Friday, June 02, 2006

Ken Hughes is a SCAM

so today we received our second call from Ken Hughes asking to call him back. i ignored it the first time figuring it was for shawn. but today i thought that maybe it was for laser graphics (shawn's new business--if you need anything lasered let us know). so i wrote it down for him. not thinking too much he decided to call it back this evening. he was put on hold with some classy music of the easy-listening genre. he is not patient so he hung up. he tried again a bit later. again put on hold. again he hung up (he is not patient when it comes to these matters). so he decided to google ken hughes and the number he left 888-249-4134. it is a scam. they get junk debts and try to collect and get you to pay them over the phone with a credit card. duh. shawn did not call back. i called my mother just to warn her. and after i dialed i was put on hold and easy listening music appeared in my ear. i called again and the same thing. so i called from my cell phone and she asked me why i didn't answer when she said hello. she couldn't hear anything. she called back on my phone. i answered and got the music again after i said hello. she called back on my cell phone and said she could hear me. wierd. while all this was going on shawn contacted our phone company. the guy said he had never heard of this happening before but he made a big note in our file and gave us a file number or something. i just don't want to be charged for porn or calls to taiwan. argh! i am really glad shawn thought to google the name. it never would have crossed my mind. but now i am aware. google unknown numbers and names before you call them back.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

holy cow! thanks for the warning. by the way, what does shawn cut with his "laser"? i'm having a really hard time not picturing shawn dressed as dr. evil....

Anonymous said...

I've never heard of this, how bizarre! It sounds like Ken Hughes took over your phone! My question is how are the crazy fraudsters so technologically advanced and why don't they go pick on someone their own size?