Or a postcard telling you that you've won a new car, but you need to call with your credit card number to pay for shipping charges. Or it could be a newspaper ad, promising valuable job leads if you call a 900 number. I t sounds like a dream come true. But all too often, these dream deals turn out to be nightmares. Even people who are usually very careful about their finances can get hooked.
Telemarketing fraud is a very big business.
On the phone, they use the smoothest sales techniques to hook you. They'll start making friendly conversation, telling you things you want to hear. They'll make their company sound reliable, and make their offer sound irresistibly attractive and inexpensive. And they know how to pressure you at just the right time. They know exactly how to persuade you to believe in them and the deal they're offering.