Calls from Domain Registry Support

[Matt]

These guys are ridiculous.

They call you based on information they find on out dated WHOIS records. One just called here inquiring about a domain name that we had not held for over a year, if not longer.

This is the second time these chuckleheads have called me personally. I guess that will teach me to leave my private cell # on any domains

This smells almost like the Domain Registry of America slamming practices by their tactics, though I really was not able to figure out exactly what they wanted. I an only have my suspicions.

So the phone call goes like this:

Matt: Hello this is Matt

The Other End: ......pause......

Matt: Thinks.....Oh great, a telemarketer... I could have sworn I was on the "do not call list." Oh, and they are calling my cell phone? Hmmm. Mad before I even started talking.....

The Other End: This is Domain Name Support and I am calling about your contact information for (insert domain here)....

Matt: Who are you with?

DRS: This is Joe with Domain Registry Support.
(Joe? LOL. There are no "Joe's" where this guy was calling from)

Matt: Domain Registry Support for Who?

DRS: This is Domain Registry Support.

Matt: Yeah, I got that. But for what registrar are you calling from?

DRS: Domain Registry Support. (now sounding somewhat annoyed at me)

Matt: Okay, lets try this another way, what is it you are trying to sell me?

DRS: We are not trying to sell you anything. We just need your current contact information for (insert domain here)

Matt: I am not going to give you my contact information until you tell me who you work for and what it is you want...


---This is where it gets really bizarre, and I really don't remember the exact words of the conversation at this point because I was concentrating on how bizarre this person was on the other end of the line.

Next thing I know he is yelling at me.

Imagine it! They call me on my cell phone, in the middle of a work day, ask me for my private contact information, then scream at me when I don't give it to them.

Quite the event I must say. A stranger calls and in less than 30 seconds a screaming match erupts. Funny part is I think "Joe" was the one that hung up on me. First time a telemarketer every hung up on me!

It was so bizarre I just thought I would post about it in the forums and see who else this has happened to. I know it's not just me.

I am wondering what happened to those that actually gave them their contact info.