Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:17:04 -0500
From: Tarus BALOG
Subject: Re: Google Spamming
On 01/20/2015 07:12 AM, Chatham Chatlist wrote:
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:20:35 -0500
> From: B Dwain Ritchie
> Subject: Telephone Spamming
>
> Google…is the worst telephone spamming company in the US of A! They
> have been calling me for years regarding my business website. For years
> I have been pushing the number on the telephone key pad that the
> recorded message says to push in order to be taken off the list for
> further calls. It does not matter how many times I digitally tell them
> not to call me they continue. In the last week I have gotten a dozen
> calls at least! And the number is always from another state and even an
> NC number that looks legit. They continually interrupt my busy days
> with their very irritating calls. Does anyone out there know if there
> is a way to talk to a real person that works for Google? Doesn’t seem
> to be.
>
> I really don’t like Google! I just wish they would go away. They
> have been calling me for many years.
The calls aren’t from Google. They are from companies who want to manage your Google Local presence. They just make it sound like they are from Google.
What I did was press the button to speak to someone and then politely asked to be taken off of their list. If they persist I often bring up the following law:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_75/Article_4.html
-T