One Robocaller badmouthing another…

Pot calling kettle black.

The robocalls to my cell phone continue, and occasionally I play along.

This morning I received a robocall from my “local Google specialist” informing me it had a first page location available for me. I wondered if it was Local Lighthouse, the firm being sued by Google for misleading clients.

I pressed 1 to speak with a representative. As he started talking, I told him I was by now talking to a firm regarding a front page position, and wanted to know if he was with the same firm. When I told him it was Local Lighthouse, he quickly stated,

“Do not go with that Local Lighthouse!”

He then explained that Google was suing them.

I asked what firm he was with, and he stated Internet Local Listings.

Santa Ana-based Internet Local Listings has a bad reputation, just like Local Lighthouse.

I asked why Google was suing Internet Local Listing’s competitor, and he stated its since they were representing themselves as Google.

So I asked him if his firm was affiliated with Google. To his credit, he stated, “absolutely not”.

Now, when the robocall stated it was “your local Google specialist”, I suppose that doesn’t mean Google itself.

I asked the guy how he got my number.

“It’s public information, number one,” he stated.

Public information? I guess if you take it from Whois.

They might want to at least scrub it against the Do Not Call list.