(316) 453-7024

(316) 453-7024 Automated (computer voice recognition) call recorded 25 July 2015 ("Lisa Kent" with "Outreach Calling" with a fundraising solicitation for Breast Cancer Survivors) SCAM telemarketer

Caller ID: "L7SCVC Call"

I haven't received one of these computer-guided, computer voice recognition calls in many months and I was particularly impressed with the advances in voice recognition evident in this scam call.

Snippets of an actual human voice recordings are used. The computer uses voice recognition to interpret what you answer to the statements played by the computer.

In past calls, when the computer asked "may I continue?" it was only recognizing my answer of "yes" but this new device recognized my affirmitve response "certainly".

I also repeated the name "Lisa Kent" when I spoke and the computer responed "yes?" or "uh huh". When I deviated from the guided script, the computer asked if we could continue, then said "can we keep this polite please?" and finally it recognized that I wasn't going where they wanted me (to give a donation) so "List Kent" volunteered to put me on their Do Not Call list "and disconnect".

If you do an Internet search for this paid solicitor ("Outreach Calling") you will find that they, like many other scam charity solicitors, keep 85% to 90% of what is donated as their fee and only give 10% to 15% to the charity. This is a horribly inefficient method to contribute to otherwise deserving charities but I refuse to participate.

Following is a transcript of this scam call:

[me:] Hello?
[they:] Hello? This is Lisa Kent. How are you today?

[me:] I am just fine Lisa Kent. Who are you?
[they:] Good. I'm calling on behalf of the Breast Cancer Survivors foundation. So, the Breast Cancer Survivors Foundation is having its fundraiser, uh, to continue their good work in providing life saving test and mamogram to woman who could not afford it. You see every twelve minutes a woman dies from breast cancer and sadly today many more will die because they can not afford proper medical attention in time. Now as a paid caller with Outreach Calling we're providing donation return envelopes to all supporters so when you receive your donation return envelope can we count on you to return a small, tax deductible donation for the drive?

[me:] Hello, are you Lisa?
[they:] Uh huh.

[me:] How are you today, Lisa?
[they:] I'm doing fine, thanks for asking. Can we continue?

[me:] Certainly.
[they:] So, when you receive your donation return envelope can we count on you to return a small, tax deductible donation for the drive?

[me:] Ah, I can always count on Lisa. Are you Lisa?
[they:] Yes. Can we keep our conversation polite please?

[me:] Yes, of course.
[they:] Ok. So, when you receive your donation return envelope can we count on you to return a small, tax deductible donation for the drive?

[me:] Ah, yes, explain the donation form.
[they:] Sounds like you're really not interested, um, let me add you to our Do Not Cal list and disconnect.

[me:] I would love to...[Lisa terminated before I finished saying...] donate (my feeble attempt to keep the call active)

Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear this recorded call on my Spam Calls web page:

http://home.comcast.net/~achx88a/spam/spamcalls.htm (please note, playback temporarily not working)

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS SCAM SEEKING DONATIONS USING YOUR CREDIT CARD.

Unidentified caller trying to steal your IDENTITY! Blacklist this caller!