What is the slang term for the room or place where scammers . . .

[bozo de niro]

make high-pressure sales calls to promising easy marks?

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Post by bozo de niro
make high-pressure sales calls to promising easy marks?

That's a phone room in this part of the world. But above-board operations
for sales or charitable fundraisers may also be called phone rooms. It's the
presence of many people making phone calls that make it a phone room,
not whether they're in a legitimate business.

This is all easy to find with a simple search for "phone room".

bill

[bozo de niro]

I found it! -- with the help of that pesky thing called "Artificial Intelligence" -- and it's called a "Boiler Room".

[Rich Ulrich]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:22:16 -0800 (PST), bozo de niro

Post by bozo de niro
make high-pressure sales calls to promising easy marks?

After Googling <'phone room' conmen>

From the Wikipedia entry for boiler room

In business, the term boiler room refers to an outbound call center
selling questionable investments by telephone. It usually refers to
a room where salespeople work using unfair, dishonest sales tactics,
sometimes selling penny stocks or private placements or committing
outright stock fraud. A common boiler room tactic is the use of
falsified and bolstered information in combination with verified
company-released information.[1] The term is pejorative: it is often
used to imply high-pressure sales tactics and, sometimes, poor
working conditions.

Boiler room came immediately to mind, but I thought there was
something more evocative. When I Google for synonyms, 'bucket shop'
is the winner.

[bozo de niro]

Post by Rich Ulrich
On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:22:16 -0800 (PST), bozo de niro

Post by bozo de niro
make high-pressure sales calls to promising easy marks?

After Googling <'phone room' conmen>
From the Wikipedia entry for boiler room
In business, the term boiler room refers to an outbound call center
selling questionable investments by telephone. It usually refers to
a room where salespeople work using unfair, dishonest sales tactics,
sometimes selling penny stocks or private placements or committing
outright stock fraud. A common boiler room tactic is the use of
falsified and bolstered information in combination with verified
company-released information.[1] The term is pejorative: it is often
used to imply high-pressure sales tactics and, sometimes, poor
working conditions.
Boiler room came immediately to mind, but I thought there was
something more evocative. When I Google for synonyms, 'bucket shop'
is the winner.
--
Rich Ulrich

Thank you, ur right. It was on the tip of my tongue for HOURS and I just couldn't get the damn thing off!