who is this

who do they want to talk to

This number calls me several times a day, every day and always hangs up on me.  If this is indeed a rewards program, I have been scammed by so many of these programs that I am not very nice when they keep calling me.  Perhaps when they call me, they start reading their notes and see that there is a message in there that I have requested not to be called anymore.

Someone has called me from this number 4 times since Oct. 2, 2008. Two times I saw it on my caller ID and two times I answered.  When I answered they asked for Richard.  I have told them both times that Richard does not live here.

I told this company to stop calling yet they continue to call 2 and 3 time a day

Got a Call from a Telemarketing company (Could not get the company name), saying that they were calling from my Master Card's Rewards Department, and that they had some rewards and gifts for me. It was interesting listening to the script that they have, which they have modified from the past, and now is more professional, and more tricky.  They are trying to push a couple of Membership programs to you.  They tell you that you don't have to pay anything to join, but at the end you find out that they are charging your credit card for "Shipping" the programs to you.

The first one, they promise you $100 Gas Voucher & a complementary 2 Round Trip tickets. There will be a grace period before they charge your card $29.95 for the first program which includes some medical discounts, then $19.95 for the second program which includes some legal services.

Then they'll upsell you to two more programs which are: EZ-Rate for unlimited Long Distance for $29.95 and EZ ID Recovery for an additional cost.  They will tell "Extremely Fast" that there is a shipping and handling cost to send you all these programs, and that you have some time to look over the programs and then you can cancell before the grace period so you don't have to pay the $29.95 for each program.  The Shipping cost amounts to $13 and change for your to review the programs.
The catch is that you cannot do anything with the vouchers and gifts that they promise you until you have been with the program for about 6 months, or you have accepted the memberships, and spent some money wiht them.
Then, once you accept, it is a pain in the rear to try to cancel these programs and services.
Sometimes the grace period is only 14 days from the day they ship the product, so if you don't get to your mail fast enough for whatever reason, guess what: You are hooked.

Here are some links that I found on these reports:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/206/ripoff0206667.htm

http://www.elamb.org/hacked/ez1ratescam.htm


I hope this helps somebody either to decide to accept the programs, or to not waste their time answering the call.  I have not tried the programs or memberships, so I don't know if the services are for real, or they don't work.  You make the call.  You can also decide to block these calls from your telephone service provider.