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Phone calls raises suspicions

By Brian Hagen

12/26/2017

(KAIR)--A phone call, claiming to collect business information to update what the caller identifies only as a business directory, is raising suspicions.

The Atchison office of KAIR Radio received the phone call Tuesday morning, with the caller providing no identifying information up front. Instead, she began to pose questions related to the location of the business.

When asked who the call was representing, the caller stated that the call was being made for “the National Chamber.”

When pressed further about the information being collected, the caller refused to offer any specifics, other than to say the information was to update a directory.

Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce President Jacque Pregont tells MSC News she has no knowledge of the calls, which she confirms are not associated with the local Chamber of Commerce.

A Google search confirms there is no organization known as “the National Chamber.”

There is a U.S. Chamber, which represents local Chamber's of Commerce, and an email sent to the organization, asking about the phone call has not immediately been returned.

Area businesses are alerted that the unsolicited phone calls should be considered suspicious, and no information should be provided to the caller.

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