Lending Pro 410-774-8000
Posted by beehive on 26 Nov 2007 at 03:21 pm | Tagged as: Uncategorized
I received a phishing call today from a company called Lending Pro whose phone number is 410-774-8000. For those who have never heard of phishing, it’s what bad people who I hope die a horrible death only to get their skulls used as soccer balls do to to get your personal information.Â
This personal information is then used to steal some part of your identity, and while identity stealing is illegal, the punishment is a slap on the wrist, so many people do it, and according to the Verizon Unlawful Call Center that I contacted about said phishing activity that I received earlier today, they said it it was a perfectly legal phone call, since Lending Pro didn’t break any laws by feeling out for my information, they went on further to say that “The police in New York City have more to worry about than these types of phone calls and wouldn’t do anything about it.”
Call me crazy, but why is the law like that? I mean, if it actually is like that, for all I know David at the Verizon Unlawful Call Center could have just not wanted to be bothered filing something on both mine and the publics behalf. I mean shouldn’t it be an illegal activity to phish for info since phishing is how people gather personal info to steal identities?
Let’s use a different scenario, what would happen if someone were to call the White House and ask for the PIN codes for the nukes? Wouldn’t that be illegal, or would it still only be illegal to use those PIN codes to launch a nuke?Â
I dunno, the laws are crazy.
Anyway, now that I went off on a weird analogy….you would think that a respectable lending institution would have a website, but Lending Pro does not, nor does anything pop up when I google their phone number that I got by a simple *69, and since it’s apparently not illegal to phish for information, I can’t do anything about this other than pulicly state that I believe Lending Pro to be actively phishing for personal information for no reasons other than corrupt ones.Â
So, Lending Pro at 410-774-8000, I’m calling you out. Why would you “randomly” call me to tell me that I have a mortgage that has been approved when no such thing ever was?Â
P.S. Bloggertrail.com (the other thing that google brings up with the number now) is completely bogus, and is a bot program that just cuts and pastes other blogs onto theirs. Stay away from bloggertrail.
alright, so I got a call from this same number…so I google it, and this is what I got. so I decided to call back and forget that I’m a christian, but when I called back, I got this phone numbre removal service crap, that you put your number in it, and they take it out of the list, so those peeps wont call you again.
I know if its true or not, but I did it anyway.
just thought I’d share that with everyone.
Andy, I called the Federal Do No Call Registry and registered. 888-382-1222 options 1, 1 and then enter your ful number, or just google search the registry to make sure you’re doing it to the correct number.
Watch out about leaving your # on “do not call” lists when you call these numbers back because like email spam lists, this usually just adds your # to a few new lists. It’s just another scam within a scam.
Thank you Temper. Also, when you leave your number on a system such as a phisher, you may be inadvertantly giving them all of your info by simply verifying your phone number. One simple thing might be enough for them to know that a list of identities is in fact accurate.
Yeah Beehive, it’s a PITA with all of these phishers/telemarket losers. I recently moved into a different area code within my own city and inherited someone’s extremely marked phone #. I get like 5 different companies a week calling this # multiple times and there’s nothing that can be done.
I also googled it, like I do most of the time. Nice blog btw :).
This is one of the reasons I don’t answer calls at home from the mysterious “out of area,” “private caller,” or numbers I don’t recognize. I know I sound like a sissy (a sissy susie) but it’s amazing how many calls just end with a click and how few people go ahead and leave me a voice mail. But if you ever want to call me, just start jabbering into the machine and I’ll pick up — or we’ll prescreen numbers ahead of time! Don’t be too hard on the Verizon guy, though. He probably makes $7 an hour and has to sit next to another service rep clipping his toenails one cube over.
To be honest I usually only get calls at home from a telemarketer or my grandmother, and I usually answer and proceed to talk to telemarkers with a with high pitch voice just to screw with them.