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Most days I get over 10 “Scam Likely” calls. Its getting to the point that I don’t even pick up an unknown number, which is problematic considering much of my livelihood consists of being available to clients by phone!
Enough is enough, and I’m taking action. I recently signed up my cell phone number to the www.DoNotCall.gov registry, but I know from experience that won’t be enough. There is an additional step I’ve taken, and I encourage you to do the same.
As crazy as this may sound, the credit reporting agencies are legally allowed to sell your contact information to solicitors. Its common that after I pull a credit report for a client who wants to obtain a mortgage that the client is bombarded by aggressive sales calls from other mortgage companies. They claim this promotes consumer shopping alternatives, but in reality its borderline harassment! Thankfully, there is a way to stop it.
Go to www.OptOutPreScreen.com and select to Opt-Out of being included on these annoying marketing lists. It takes just a couple of minutes, and doing so reduces the unwanted calls and texts (good for you) and keeps the unscrupulous folks in my industry from having a sleezy way to shortcut their way to customers (good for you and me!).
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