Platinum life and the "free gift" of wasted time and a ruined Wednesday

I'm baffled, disgusted and a bit nauseous. I recieved a call a few months ago stating that someone in my contact list has nominated me for a "free gift" form Platinum Life. To claim it I had to provide personal information that made me a bit uncomfortable, but being caught off guard on my way to work and the constant assurance that this gift had no strings attatched I obliged - being careful not to provide anything that could get me into trouble if this turned out to be a ****.

I haven't heard anything since - until today. A woman with the name of Lesley Philander called me stating that I had not "claimed" my gift yet but that she is here to help me and get this sorted out before the holiday season. She was warm and friendly and I didn't mind her starting to pitch info about the life cover Platinum life offers as I expected as much the moment she clarified who she is and what this call is about.

Fast forward almost 20mins later and she is reading back info like my bank account number, my estimated monthly salary and asking for confirmation that I accepted a life cover payment to start in Feb of 2024. This steamrolled so quickly and caught me completely off guard. I had never given such specific information and sure as hell did not show any interest in the scheme she was now asking me to confirm for. After voicing my concerns to them having all this info and the fact that I would rather confirm after reading what everything entails rather than accepting on the call and having to sort it out afterwards she became extremely cold and suddenly hung up on me.

What a horrible experience. How slick and slimey these corporations have become leeching off of those of us empathetic towards cold callers and having some human decency. I feel icky and I would have been better off being rude from the start. What a horrible realisation.

Please be careful out there - not only to ****s but also to legitimate corporations. In the end they all want the same thing. At any cost.