DAMN..just got phone spammed

[sablesurfer]

The number was in state so I answered.

"I am calling about your credit card account. You can qualify for a new low APR of just 6.5%. If you want more information please press nine now."

FRIK!!! They now know my number is a live number, damn, I never answer number from out of state I don't recognize and rarely instate numbers, but this one was close enough to make me answer.

Grrrrrr......

Beware of any phishing info for your CC numbers!@!!!

 

[flars]

The phone dialers can make it look like it is your neighbor calling to get around caller ID.

 

[BigFloppy]

Can't tell you how many times I've won a cruise

 

[1977Brewer]

Can't tell you how many times I've won a cruise

I would live on cruise boats if I won all those cruises. Change my name to Isaac and serve umbrella drinks to old people for the rest of my days.

Next time one calls, I'm gonna hear him out.

 

[Grannyknot]

I get the cruise calls every once in a while.
My favorite part is when you first pick up and hear a loud fog horn right in your ear.

 

[TheCADJockey]

"I am calling about your credit card account. You can qualify for a new low APR of just 6.5%. If you want more information please press nine now."

6.5% sounds horrible.

I don't get many calls any more, though my mailbox is full every day with offers. Once a week however, I do get a call, usually on Friday that comes up as Las Vegas. I've got zero family out West, so I know it's not important.. but..

Nevermind. I need to stop thoughts like that.
I wouldn't survive a trip to Vegas.

 

[cannman]

I always get a call from los angeles at least once a week... no one is ever there when I answer...

 

[TheCADJockey]

I always get a call from los angeles at least once a week... no one is ever there when I answer...

 

[andrewf1985]

Ppi scammers is a daily occurrence. Everytime the number is blocked they change a couple of digit. Annoying is an understatement. Even get numbers from your side of the pond but theyre easier to spot

 

[hunter_le five]

I've personally won dozens of free cruises, and about half as many "free home alarm systems" (dafuq???). I am the luckiest man alive.

I've recently been getting robo-calls about fraudulent activity that's been flagged on my "MasterCard debit card", so would I please enter my full account number and PIN so I can verify my identity and be directed to the Fraud Department.

Nice try ********, but I don't even have one of those. Here's my Visa information, though.

 

[balrog]

I personally love the ones that start with "DON'T HANG UP!"

m-kay, pumpkin. Click.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Nice try ********...

I get emails asking for all my personal information, sent to my work email address. It's weird. At one point, I won a lifetime supply of Cedar Creek Dankosaurus. Haven't had a Dank in about a year too. Think it was a scam.

 

[hunter_le five]

I get emails asking for all my personal information, sent to my work email address. It's weird. At one point, I won a lifetime supply of Cedar Creek Dankosaurus. Haven't had a Dank in about a year too. Think it was a scam.

Thanks for the new boat.

 

[balrog]

I miss the old days when it was simple Nigerian princes with money laundering issues

 

[flars]

I like "your computer is infected" calls. Once had the person on the phone for five minutes before she realized the scam was on the other end.

 

[Mismost]

hello...hey, hold on for just a second....

let 'em die on the line. Not much, but some joy there, knowing I annoyed them in return.

 

[tomchukj]

I like "your computer is infected" calls. Once had the person on the phone for five minutes before she realized the scam was on the other end.

I did this the second time around but explained to the person I am not the computer expert in the house but let me get someone else.

 

[slym2none]

I always get a call from los angeles at least once a week... no one is ever there when I answer...

Fershlugginer war-dialers!

 

[MaxStout]

I get calls showing my area code, though the call may not originate there. It's common for telemarketers to spoof local numbers, as people are more likely to pick up. Once in a while I even get calls that show my number on callerID.

If I don't recognize the number, I don't pick up. If it turns out to be legit, they'll leave a message.

 

[Brettomomyces]

i get the cruise calls every once in a while.
My favorite part is when you first pick up and hear a loud fog horn right in your ear.

this is your captain speaking!

 

[drainbamage]

Most of the robocalls I get these days are from a Maryland area code. Makes it easy to ignore.

 

[ChefRex]

I don't know the number I don't pick up, Leave a message and I'll get right back to you if your worthy

 

[CA_Mouse]

My favorite ones were earlier this Summer. They claim to be from Microsoft and that your computers all have illegal copies of Windows on them.

One I told the Indian (male with a severe Punjab accent), that that was very interesting as I only operate Apple and Linux machines. So he tried to tell me that the kernel on the machines was running Windows.

Another called an hour later... I told him that I have been a Microsoft Beta Tester for more than 20 years (I actually have been on a beta team since Windows 3.11 with Multi Media Extensions). He got flustered and told me they were going to hack all my computers. I got into a debate with him about how well he likes to orally please his Grandfather, long enough to get a full trace on the VOIP line he was using and sent him a DoS slam for the full IP range. Didn't receive another call for 2 months and when he did call, I asked him how he liked his line spike... He hung up immediately and hasn't called since.

 

[drainbamage]

My favorite ones were earlier this Summer. They claim to be from Microsoft and that your computers all have illegal copies of Windows on them.

One I told the Indian (male with a severe Punjab accent), that that was very interesting as I only operate Apple and Linux machines. So he tried to tell me that the kernel on the machines was running Windows.

My old boss got that call earlier this year. He sang showtunes to the guy and tried to debate politics with him for 20 minutes.

 

[normonster]

I would live on cruise boats if I won all those cruises. Change my name to Isaac and serve umbrella drinks to old people for the rest of my days.

Next time one calls, I'm gonna hear him out.

OK I've come to appreciate your humor. I just lol'd in a pub and now I'm being surveilled.

 

[MaxStout]

Back in the days before callerID:

Caller: "Hello, may I speak to ______?"
Me: "Sure, let me go get him. Don't go away."
[Set phone down, go back to eating, whatever. Wait for loud beeping sound, hang up phone.]

Can't do this today, as it's usually a robo.

 

[slym2none]

I got one just the other day, cracked me up and made me mad all at the same time.

My first name is Neil. Does that sound feminine or masculine to you? (Rhetorical question, folks...) Phone rings, I pick it up, and someone tells me that first, this call is being monitored and recorded, then that they are from some insurance company and they have important information for Mrs. Neil B*******.

I was dumbfounded. Seriously. He never stopped his spiel until I interrupted him, asking "Did you just call me 'Mrs.'?" and he started to say something when I interrupted him again - "Do I sound like a Mrs? Do you know of anyone in the word with the first name of Neil that is female? If so, please tell me about them."

Silence - then he goes into "Well, did you enter any info online..." where i interrupted him for the third and final time, saying "No, no I didn't. I don't want whatever you're selling. Now, since I know this is recorded and/or monitored, listen to me now - take my name out of your computer. I am already on the Do Not Call list, and you will add your company to the list of ones that are never to call me again. If not, I can sue for $500. Now, that isn't likely to break your company, but how will it look on your performance record, since you caused all of this?" (Even though he didn't cause all of it... I had him!)

He squeaked out an apology and I hung up.

 

[dsaavedra]

If I don't recognize the number, I don't pick up. If it turns out to be legit, they'll leave a message.

This is the winning solution right here

 

[PlexVector]

You can tell by the 1 to 2 sec delay after you pick up that it's a telemarketer and when I hear the line open I say "This is an unsecured line, proceed" in a flat low men-in-black monotone. They usually hang-up first--if not I hang up. Sometimes if they don't hang-up I'll ask how did you get this number? And play with them till I get bored or they finally hang up.

My daughter just meows until they hang up.

 

[1977Brewer]

OK I've come to appreciate your humor. I just lol'd in a pub and now I'm being surveilled.

I knew you'd come around.