


they talk with a "garbled" message, trying to verify your whois info, specifically a fax number to send you some crap.

when they asked for mine, i asked "why you want to know".

and when i told them that the name is not registered with them, so why then are you calling me? ....they hung up


just fyi

 

[DN BROKER]

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[DomainName]

They called me as well yesterday with the following #...800-224-8606. When I called the number back it was disconnected!!!! WTF is going on with this industry!!!!

 

[DN BROKER]

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[Johnn]

I answer:

"Internet Crime Unit, agent John speaking can I help you?"

 

[katherine]

Looks like social engineering in action.
Besides that number is not in service so it would have been spoofed.

I answer:

"Internet Crime Unit, agent John speaking can I help you?"

Good one :lol:

 

[DomainMagnate]

Try something like this next time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

I got the call too.
They hung up after only 25 minutes.
I toild them I wanted to renew 500 names with them.
I kept him on the phone while I was shaving.
Maybe the razor vibrating on the speaker was annoying him.
I think they said "Domain Registry of America". I get snail mail from them too.
How can they call from a disconnected number?

 

[BELLC1]

There are 96 Google entries on that number.

 

[theinvestor]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[DomainName]

I have no idea how their line is disconnected...I was wondering the same :?::?:

I got the call too.
They hung up after only 25 minutes.
I toild them I wanted to renew 500 names with them.
I kept him on the phone while I was shaving.
Maybe the razor vibrating on the speaker was annoying him.
I think they said "Domain Registry of America". I get snail mail from them too.
How can they call from a disconnected number?

 

[DN BROKER]

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[Varchar]

In general, I don't answer any toll free number calls. If the call is important, they will leave a message. 9 out of 10 toll free # calls are advertisements or possibly scams...

 

[tinner666]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Poker]

In general, I don't answer any toll free number calls. If the call is important, they will leave a message. 9 out of 10 toll free # calls are advertisements or possibly scams...

LOL. so true Varchar...one reason I like to use toll free numbers...let them leave a message and you will know if they are a potential customer (obviously get back to those asap)...I have also found that for one biz literally 100% of the leads I get thru a toll free number never convert They usually just have a lot of questions and require a lot of handholding but at least you seperate them from the other leads...

 

[Biggie]

In general, I don't answer any toll free number calls. If the call is important, they will leave a message. 9 out of 10 toll free # calls are advertisements or possibly scams...

if i am not mistaken, paypal has called me several times in the past from an 800 number to verify some transactions.

as well, i've had a couple of buyers who have called from 800 numbers.

so initially, i wasn't expecting that.

but if it is "droa" then maybe it's time to let the dogs out!

 

[DN BROKER]

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