Scam Likely

[bill_schubert]

Just got a voice mail from my good friend Scam Likely.  "It's michael calling back.  Based on your business' Dun and Bradstreet score of 76 we do still have you pre approved for up to a $500 loan.... [and on and on]"

I love people who used DandB to make themselves sound substantial.  My VM translator might have gotten the number wrong but I deleted the actual VM so I'll never know if they actually think a $500 loan is worth anything.  Maybe I'm preapproved for a $500,000 loan.  I'd take that and leave the country.  They could have the business I left behind as collateral. 

It is funny how long my business (shut down nearly 3 years ago now) is still in all the spurious databases that companies, fake and not, are paying money to access.

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[mairi-dubh.livejournal.com]

*chortle*

This reminds me of when I had moved into a little studio condo/apartment in a very nice neighborhood where there were plenty of people who had, evidently, more money than brains.

I cheerfully admit I have a surfeit of neither, but I think I'd been there less than a month before the big credit card companies were mailing me "You've Been Pre-Approved for [company] Platinum Credit Card, no limit" or some other such nonsense.

These were genuine, not scams, but I thought, "You people have no idea who I am or how little credit (None!) I have at this point. And if you're that cavalier about your marketing...."
Sort of like Groucho Marx declaring he wouldn't belong to any club that would have him for a member.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I get preapproved house refinance offers every day.

[mairi-dubh.livejournal.com]

Oh, my.

Well, does it make you feel good?

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Nope. It is just useless waste of paper. Keeps the USPS in business but I've already got the lowest rate I could have. I throw them all away without reading as I do about 90% of my mail.