Phone Scammers

[enuff_zed]

When I used to work with a bunch of other ex-RAF SNCOs we would all gather round the phone and listen while we strung the caller along for a good 15 minutes.
The old one about 'ringing about your car accident' was a favourite.
"which one? I've had a few recently"

In one of these I told them I had several cars and he would need to tell me which one it was he was ringing about.
He answered that he couldn't divulge that info due to Data Protection Laws as he couldn't be sure it was me he was talking to.

In another classic, my mate told them yes he'd been hit by another car.
No he didn't get a registration, but it was a distinctive car as it was mostly yellow but with red wings.
The driver had a blue hat.
Oh, and the passenger had a beard and very big ears.
.............At this point the supervisor came on the line and accused us of wasting his time.

(Apologies if this makes no sense to our younger, or overseas members)

 

[Pondrew]

I was told never to answer “Yes” or otherwise admit to your name when they as to speak to you.

If they have database details they will ask if you are Mr xxxxxx.
Say "nope".
Then they will ask if you are the homeowner
Again "nope"
Then they usually ask if the homeowner is there
Yet again "nope"
Sometimes they will ask why not
"I am burgling the house" is a good response.

 

[Pondrew]

If it is a female you can also put on a "care in the community" type voice, pretending you are a little (how can I put it)...."special?"
Then start to ask extremely personal questions about their physique and what they are wearing. They don't hang up for ages as they try to get a decision maker on the line IME!

Suddenly developing Tourette's is a good one too!

I haven't had a call from these types for ages, thinking about it! :?

 

[Scubaregs]

Lol, you've had your ass handed to you yet again and you know it.

Boring, unwitty, dreary and now delusional!
I don't think you can top that?

A retarded amoeba with a lobotomy could top you for wit, personality and intelligence. In it's sleep.

 

[ronk]

I had a scam Microsoft “we have identified a fault “ scammer telling me to go f myself after trying to talk me thro the control steps on a PC - I’ve got a Mac!

I Just could not find that Start Button!

(I didn’t tell him I had a Mac)

 

[Chris_D]

'Listen me carefully please Mr. Scubaregs. Please stop calling us! We not interesting in what you eating for dinner or about your holiday in Skegness.'

 

[enuff_zed]

Loving the fact that [ref]Chris_D[/ref] and [ref]Scubaregs[/ref] are having a personal cock-swinging contest in this thread, yet everyone else is carrying on like their posts are invisible.

 

[Pondrew]

Loving the fact that Chris_D and Scubaregs are having a personal cock-swinging contest in this thread, yet everyone else is carrying on like their posts are invisible.

It's OK Martin they are getting a room tomorrow. The sexual tension is overflowing!

 

[Pondrew]

We not interesting in what you eating for dinner or about your holiday in Skegness.'

Overstepped the mark there.
Skeggy is a jewel in the crown of English seaside resorts. 32 flavours of ice-cream I'll have you know and tattoos for a fiver on the prom!

 

[Scubaregs]

 

[Chris_D]

We not interesting in what you eating for dinner or about your holiday in Skegness.'

Overstepped the mark there.
Skeggy is a jewel in the crown of English seaside resorts. 32 flavours of ice-cream I'll have you know and tattoos for a fiver on the prom!

Yeah, a real jewel these days with all those migrants flowing in!
Maybe that's why Scubaregs likes going there. I heard those Albanians will listen to anyone's boring stories for a fiver an hour.

 

[pvr]

The best way to identify an Indian call is that you hear a little bleep on the line. As soon as I hear that, put the phone down.

 

[Chris_D]

The best way to identify an Indian call is that you hear a little bleep on the line. As soon as I hear that, put the phone down.

How do you know that bleep isn't someone from the postcode lotterij calling to advise you that you won €3million years ago and finally tracked you down to the UK so you can claim it?
:evil: :lol:

 

[pvr]

Well, unlikely as Indians can’t speak Dutch and Dutch people can’t understand Indian English so there is no chance that the Dutch lottery would use them

 

[Pondrew]

Dutch people can’t understand Indian English

I work at the KLM offices at Heathrow. Lots of Dutchies (obviously) and lots of UK Asians with accents! They seem to do alright.

 

[pvr]

Dutch people can’t understand Indian English

I work at the KLM offices at Heathrow. Lots of Dutchies (obviously) and lots of UK Asians with accents! They seem to do alright.

International travellers indeed, not the general public who don’t get a daily exposure

 

[obewan]

I love stringing them along if I have time on my hands, otherwise I just say 'I bet your parents are really proud of you' and hang up

On a more serious note my elderly mum was getting loads of them and she was constantly asking me if she had Amazon Prime or an internet connection - she has neither.
TPS wasn't stopping them either.

I bought a her Phone that requires a PIN number (advised in a answering message) to be entered by the caller to get through if their number is not in the the phones contact list

It works an absolute treat, obviously recorded robot calls can't, scammers or cold callers can't be ar$ed, genuine callers do.
She's not had an unwanted call since she got it

 

[ronk]

I think that's the problem - we are ok now while we are still 'with it' and can often have a bit fun with these calls but add a few years and we all tend to go off the the boil - that's where the bar stewards claim their victims. :thumbsdown:

 

[Pondrew]

I think that's the problem - we are ok now while we are still 'with it' and can often have a bit fun with these calls but add a few years and we all tend to go off the the boil - that's where the bar stewards claim their victims.

Exactly. You would think this type of behaviour would be made illegal by the Gov, but guess who sells our details to these people? Yep the UK Government. I read somewhere the UK Gov is the largest retailer of database information on it's citizens. You can bet they won't be fussy who they sell it to.

 

[MikeyH]

I think that's the problem - we are ok now while we are still 'with it' and can often have a bit fun with these calls but add a few years and we all tend to go off the the boil - that's where the bar stewards claim their victims.

Exactly. You would think this type of behaviour would be made illegal by the Gov, but guess who sells our details to these people? Yep the UK Government. I read somewhere the UK Gov is the largest retailer of database information on it's citizens. You can bet they won't be fussy who they sell it to.

Got to find the money from somewhere to pay all these people wanting pay rises somehow