Thanksgiving is upon us and while many are scrambling to make a flight, cook a turkey, and put up with family members, I'm standing here wondering who the hell Robert Caspar Lintner is.
Go ahead, do a Google search. Look on Wikipedia.
Nothing.
Well, except for the sites which provide two quotes about Thanksgiving. Why do you think I'm asking who this person is in the first place? Yeah. THAT quote is popping up everywhere. It's almost as if someone made the guy up. There are no other mentions of Robert Caspar Lintner, except in reference to either of the two quotes below.
Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.
and
Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.
Did I miss a lesson in History class? Am I not religiously well connected enough? Who is this guy? I do not pass along a quote unless I know who it is that coined the phrase.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Monday, February 9, 2009
Cell Phone Spam
Are you one of the many cell phone users getting spam phone calls?
Did you do a Google search for the number that called you and discovered many others had been hit by the same scam?
I found one common link between the onset of the phone calls and my own life after someone else I know started getting similar calls.
We had both recently rented cars with Enterprise and left our cell phone numbers as the second contact number. Is Enterprise selling our numbers? What can we do about it? I assume calling Enterprise won't result in a change in behavior on their part. Better Business Bureau maybe? I doubt my provider, T-Mobile, will do anything about it either. As I understand it, the National Do Not Call List covers both land lines and cell phones. That may be your best course of action at this point.
Here are the numbers I've been hit with so far.
800-168-4861
800-219-7425
817-896-7714
908-226-0448
847-232-3321
866-209-7845
601-346-6104
402-982-0526
Most seem to pitch some warranty scam. I stopped answering after finding out what the first call was all about. I'm trying to establish a pattern here, so if you've also rented from Enterprise or other car rental company, I'd like to hear about it.
Did you do a Google search for the number that called you and discovered many others had been hit by the same scam?
I found one common link between the onset of the phone calls and my own life after someone else I know started getting similar calls.
We had both recently rented cars with Enterprise and left our cell phone numbers as the second contact number. Is Enterprise selling our numbers? What can we do about it? I assume calling Enterprise won't result in a change in behavior on their part. Better Business Bureau maybe? I doubt my provider, T-Mobile, will do anything about it either. As I understand it, the National Do Not Call List covers both land lines and cell phones. That may be your best course of action at this point.
Here are the numbers I've been hit with so far.
800-168-4861
800-219-7425
817-896-7714
908-226-0448
847-232-3321
866-209-7845
601-346-6104
402-982-0526
Most seem to pitch some warranty scam. I stopped answering after finding out what the first call was all about. I'm trying to establish a pattern here, so if you've also rented from Enterprise or other car rental company, I'd like to hear about it.
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