Woman keeps persistently driving to our house (and our house only) asking if we want to do a survey??? (Albuquerque: neighborhood, university)

[alexanderaf]

This is the second time this woman drove up to our house asking us if we wanted to do a survey (older woman claiming she's with the university of Chicago). We're the only one in the neighborhood she comes to. She parks outside, walks up, then asks if we want to participate. Not interested, I had to tell her no six times! "May I ask why you don't want to take the survey?", not interested. "Are you sure you don't want to think about it?", I told you I'm not interested. Then she waits in our driveway for five to ten minutes before leaving while filling out forms. Any chance this is some sort of scam?

[Poncho_NM]

Ask to see her soliciting permit, depending on where you are living.

Take down her license number and vehicle description...

Ask her not to come back.

On her third visit (if not sooner), call the police, tell them you are concerned for your safety...

Any reason why you posted this in the Albuquerque forum? I can move it if it is an error.

[alexanderaf]

This happened in Albuquerque. It was odd she said University of Chicago. If she's legit, does she not realize how ominous this this?

[funkymonkey]

You could contact the University of Chicago and find out if they have anyone doing surveys in the area.

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If you were ever part of a survey in the past they may be wanting to follow up with you to see how your responses might have changed over time.

[NCN]

Weird. I would try to stay away from the lady. Sounds strange. I would think she is up to something. Might be a good idea to talk to police about it even though your information is sketchy.

[ApartmentNomad]

I've been getting called a lot lately and I think they have all been from one organization. They don't leave messages (and I almost never answer my phone). Last night I answered and they said they were calling from the US census to follow up on something they had sent out. I hadn't received anything in the mail and the whole thing felt off to me so I cut the person off and hung up. Also, they started the call (as another person had done when I answered before) asking if I was the gentleman of the household or something like this. What federal agency uses that sort of language in 2016? They want me to confirm my address, and that's when I told them to try a directory and hung up.

[tangelag]

It is some kind of scam. Do not interact with them and contact the police.

[stan4]

Any time I see someone walking around door to door around here, I do what the police told us to do and call them. And our neighborhood security.

There's been a lot fewer door-to-door people in the last year or so.

[Rubicon1]

Contact 242-COPS if she shows up again. Note down her license plate number.

[funkymonkey]

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