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Never before has it been so unsafe to answer a call from an unknown number. The worldwide pandemic has made phone scammers and robocalls more desperate and proactive. They target the most vulnerable of us, all hit by the financial and emotional burdens brought by an unprecedented crisis. Three out of 4 Americans said they were targeted by phone scammers over the past year, reported this survey.
In addition to staying alert at all times when your phone rings, some people are arming themselves with humor and see it as a sort of entertainment. Like the comedian Joe Heenan, who recently tweeted, probably sarcastically, how much he “loves spam calls.”
“I pretend I'm an old Scottish woman desperate to pay them. My record's an hour,” Joe wrote in a post which went viral with 39.3K likes. More people joined the thread to share their own tips and tricks on dealing with scammers, which are honestly quite funny.
That doesn’t mean, though, that phone scams should be viewed lightheartedly. Whenever you’re unsure about the caller, you’re likely to be much safer not answering it than regretting getting into a robocall bonanza.
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Anna Repp 4 years ago
IKR! If I answered my phone I would actually used this. But I never pick it up...
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Rissie 4 years ago
Proof it! Proof you are a real voice... But are you really? Yesterday my daughter called to tell me how she saw my granddaughter on the swing! It was such a happy story she told me and I was so glad she called. I haven't spoken to her in ages, not since she passed 35 years ago in my womb. Sir? Hello?
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
This kind of hits hard because my sister is currently in an unstable condition where she hallucinates and hears voices. They tried to get her to cut her arm open (luckily she didn't)
Catlady6000 4 years ago
My Mom has paranoid schizophrenia. It actually helps to have gallows humor. Sometimes its the only way to stay emotionally healthy. if you can laugh at it, it seems more manageable.
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Denise 4 years ago
I have so many tapes. I'm at almost an hour with four callbacks. My favorite line "Why do you need all my info if you say you work for social security. Then another time was "Are you laugh up laughing at me, you can't laugh at me, why you laugh. "but the best is like the first one, having time to give them all the info they need, And its all so funny. This makes it longer for them to call back. But most of the time just push number one the second they start talking.
Sohini RoyChoudhury 4 years ago
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Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
I had a guy call from somewhere in Eastern Europe and do the This Is Windows Support OMG You're Infected We Can Save You! thing. Had him online for a half hour, I put on an outrageously bad accent and acted way too terrified to figure out how to type in the info he wanted but refusing to let him go. Finally I yelled for my wife to help but when I said she couldn't come to the phone because she was making love to our german shepherd the guy cursed me out in Russian and hung up. Taped the whole thing so I could play it for my friends. Good stuff.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
I did actually have someone call me about life insurance. I pretended to be upset about losing my brother the day before. They asked me if he had life insurance. LOL
juice 4 years ago
accident meant car accident, and the son basically said "yes, but it wasn't an accident because i meant to hit him". the caller did NOT want to deal with that
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Luuta 4 years ago
I'd love to have the foresight to have a few props close by, so it would start out ok, but I would keep getting interrupted by my wife, then just say to them, "hang on a moment, I can't think", play a few tinkering noises, then a lot of serious shouting between my wife and I, followed by a bit of screaming and then six gunshot noises. Go back to the phone, and say, "It's ok now, I've dealt with it, no more noise. But you're going to have to be quick, I've a bit of cleaning up to do in the hallway before the children get home".
Phone scams and robocalls show no signs of slowing down, with more than 4 billion robocalls targeting phones across the US in January. According to YouMail, an Irvine, CA-based developer of visual voicemail and robocall-blocking software, there was a 3.7% increase over the month of December.
And while most of us have run into scammers both on the phone and online, it’s not always entirely clear to us what we should do when we get one. So to find out, Bored Panda reached out to Alex Quilici, a CEO at YouMail who shared a handful of useful advice.
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Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Excellent as long as the part about daddy is a lie --- don't give real info, kiddos!
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ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
I’ve been know to quote nothing but Rammstein lyrics at them. Kept one guy for almost an hour cause he kept trying to google translate them 😂
Lillukka79 4 years ago
Same, and if not I add the hard of hearing and keep yelling mitä, mä en ymmärrä.
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Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
When I get Spanish-language calls, I say in the most redneck accent possible: "Me siento mucho. No hablas enspanol." That translates to "I sit down a lot. You don't speak Spanish."
Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
I answer "Da!" so if it's a scammer I can just continue in a crappy Russian accent
Shinomi Chan 4 years ago
I haven't answered a call like that, if I ever do I'll just pretend to be one of those lonely people who act like their best friend despite literally just meeting them
“People should not answer calls from unknown numbers, and let them roll to voicemail—so that they can see what the call was all about from the message that was left,” Alex said. He also explained that harmful phone calls are often imposter scams—“for example, someone pretending to be the IRS and telling you that you owe money that needs to be settled right away. These scams take away billions of dollars from people each year.”
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Sue Simmons 4 years ago
Brilliant. Going to try this one too. Can't wait for next scammer to call now. Thanks.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
It's the same as saying "You're a scammer, goodbye" --- it's not like they believe you, it's just that they know you're not their prey. So they quickly put down and can scam an old lady instead of you...
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
"Oh, it was no accident. That driver was trying to kill me. He was looking right at me when he swerved and hit me. Also, my back is really starting to hurt, and my therapist said I have PTSD from nearly being killed." Bet they'd hang up on me.
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When it comes to robocalls, Alex said that they, in fact, have dropped since the pandemic started. It’s “because call centers are closed—and the whole point of a robocall is usually for you to press 1 and talk to someone (or call back).” But at this point “they are now fully back to levels before the pandemic as call centers have generally reopened,” he added.
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Cleo Carter 4 years ago
I’m a little confused. I saw some other examples talking about post accident scammers. Is that a thing?
Grace Avalanche 4 years ago
Yeah, they say things like "we heard you were recently in a car accident, tell us your information so we can help you through this"
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Zoe Vokes 4 years ago
I had that phone call. “About the accident you were in recently...”, “What accident?”, “You tell us”, “I wasn’t in an accident”, “Are you sure?”
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 4 years ago
I've never gotten one of these. Reading yours makes me tempted to say "Are you saying the day I was born is an accident?" and then continue and cry from there.
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Lynne Harbison 4 years ago
So where is the money involved in this accident scam? This is one I haven't heard of so want to be prepared!
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
Would be curious to know if that kind of convo changes any of their ways.
Elizabeth O'Donnell 4 years ago
I asked one if their mother was proud that they lied and scammed for a living. She was angry
Fiona Sailo 4 years ago
I am from a rural areas looking for an opportunity in a big city. The jod i was offered through was this type of call. I never have a clue, they informed us that when people met an accident, they were not aware that they can claim, we are the ones who could help them and educate them so their pain was not in vain. We could help them get a compensation and if they were generous enough, we could get upto 20% from the compensation and it will all be through a Solicitor, nothing is below the desk. I truly, genuinely believe that. We were brainwashed, I only realised after 3 months that they bought datas (phone numbers in bulk from someone and we just cold calling) thats when I quit. But during those times I have helped 4 people get their accident claims, real ones. Please, do not judge, not everyone knows that they scammed people
Nancy Ingham 4 years ago
Same here. I ask if they love their Grandma, because that’s who they’re stealing from
Kathy Kirkland 4 years ago
I've used the "get a job your mother can be proud of" line but I don't say it as kindly as a previous poster. They're preying on people!
Diane Phillips-Herman 4 years ago
I've often asked them if their mother's were proud of them also.
Jane Dorothy Warner 4 years ago
I did this to one who cried and said he was disabled and there were no jobs for disabled people in his country :(
Krysta Picardi 4 years ago
Not cruel... you can't feel bad for them, they know what they're doing. And trust me, they don't feel bad for the actual innocent people they take advantage of.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Some of them do it because they are desperate to survive but then there are people out there that actually enjoy doing it
Load More Replies...For anyone who’s worrying about keeping themselves safe from suspicious calls, Alex suggests “getting a robocall-blocking app like YouMail so that the unwanted calls are filtered (and your ringer is protected).” The second step would be to make sure you “don’t answer the unknown calls that might get through—let them roll to voicemail.”
“If you have YouMail, we can automatically examine the voicemail that’s left and let you know if it’s harmful (a scam or spam vs. something real),” Alex explained. Moreover, he warned everyone to make sure you “don’t just call back numbers that call you—go to the web site of whoever the caller claims to be (e.g., Chase bank) and call a number you find there.”
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Aiden Considine 4 years ago
But like, can you imagine 509 windows actually showing up to the house 😂
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Cain Hargreaves 4 years ago
Nice! I'll read them passages from "Ulysses" myself. I should try the R&J technique sometime.
JuJu 4 years ago
I have seasonal specials in the office for our cold callers. Rolf Zuckowski's "Winterkinder", poems by Walther von der Vogelweide in spring. I'm currently working on a song list for my "summer slam". And I have a horrible singing voice (otherwise I sound way nicer over the phone than I am, luring the callers with false safety).
Sean Kirkwood 4 years ago
One of the radio stations here used to reply in all clips from Catch A Predator - Chris Hansen...
Claire Murray 4 years ago
OoooOOOhhhHH, I like to include a lot of cheesy puns in mine then they get soooo annoyed they forgot why they called.
Bored Panda also talked to Mike Ferris, the head of communications at Hiya, a Seattle-based company that sells caller profile information to identify incoming calls and block suggested unwanted ones. Mike said that the most common thing that people do when they receive a call from an unknown number is not pick up.
“In Hiya’s recent State of the Call report, they analyzed more than 150 billion calls made on the Hiya network in 2020 and found that a staggering 94% of unknown calls went unanswered. And that’s because most people think that unknown calls might be fraud.”
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Kantami Blossom 4 years ago (edited)
I'm guessing the dad was a Hogan's Heroes fan, I love that episode when Carter says over the phone "No matter who you're calling it's still the wrong number because I don't even have a phone!"😂
Mae Mosse 4 years ago
They buy lists from companies that you have bought stuff from!
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Patricia Healton 4 years ago
I answer my phone as "FBI Fraud Division how may I help you?" They usually hang up really quickly.
Panda-riffic 4 years ago
I've use this one as well except I say "how may I direct your call"?
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“But as a result of not answering these unknown calls, people miss important calls,” Mike said and added that “sometimes calls from doctors, banks, and delivery people are unidentified, so opting to not answer these calls can cause real problems—both for the caller and the recipient.”
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
AT&T (cell phone) called me once, wanting me to switch from Verizon. I said, "Oh, I don't have a phone," and hung up.
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Mike said that for these reasons, instead of ignoring unknown callers, a better option is to take advantage of an intelligent call protection and caller identification service. “Hiya blocks fraud calls, flags nuisance calls, and provides caller identity so that people know who’s calling.”
It turns out that “this significantly reduces the risk of falling victim to a fraud call and also gives people more information to decide whether or not to pick up a call.”
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Jane Dorothy Warner 4 years ago
I am very old, but I have a young voice (luckily I kept something of my youth) and one guy ended up proposing to me because I sounded so nice and kind. Aww...
Annett Nyrud 4 years ago
senile = old. The word she was looking for is "demented."
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Luana Martin 4 years ago
Oh dear, my brain filled that in as octopus neighbours before it corrected 😂
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Marsha Sturgill 4 years ago
I ask them if they're trying to trick me cause I was robbed last night? Are they the person that broke into my house and stole my computer? I need their full name to tell the police who did it.
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
Ableism 😬...unless you actually don't have legs. Then you probably won't find this funny. I know that the disabled people that I train Service Dogs for don't.
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Esther Evans 4 years ago
I could get a lot of mileage out of that...I honestly don't understand that stuff...LOL
CatWoman312 4 years ago
I had one try to scam me by saying someone used my account on Amazon to steal money and I had to download some app where he could see my screen. The caller ID even said Amazon! I told him to hold on I needed to let my boss know I was taking a personal call (this would be true anyway) and I googled what he was calling about as I do with most suspicious calls. It was warned that Amazon would never call you unless they were following up with something you already knew about. I got back on the like and announced “this is a scam call” click.
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cookie panda 4 years ago
yeah. Ive been practicing a hitler accent and when the answer, i say, in hitler accent, "WHO DARE AWEKEN THE GREAT ONE"... click
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Rose the Cook 4 years ago
I used to mumble something incomprehensible and when they asked if I spoke English, I would say you have called the Japanese Embassy, your call is being monitored. It always got rid of them.
Eric Carr 4 years ago
I look at the caller ID and remember the last 4 digits of the phone number calling me. I then answer the phone... Me: #3745 Number in. Scammer: Hello Mr... Me: (Talking over them) #3745 Number In. Scammer: ... looking for an extended car warranty ... Me: (Talking over them) #3745 enter your access number Scammer: ... Me: #3745 this line is unsecure. Scammer: ... Me: #3745 Number in. You need to comply NOW I've started the trace. Most of the time they hang up but I did have one guy apologize to me.
Miraculous Klutz 4 years ago
Next scam call I pick up I shall answer in Russian. I might alternate between Latin and Spanish too. At least I can practice my languages that way.
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
The way it's been this last year, since covid-19 hit.. If you don't know the phone number, it's a scam.
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LesAnimaux 4 years ago
I usually hum an annoying song while I 'boot up my computer'. Several times. Last time I sang Baby Shark until they hung up.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I never get scam calls but if I did I must remember to sing “I know a song that will get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves. I know a song that will get on your nerves and this is how it goes”. It constantly repeats that over and over again.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
🫖 I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle and here is my spout. When I get all steamed up, hear me shout. Tip me over and pour me out! 🫖
Lee Ibrahim 4 years ago
I've sang the song that never ends until they hung up.... the entire time they insisted that it would have to end sometimes... but little did they know, it was the song that did in fact not end.
Abigail Nagel 4 years ago
The scammers are the ones wasting time... this is absolutely brilliant.
Emilycookie 4 years ago
my uncle one time got a call like that and he said "oh sure i will just go get my credit card number" and straight up left the phone in a drawer until they hung up.
Nora the mistake 0_o 4 years ago
my dad wants to catch a scammer on the phone for 30 minutes it's so much fun watching him through it he just loves wasting their time my mom hates it but I think it's so much fun
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Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago (edited)
"i want to talk to you about the accident you've been in" "yes, blue killed me in shields" "wait not that one the other one" "oh that one wasn't an accident i meant to shoot pink" *hangs up*
cookie panda 4 years ago (edited)
I got a scam email saying my son died in a car crash. 18yo me finding out i have a son: O,
Abigail Nagel 4 years ago
When u reached the part about your legs falling off, I laughed out loud
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 4 years ago
i died at "then both my legs fell off"
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uber mensch 4 years ago
Once asked a telemarketer why she didn't get a more prestigious job - say, prostitution or dealing drugs. Hurt my feelings terribly when she hung up on me...
Sam Petter 4 years ago
For the Americans: this is even funnier bc first floor in the uk = second floor in the US bc you start counting at ground floor
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago (edited)
Thanks for the explanation, it is even funnier knowing that 😹. So that's why everyone on Coronation Street gets rung in then has to climb stairs when they visit! Sidebar: You Britons crack me up (Rocky Horror, Monty Python, Summer Wine, so many more). And your detectives! Holmes, Poirot, Murdock, Wainthropp, etc. I just picked up a couple of seasons Vera. I can't wait 🥰 new British TV to see 😍
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Timmy Pillinger 4 years ago (edited)
Mainly glass extension. Depending on quality usually freezing in winter and roasting in summer.
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I had this, listened to the spiel the lady on the phone was spewing and when she asked if I was interested I replied that I would buy one if they could fit it to a 3rd floor flat. She just laughed and said she would make a note to ask the type of property first. At the time I was living in a 3rd floor flat
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
I love British slang, even though some of it may be considered Ableism here in the US. I think it's just a different perspective.
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Scott 4 years ago
I would be VERY careful doing this. At least in the States, it's a felony to impersonate law enforcement, and I would expect it's illegal to do in most places.
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Lynne Harbison 4 years ago
It was in our local paper, they DID actually call our local police station, who kept them talking until they traced the number. Loved it!
Tracy Wallick 4 years ago
The previous owner of my phone number apparently didn't tell their family their new number; I tried for months to tell them they had the wrong number but they wouldn't stop calling. I finally got them to stop when I answered with "Naval Station [Name], this is a secure line, how may I help you sir or ma'am"; when they asked for the person, I'd reply "this is a secure government line, how did you get this number?" They never called back again.
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Jenny Pugh 4 years ago
My (now adult) son and I lived with my Mom, and we both had our own computers. Whenever Mom answered the phone to an internet provider scammer, she'd truthfully tell them that she hadn't got a computer. It used to really rile them lol!
Jane Dorothy Warner 4 years ago
Sometimes the women with the squeaky voices are the worst. I had one who swore and screamed at me that I was wasting her time. At least the men just hang up.
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FloridaMan 4 years ago
wait whats brexit is it a city and why do u hate it
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Eliza Schuyler 4 years ago (edited)
Omg! This is perfect I need to try this out some time Edit: fixing spelling
Jackie Wacky 4 years ago
Democracy my derrière: an advisory referendum which broke five electoral laws and received the largest ever fine from the Electoral Commission.
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Lynne Harbison 4 years ago
My husband kept them talking for a full 20 minutes...the computer scam...talking absolute rubbish. I took the phone and said, sorry, my husband has dementia, tell me what it is you want, but my memory is terrible. They hung up.
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Stephen Foley 4 years ago
When I lived in England I used to tell them that Mr Foley had died and I was winding up his affairs. Often they would say "Oh I'm sorry to hear that" I would reply, "Yes he would have thanked you for that" Here in France as I don't speak a lot of the language and find it very difficult to understand on the phone I revert to a very strong Scottish accent and mispronounce the French words I do know. They hang up very quickly .
Sheila Simonson 4 years ago
when I get a scam call I turn down the tv and answer 911 what is your emergency. they usually either hang up or don't say a word. if they don't say anything I keep saying hello and ask if they have an emergency. I ask if they can talk or is someone there that they can't say anything.
Sharon Hunter 4 years ago
😂🤣😂 that really made me laugh out loud!...bet your Dad would have laughed too..
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MistyCat 4 years ago
I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain/What a glorious feeling I'm happy again I'm laughing at clouds so dark above/The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love....
Tinley's Aunt 4 years ago
Who didn't hear Gene Kelly's voice as you were singing this?
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Jeff Christensen 4 years ago
If the Windows Technical Department calls I respond with glee and ask if they can help with my flyscreens.
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LotusWolff 4 years ago
“Hi, I’m Carl. Wait no I’m called Gerald. Or was it Liam? I can’t remember.”
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Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
And if they didn't hang up Go on and on About that clown. How having the same name is a pain.
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Emilycookie 4 years ago
maybe you did own a car but your cat stole it and wiped your memory...
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Mangelo Il Fumatori 4 years ago
E as in "eye", P as in "pneumonia", I as in "idiot", and C as in "czar". :D
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Rose the Cook 4 years ago
On coming to China I got an obviously recycled mobile phone number. Someone would call many times a day, including late at night, demanding to speak to X who owed them money. Explaining made no difference so I bought a sports whistle and blew on it untill they gave up talking. Only had to do it a couple of times and the calls stopped.
Catherine Monelle 4 years ago
Don't know where you're writing from, but in the UK you can get done for assault for that, so wouldn't recommend.
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Mademoiselle Mirage 4 years ago
I feel dumb, I didn't understand what she said at all. Help please?
Kiss Army 4 years ago
Her name is Elyn but she keeps getting wrong number calls for Clare. When she told them that and asked them to delete her number her friend yelled at her calling her "Clare" to make it look like it actually was Clare's phone. It was a prank by her friend...
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Marilyn Holt 4 years ago
I heard a good one like this on the radio when the guy started asking the scammer 'how to get blood out of a carpet...no not just a drop, a whole lot, actually the guys still bleeding so maybe he's still alive, but I hit him at least three times. Oh mom's gonna be mad about the carpet.....
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
For every one person that's on to them, there are 15 who fall for this scam. That's why these scammers keep calling people. It's a profitable business and they know that it's very unlikely that the police will come knocking on their door. They even have giant call-centers from which they operate.
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Kyla Fierro 4 years ago
I Dear Godly One pls forgive me for murdering my sister, Beyoncé, Bobby Joe, and Stewart Little. They were really annoying. Also btw can we just forget about me robbin the bank.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
Can a Brit explain this one? I need more detail on the following: conservatory salesman, measure up, high flats, Motherwell. Thank you in advance.
Jane Shead 4 years ago
Crucially, a conservatory is a kind of greenhouse attachment to a house, popular in the UK, so obviously cannot be attached to a flat (apartment) in a tall building.
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Kay blue 4 years ago
The sales ones I will just say that I'm not interested, I worked in telesales once and it was awful how abusive people would get. I didn't blame them but after a while it was soul destroying.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
No one is forcing telemarketeers to work that job. If you're ok with invading on people and harassing them into buying stuff that they don't want, don't need and can't afford, you should be prepared to get some abuse from people who are sick and tired of scammers like you.
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Debrina Blackmoon 4 years ago
Something like, "You can just fucck right off, Sir/Madam Pissant and have a lovely day!", I'm guessing.
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Thenatural 4 years ago
'Hello sir,I'm calling about your recent accident' 'How could you know? It's only just happened' 'Can you give us some details sir?' 'Well ....thought it was a fart but I followed through....hello.....hello'
Carrie Roettger 4 years ago
My husband like to answer the phone like he's a spy in a bad movie with a random and weird coded message like "The octopus is in the glovebox". When the caller responds back he'll say something like "Nope sorry that's incorrect but thanks for playing here's a special gift" and hang up.
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Steve Barnett 4 years ago (edited)
Depends on what mood I'm in. "Trees don't like me, do they like you?" is usually a good opener, then just wander off in a vague, pretending, patronizing way.
MistyCat 4 years ago
BAHAHAHAHA i would've gone with "I like trains" then a whooshing noise and screams tho. LOL.
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Never been so lucky to be called by an actual scammer. But I do find joy in messing with sales and retention calls. This one time someone from a company I used to work for and had just ended an internet subscription with, wanted to tell me about how they now offered fiber to the home. So I corrected her and told her it's at most fiber to the curb and how the signal quickly disintegrates during the final 100 meters of which fifty will be over a very old copper phoneline and how it will not get over 100 mbit so being the exact same speed as I already had. The long version of that. To end the story with a plain and simple statement how I'm moving and they don't serve that area. I like the silence on the other line it comes with.
Cassie 4 years ago
My son likes to get all excited about the extended car warranty scams and ask them if they're going to get his 69 VW Beetle back that went up in flames on his way to work one day. He'll even shout "Hallelujah!! I'm gettin' muh car back!! MA, I'm gettin' muh car back!!" XD
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I will time it if I can :-) ... We're over due for the "help our veterans/police/firemen" calls that are not associated with any legit such organizations whatsoever. What should I say? "Hmm, what a great idea! you know, if they sell Amway, they can make a lot of money and work from home!"....
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your_lesbian_friend 4 years ago
Great guy on Youtube you should check out if you enjoy stuff like this (scambaiting and scambusting) his name is Jim Browning and he is amazing at it! He hacks into the scammers computers and exposes them. 10/10 would reccomend :))
Melanie King 4 years ago
And there's this funny guy called kitboga, there's been a few BP articles about him but his videos are always funny
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Katrina B. 4 years ago
For those in the US, here's some knowledge and a tip. If it's a telemarketer, just hang up. But if it's a market researcher, let them finish their whole spiel and then ask to be put on their do not call list. They are required by law to do so. Market research and telemarketers are two different things.
Caroline Nagel 4 years ago
I once got called by an astrologer, in French - I live in Belgium. In my best French I told her that in my opinion astrology is a crock and she started arguing with me. So I firmly told her that 'l'astrology est une connerie' a few times (she kept talking over me) so she hung up wit a resounding 'MERDE'. Made my day, that!
Melissa Butler 4 years ago
My daughter says "Lucifer's Strip Club and Church. You got the horn's, we got the porns" in an accent of some sort
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I haer taht pause before there's a human voice and yell out (usually to an empty house), "Honey! Start the tracker!" It's utter nonsense, but OMG, so worth it for the peace and quiet for up to *weeks* :-)
Thenatural 4 years ago
'Hello sir,I'm calling about your recent accident' 'How could you know? It's only just happened' 'Can you give us some details sir?' 'Well ....thought it was a fart but I followed through....hello.....hello'
Carrie Roettger 4 years ago
My husband like to answer the phone like he's a spy in a bad movie with a random and weird coded message like "The octopus is in the glovebox". When the caller responds back he'll say something like "Nope sorry that's incorrect but thanks for playing here's a special gift" and hang up.
Load More Replies... Steve Barnett 4 years ago (edited)
Depends on what mood I'm in. "Trees don't like me, do they like you?" is usually a good opener, then just wander off in a vague, pretending, patronizing way.
MistyCat 4 years ago
BAHAHAHAHA i would've gone with "I like trains" then a whooshing noise and screams tho. LOL.
Load More Replies... Rissie 4 years ago (edited)
Never been so lucky to be called by an actual scammer. But I do find joy in messing with sales and retention calls. This one time someone from a company I used to work for and had just ended an internet subscription with, wanted to tell me about how they now offered fiber to the home. So I corrected her and told her it's at most fiber to the curb and how the signal quickly disintegrates during the final 100 meters of which fifty will be over a very old copper phoneline and how it will not get over 100 mbit so being the exact same speed as I already had. The long version of that. To end the story with a plain and simple statement how I'm moving and they don't serve that area. I like the silence on the other line it comes with.
Cassie 4 years ago
My son likes to get all excited about the extended car warranty scams and ask them if they're going to get his 69 VW Beetle back that went up in flames on his way to work one day. He'll even shout "Hallelujah!! I'm gettin' muh car back!! MA, I'm gettin' muh car back!!" XD
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I will time it if I can :-) ... We're over due for the "help our veterans/police/firemen" calls that are not associated with any legit such organizations whatsoever. What should I say? "Hmm, what a great idea! you know, if they sell Amway, they can make a lot of money and work from home!"....
Load More Replies... your_lesbian_friend 4 years ago
Great guy on Youtube you should check out if you enjoy stuff like this (scambaiting and scambusting) his name is Jim Browning and he is amazing at it! He hacks into the scammers computers and exposes them. 10/10 would reccomend :))
Melanie King 4 years ago
And there's this funny guy called kitboga, there's been a few BP articles about him but his videos are always funny
Load More Replies... Katrina B. 4 years ago
For those in the US, here's some knowledge and a tip. If it's a telemarketer, just hang up. But if it's a market researcher, let them finish their whole spiel and then ask to be put on their do not call list. They are required by law to do so. Market research and telemarketers are two different things.
Caroline Nagel 4 years ago
I once got called by an astrologer, in French - I live in Belgium. In my best French I told her that in my opinion astrology is a crock and she started arguing with me. So I firmly told her that 'l'astrology est une connerie' a few times (she kept talking over me) so she hung up wit a resounding 'MERDE'. Made my day, that!
Melissa Butler 4 years ago
My daughter says "Lucifer's Strip Club and Church. You got the horn's, we got the porns" in an accent of some sort
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I haer taht pause before there's a human voice and yell out (usually to an empty house), "Honey! Start the tracker!" It's utter nonsense, but OMG, so worth it for the peace and quiet for up to *weeks* :-)
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