Spam you!

Most of us are getting increasing number of spam calls now a days. We keep on wondering how is that our detail is known these callers. How do they know where are we working? How are they so confident when they speak on the phone? Who are they? Why do they do this? How many of them are spammers and end up cheating on you? Who are genuine among them?

To start with, they get our data from ourselves only. A lot of data has been leaked from the social networking sites like FB, LinkedIn. Day in and out we get to hear news that the privacy of the company has been compromised and the data is leaked to the hackers. The data is also leaked through the applications that we install in our devices. We inherently allow them to use get access of our data. Also, whenever we are filling some forms, say, while purchasing a brand new refrigerator, we have to fill the details for claiming the warranty and so on. Such informations are compiled at the dealer and the retailers end. It is also compiled at the brand's end. They then arrange this data and…

And… many brands are involved in cold calling businesses. They have a team of telecallers handled by a over pressurising manager. The work of the tele caller is to sit at their small place along with their phone and call! They randomly call to the customers and ask for the need of the product they are selling. They sit all day and their salaries are decided as per the number of successful pitches, i.e. the converted customers. They get a meagre salary by the way and are struggling through thr day. At times we also encounter unprofessional attitudes from many of them.

Ever wondered why the same bank keeps calling multiple times from different numbers, even though you have declined their pitches? Well, the data is available with all the telecallers at times. It is probably not distributed. Also at times the callers give another try. What if you get converted in the second instance, or a third instance?

Identifying a fraudster? It's tricky. Never share any information more than a safe limit. They are hawkers and may ask for sensitive informations like OTP on your phone etc. Every one real is in business and since the data is loosely handled, there are chances that you are misappropriated by the telecaller outside his business.