How is WA affiliated with Freedom Group?
Today I received a phone call from a company called Freedom Group. The number was 855-888-9956. Who are these people and how are they affiliated with WA?
I thought it was WA at first because they say they are partnered with WA. I thought it was legit and something important from WA. He kept saying they are a group that are affiliated with WA and that they are screening for a group of people that are "eligible" to be a part of their group that they will help make money. After he determines that I am "eligible" then he will transfer me to an expert or supervisor that will further explain the purpose of his call. He asked me a lot of questions until I got frustrated and told him I refuse to answer anymore until he tells me what this is for. He asked me questions like do I own or rent, how many credit cards do I own, what does my spouse do for work, how old are my children if I have any, what I do for a living, if I want to make money, how much debt I have, etc. I answered all these questions thinking its WA out of trust until my suspicions kicked in.
Then I started to question him and his company out of aggravation. He was being aggressive and started to get a little annoyed at the fact that I wasn't showing interest. I got the hint that he was trying to get me to be a member of their group with experts just like WA and maybe sell me some investments too...because he was trying to figure out my debt to income ratio and how much I could afford. I told him "You don't need to know my debt to income ratio".
Who are these people and how did they get my number? from WA? At the end, I had to hang up on this guy because he wouldn't take no for an answer. I am so angry and upset that I gave so much information already and if this is really from WA, I will be so disappointed and I will cancel my membership. I want to hear if anyone else received calls like this and what this is all about.
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Hi Sue
That's too bad that your phone call ended that way. Maybe sometime when you feel better you can get in touch with the caller and explain the situation so she understands. Society is cluttered with dishonest people and you have to be on guard all the time so that sort of thing doesn't happen. You don't want to burn good bridges. It will come for you but each one of us has our own pace. Hang in there, it will come and as you get to know more people here you will be very encouraged day be day. All the best for you.
Randy
Hi Sue. I am happy you made the right decision after all the intimidation. I understand how easy is is to get suck in to that. They can be very crafty and cunning at what they do. It is good you brought this out in the open as there is lots of other that have knowledge to help. I hope for you everything will be ok. All the best. You are surrounded by good people here.
Thank you, glad to know everyone is here to help. But you are right, those scammers are so cunning it makes me so angry! I was attacking another person who called just days later and she just hung up on me because I said I was going to report her and her seniors. She called me at the wrong time! lol
Hey Sue, so sorry this happened to you... but sadly this has been happening to many members here within the community but it is NOT associated with WA at all, Kyle has made it very clear and assures everyone they will NEVER ask for your number or call you.. so if it ever happens again, you can rest assured it's a scam.
The scammers aren't getting your number from WA (since you've never been asked to provide it here) but rather they are finding it online somewhere.. probably from your public domain info like others have mentioned.
Whereever you purchased your domain from should have an option for privacy protection and I'd strongly recommend purchasing it, it isn't very expensive at all and will save you from stuff like this happening in the future.
Thanks Wendy, I got another call like it couple days ago again. I switched my contact number to my home line for now. I will seriously consider purchasing the privacy protection for my domain.
HI Sue! The bigger WA gets the more scammers take advantage of us! I'm sure that Kyle or Carson will see this and assist you as quickly as they can! I'm so sorry for this! I know how you must feel! We all trust WA so much however; we all must help watch over each other in situations like this! WA is a powerful and integral organization and it puts most of the other organizations to shame. It's like anything or anyone that becomes an icon - they become big targets.
I'm glad your instincts kicked in and don't be mad at yourself. We are all human and fairly trusting at that! I've read recently where a few others having similar problems like this. No one of good integrity is going to ask you those types of questions. Lessons learned for all us.
Yeah I must make it private. I just saw a lot of people getting the same calls and saying it's a scam. Well it's a relief that it's not WA.
Hi. Kyle or Carson will likely soon jump on to comment. I would suggest until then you do not do anything. OR, send them a PM. I have read previously that WA does not call members.
If you don't have your information private on your website they may have accessed it that way. Here's some information about it but Shawn did write it for Namecheap. I'm not sure if you purchased a domain there. https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/changing-your-whoisguard-domain-settings-at-namecheap
There may be other information if you try the search bar above.
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I understand this has happened to other members, but I also remember Kyle posting something that said they do NOT call people like this so no worries. You did the right thing and shouldn't feel bad at all!