| There are several types of telemarketing scams | | | | telemarketer. There are some techniques that |
| doing the rounds these days. Some telemarketers | | | | scammers try. Some scammers never let you |
| call you and engage you in a scam, while others | | | | know the total costs and tell you that it costs |
| make you call and willingly bite the bait. Magazine | | | | only a few dollars. This is one typical clue that the |
| subscriptions are another form of telemarketing | | | | offer is a fraud. |
| scam and many people are getting cheated. The | | | | Some scammers record the calls to have your |
| saddest part is that they wait for the magazines | | | | verbal agreement to buy the magazine |
| to arrive in the mail and nothing turns up. Here is | | | | subscription. In some states, a verbal agreement |
| how it typically works. | | | | is as good as the real agreement to purchase. So |
| You get a call from a telemarketer offering you | | | | be careful of what you utter over the phone. |
| various magazine subscriptions. They make the | | | | Basically, you should be refusing to take the |
| offers sound so real that you think they are for | | | | magazine subscription and getting off the call. |
| real. They give you many choices of magazines | | | | Make sure you say that at the end of the call. |
| and subscriptions. They also explain the plans at | | | | Also, never give your billing address because then |
| length. They are also nice enough to give you | | | | the scammer has access to your financial |
| deals, discounts and sometimes free subscriptions. | | | | information. Be careful on what kind of |
| So when you do get a call listen to the | | | | information you give over the phone. |