Please be aware that this a telemarketer with a Michigan area code. The telephone number is 269-768-2102. When you call the number back, the recording states that if you want to be removed from this list to indicate your number. I have done this several times and to no avail. In fact, the telemarketer has been calling me at least a dozen times a day which is very disruptive and harassing. I have registered my number with the donotcall.gov web site with the federal government.
I have done some research and the Michigan number is connected with a Lucre, Inc. located in Bellevue, Michigan. There are also several consumer blogs on the Internet indicating that this telemarketer represents itself in a variety of ways including: car warranty company, yellow pages, superpages. They also use the name of Pacific Hub. Some consumers and businesses report that the telemarketer is pretending to renew subscriptions the consumer do not have and often the telemarketer has a very thick accent to suggest they may be calling from out of the country. Some consumers report that they can trace the call to the Philippines and when the telemarketer is confronted they just hang up. When I talked with one of the telemarketers, I asked politely for his name, the company's name and what the corporate headquarters was--he refused to give me any of this information. When I told him I was contacting the Attorney General he hung up immediately.
First of all Consumers need to fight back. Do not allow yourselves to become victimized by these scam artists. If all of us consumers stuck together and immediately reported this type of fraud we could catch these crooks in action.
First things first register all of your telephone numbers on the national Do Not Call registry:
https://donotcall.gov/Once you are registered, if the scam artist, telemarketer or fraudulent business calls you back then you can report them directly to the United States Government and an inveistigation will ensue. Minimally, they will face heavy fines. The more we report them the bigger the fines and it will enable our government to shut them down.
Secondly, on this particular numbr since it is registered in the state of Michigan, call, contact or write the Michigan Attonrey General. Most AG’s dislike their citizens being victimized. Again-0-the AG or even the Feds cannot do anything unless you file a formal complaint.
Here if the AG’s number for:
miag@michigan.gov
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Lansing Office
G. Mennen Williams Building, 7th Floor
525 W. Ottawa St.
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI 48909
Main Number (517) 373-1110
Consumer Protection (517) 373-1140
Toll Free (877) 765-8388
Charitable Trust (517) 373-1152
Franchise Registration (517) 373-7117
Facsimile (517) 373-3042