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She said she was from the State of Illinois Business Development Office and asked if we were still at an old location, at which point I said "No, I cannot talk now"  and hung up.

This is one of those that show 'name unavailable' as caller ID.  You know there's something fishy.

She told me she was calling from the State of MO and wanted to know if we were still looking to move, when I tried to get more info out of her such as what number she was calling from, she gave me my own number! She would not give me a name or number or any other info and I told her not to call back, she called right back and told me I was a b****

said from state of misouri when i questioned hin he hung up

Similar calls have been made to Washington, Minnesota, California, Colorado and Canadian businesses. In each instance, the fake telemarketers tell businesses they are with a state economic development office and ask for moving and employee information. In several cases, when a business has responded to the questions asked, new monthly charges appeared on the business' phone bill. Oregon Department of Justice investigators are looking into this scam right now, but one theory is that the callers are trying to "cram" new services onto the business' phone bill. "Cramming" has been around since the deregulation of the telephone industry and happens when a company adds a charge to a phone bill for a service that was never requested, agreed to, or used.

Similar calls have been made to Washington, Minnesota, California, Colorado and Canadian businesses. In each instance, the fake telemarketers tell businesses they are with the state economic development office and ask for moving and employee information. In several cases, when a business has responded to the questions asked, new monthly charges appeared on the business' phone bill. Oregon Department of Justice investigators are looking into this scam right now, but one theory is that the callers are trying to "cram" new services onto the business' phone bill. "Cramming" has been around since the deregulation of the telephone industry and happens when a company adds a charge to a phone bill for a service that was never requested, agreed to, or used.

The caller identified herself as from the Government of Alberta Business Development Office and wanted to know if we had found a new location or were still looking.  We're not moving so I told her so.

Just save their number as SCAM ARTIST so when they call ANSWER "POLICE INVESTIGATIONS< MAY I HELP YOU?" They will [***] their pants and wont call again.

when you call the number it is disconnected-how do we get the actual number to find them and hunt them down???

Got a call from this number.  "Hi, this is Alex from the Washington Business Development Office.  I wanted to see if you were still interested in moving."  I told him I didn't know what he was talking about as we have no plans to move.  He asked me if I was still looking for a place for the business.  I told him no and he asked if we were still at such and such address.  I verified the address and then he asked again if we were still interested in moving. At this point I was very irritated and when I told him that I had no idea what he was talking about, he said, "neither do I," and hung up.

They just called me, and since the area code didn't look familiar, I thought I'd look them up online.  Very glad I did.  Thank you all for posting about them - I very much appreciate all of your warnings to others about this scam.

The caller number of 882-014-0105 does not seem to work and may be "spoofed" so they can hide who they are. We got a call yesterday and another just now. Last year we got calls like this and I think it is the same scammers.

They wanted to confirm my company address. When I asked who they are they said it was the chamber of commerce. When I asked which one they hung up. I am reporting all of these calls to the FTC at 888-382-1222. Even if you have a business you should report all scams like this. While I have a business, they called my home phone.

Keep getting calls from this number - asked them where in the province of Alberta they were calling from; they said Chamber; asked for their phone number and was given a porn place number. Each time I ask a specific question; they hang up.

Filipino accent pretend to be from Chamber of Commerce asking have we found our new location to move to.
Able to verify our address and company name but when ask where she got our info, she hang up

We had same call as others are describing.  Said they with Georgia State, and wanted to know if we had moved yet.  We said we are not moving, and why did they think we were.  They hung up.

Said she was from the Georgia Economics Division and wanted to know if we had found a new location to move to. When I told her we had no intention of moving she hung up.

They keep calling and they say they are from Illinois Department and want to know if are moving, how many people in the office.  I keep telling them to talk to our Corporate office but they get rather rude.  Want a manager in our office.  That's when I have to talk over them because they will not let me give them the corporate phone number.  

I was contacted by a woman claiming to be from the California Business Development Office.  She had a very strong accent and asked business details.  I asked her many questions to verify her claims but she became annoyed, angry, frustrated and finally hung up on me.  She called from 882-014-0105.

Guy asking if we were still looking to move our business.....i never was looking in the first place

Received call from a woman with a strong accent, claiming to be from state of Georgia.  My phone screen showed "No Name Found".  Asking if we had found a new place, I told her we were not moving, said bye and hung up.