Was I just scammed?
I just got a phone call at work that sounded like it was from overseas. The caller was "confirming" our company’s "free yellow pages business listing." He already knew our company name and contact info and I said "correct" as he read it back.
Then the call got weird. He got me to spell out my name and then asked for my job title. When I answered, he said that title wasn’t in their system and I should just say I was a "supervisor" when he transfered me to someone who was going to confirm our listing.
A second guy came on and said his call was being timed, so to please not interrupt him because he had to complete it in so many seconds. Then he said to interrupt him if the info was wrong. He repeated this mumbo-jumbo several times.
When this caller asked me my job title, I gave my original answer. He said, "A supervisor?" When I answered, "Not really," he hung up.
Has this happened to anyone else? I’m afraid I said "yes" at one point and they’ll be able to scam me.
They already knew our company information, so the only thing I really gave them was my own name.
I’m not sure what it means that they hung up on me.
Tagged with: business listing • company information • google • job title • mumbo • phone call • script type • several times • supervisor • text javascript • yellow pages
Filed under: Business Phone Systems
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Yes, happend to me at work. They try to get your info so next time they cold call again they act like they know you or refer to you when they talk to your colleague.
Just hang up and say thank you next time.
Be careful next time.
yes sounds like you were scammed you should never ever give out information!!!!
yes u were scammed
better luck next time
This has happened at my place of work several times. I always just hang up on them. Anyone our company advertises with will know how to contact our office manager.
yes you were scam. be slow to answer question over the phone.