(510) 143-5576

Apparently this call is coming from the Berkeley, California area, the land of fruit and nuts.
Again, it states on my caller ID "Invalid Number", and the telephone company let this through to a private citizens private telephone number?! The telephone company is doing a great harm to their PAYING customers in order to accommodate worthless usage of their equipment.

(510) 143-5576 Robo call recorded 06 June 2017 ("Jeremy from Medical Brace Promotion, records indicate you are affected by back, shoulder or knee pain..." HA!) SCAM

Caller ID: "Not Available" and "+51 143 5576"

A misleading automated voice recognition robo call suggesting that I may be eligible for a back brace to relieve pain if I have Medicare and/or private insurance. This is an automated voice recognition robo call, designed to sound like a live caller, but you can recognize quickly that it is not a live caller when it asks several times to repeat what I'm saying.

I tried to avoid saying 'yes' by using the phrase 'That is correct' in response to questions. This bot seemed to recognize a wider variety of my responses, not just explicit 'yes' and 'no' responses that other voice recognition bots seem to require. I tried to put it into a loop with multiple "thank you"s but I was not successful.

Their "shotgun" approach to making mass phone calls, and their total disregard of the Do Not Call list certainly tells us a lot about their business ethic, doesn't it?

Here is a transcript of their unwanted, automated, voice recognition call:

"[This] call is now being recorded."

me: "Hello?"
male voice: "Hello? Hi. This is Jeremy. I am calling from Medical Brace Promotion. Can you hear me okay?"

me: "I can hear you."
they: "The reason for my call today is because our records indicate you have been affected by back, shoulder, or knee pain. Is that correct?"

me: "That is correct."
they: "You have been selected to receive new state-of-the-art pain brace technology at no cost to you. I just need to ask you one simple question and make sure you qualify. Do you have private insurance or Medicare?"

me: "That is correct."
they: "Great, congratulations. Now what I am going to do is have one of our pain specialists follow up with you over the phone, who will verify your information and send you your new state-of-the-art medical brace, okay?"

me: "Yes."
they: "What's the best phone number to reach you?"

me: "Uhhhh, that is a good question. Area Code 9 zero 8, 224-3146."
they: "Could you repeat that just one more time for me please?"

me: "Yes. [very fast] 9 0 8 2 2 4 3 1 8 6."
they: "I beg your pardon?"

me: "The best telephone is, Area Code 732 747-1931."
they: "Could you repeat that just one more time for me please?"

me: "732-747-1931."
they: "I'm going to go ahead and schedule for a pain specialist to follow up with you. Please spell out just your first name for me, please?"

me: "Sea aich are eye ess."
they: "Could you repeat that just one more time for me, please?"

me: "I think you're hard of hearing. Sea aich are eye ess."
they: "Okay, great. One of us will reach out to you soon. Have a great day. Okay?"

me: "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."
they: "Thank you."

me: "Thank YOU."

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CallerID indicated "Unavailable". Silence, then male voice asked if I could here him. I remembered the scam where they record your voice saying "yes", and just hung up.

My cell phone caller ID showed number and "United States." Didn't answer and blocked once it stopped ringing. 510 is allegedly a California area code. Having 143 as the first 3 digits of a phone number was a dead giveaway it's likely spam.

Picked up the phone, a few seconds of silence and then he said CAN YOU HEAR ME? I said YES immediately remembered you should not say YES as they record it and say that you agreed to something (not sure what) Just hoping I didn't agree to buy something