With the stringent telemarketing laws, companies can no longer reach people in their homes by just calling. In addition to this, less and less people have phone numbers listed in calling directories because they going to cell phones. This shift in sales tactics due to the telemarketing laws and less calling directories, is driving companies to send out more and more door to door salesman.
Many of these sales companies do no background or criminal checks and so even greater number of criminals are drawn to these types of jobs. This increase in door to door sales men means more potential threats are coming right to our front doors. In a recent post I did, a women was raped by a criminal door to door salesman who was selling satellite TV. (Story Click Here)
These salesman are very charismatic and can seem none threatening but keep in mind, if they are a predator these attackers will use that charisma to gain your trust and get you to let them in where no one can see what they can do. Even worse, most of these salesman come to homes in the middle of the day when few people are home to notice if there is anything wrong. These criminal salesman can even go unnoticed because we are getting accustom to seeing them more and more, giving them free reign to scope out homes and potential victims.
Women don't answer your door when these sales men come around especially when you are home alone. Be smart, Ultimate Defense is not just about how to handle yourself in the face of threat, it is also about avoiding the potential threat all together. Don't answer the door, don't even come to the door and peer out. Nothing they have to sell do you really need and if you don't even come to the door your risk of attack is lowered dramatically. If you even have a small chance of attack is it worth it?
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