Does this sound familiar? You have just activated a new phone, or gotten a new number from your phone company, and within ten minutes your phone rings. A telemarketer is on the other end. But who is Juan Rodriguez, and how did the telemarketers in the first place? Well, Juan had the number at some point within the last three years, and the telemarketer got the number from a leads list.

When you search out the term ‘magazine leads‘ online, or any other kind of leads, you will get thousands of valid page results that are offering number lists that have been researched and hand written. This is so that a phone sales agent has a list to go by when they start making their calls.

You ended up on one of those lists because you recently bought an item or signed up for something, and when you were checking out or activating your registration, you selected ‘Send me offers from partners’, or something similar. This put you on a list of names and numbers, such as sweepstakes leads, as that company sold off your information, with your permission.

This isn’t a bad thing. Since you were interested in learning more, you should actually take some time to listen to what these telemarketers have to say. They may have an offer that you would benefit from. After all, most phone sales aren’t a scam, and you can get some incredible deals on things that would normally cost quite a lot full price.