(551) 888-0968 live call recorded 18 April 2019 (offer for free genetic DNA screening and analysis and a lengthy, intrusive health inquiry interview questions over the telephone). Caller ID: "Out of area" "Dorothea" from "DNA Diagnostics Centre" calling with a free offer to provide free DNA screening (that your doctor can use to determine if the medicines you take help you and to see if you have genetic predisposition to certain diseases, such as cancer) if you agree to receive a genetic test kit in the mail and swab your cheeks and return the DNA sample to their lab for analysis. Sending a DNA sample to an unknown caller certainly raises red flags in my thinking. Think of the potential abuse (selling your DNA profile to insurance companies could result in those companies denying you health coverage if they discover you have a genetic predisposition to certain diseases). This call insults our intelligence on many levels, including the "shotgun" approach to making mass phone calls, hoping to find a few people who are willing to take a swab of their DNA and send it to an unknown company for analysis and recording in a database, and the total disregard of the Do Not Call list certainly tells us a lot about this unknown caller's business ethic, doesn't it? Here is a transcript of the 11+ minute, intrusive and unwanted scam DNA test offer and health interview call: [scammer] "Hi, good afternoon. My name is Dorothea of DNA Diagnostics Center. How are you doing today?" [me] "I'm doing just well, how are you doing today?" [scammer] "Okay fine. Thank you so much. By the way, sir, uh the reason why we are calling to you is to be informed that you are about to receive a genetic testing kit at no cost to you. Okay, so just to educate you a genetic test kit reads your DNA. This means with this kit your doctor can easily determine if certain medications you are taking are helping or hurting your body and it can also show you if you are prone to cancer or not. Well the card you send, this helps you determine your present or future heart condition. Sounds so good so far, right?" [me] "Correct." [scammer] "Okay, and you are interested to receive these kinds of benefits, right?" [me] "Correct." [scammer] "Okay. So sir for us to process the benefits may I ask you what is your last name?" [me] "Last name is Ellis." [scammer] "Okay. Can you please spell out your last name Mr. Ellis?" [me] "e el el eye es." [scammer] "Okay, and what about your first name Mr. Ellis?" [me] "First name is Dale de a el e." [scammer] "Okay. When is your birthday?" [me] "My birthday is October the 22nd." [scammer] "What about the year?" [me] "1944." [scammer] "Okay, so Mr. Dale, correct me if I am wrong. Are you still located in the address of 66606 New York ab cee gone New Jersey with the ZIP Code of eight zero 8201. Is that correct?" [me] "Uh no, I don't recognize that address at all." [scammer] "Oh, I'm so sorry for that. So what is your physical home address right now for the shipping line of your benefits?" [me] "I live at 1697 Mahlon Street." [scammer] "1697?" [me] "Yes." [scammer] "Mellon Street?" [me] "Correct." [scammer] "And..." [me] "That's in East Dover New Jersey 08753" [scammer] "East Over in New Jersey with the ZIP Code of 08753. Is that right?" [me] "Correct." [scammer] "Okay, so now Mr. Dale, what is your Medicare number?" [me] "Uh you mean my Social Security number?" [scammer] "Uh yes." [me] "144-26-9215." [scammer] "Okay, correct me if I am wrong, your Medicare number is 1 4, 1 4 4 right? Two 6, right? 9 2 1 5. Is that correct?" [me] "That's correct." [scammer] "Okay, so uh Mr. Dale have you ever used a genetic test before?" [me] "No." [scammer] "Have you ever been diagnosed in any types of cancer before even long time ago?" [me] "No." [scammer] "Okay. So sir, what about in your family is there a person that, is there a history of cancer in your family and probably that's your both grandparents, correct?" [time notation from recording 3:00] [me] "Correct." [scammer] "Okay. So what type of cancer does your grandfather had?" [me] "Oh, no, no, no, no one had cancer in my family." [scammer] "No one even an uncle, cousin..." [me] "Actually yes. I had an uncle who had lung cancer from smoking cigarettes for 30 years." [scammer] "Okay. And what was the what is the age of your uncle that has lung cancer? Do you think um fifties sixties or seventies?" [me] "Oh, he was into his seventies. He was probably about seventy six. [scammer] "And he still living right now or he's already passed away?" [me] "He's already passed away? [scammer] "What is the age when he has passed away? Yes estimate. 70s? 80s?" [me] "Uh 76." [scammer] "Okay. So aside from your uncle, is there any one of your relatives that has cancer? How about the cousins on [unintelligible]..." [me] "No just the one uncle." [scammer] "Okay, so ok, so Mr. Ellis, do you have a personal history of high cholesterol, right?