Postage scam

I keep a referees whistle close to the phone and when contacted by one of the scammers (usually named Paul or John, but with a suspiciously Indian accent) informing me that my computer is sending them alarms I keep them on the line asking them to listen carefully to the strange noise it's making.....then let them have it. :D Been so successful I usually receive a return phone call within 20 seconds with a tirade of abuse (didn't know Indians knew so many swear words) when I laugh and hang up. So successful in fact the last two continued to call me for 45 minutes after the original call. When tired of the game I let it go through to voice mail, which is when they quit as they don't want a recording of what they are saying being able to be played back. Keeps them from scamming someone else meanwhile......and no more calls for the last month whereas I was receiving 2-3 every week prior.
 
You know you’ve won when the bastards swear!

The computer faults are a good spinner when they assume you have a pc on Windows when you have a Mac !

Keep saying I can’t see that , no it’s not there etc!
Never tell them I’m a Mac user tho
 
ronk said:
You know you’ve won when the bastards swear!
My mate had that with the pc thing. He strung the bloke along for ages. Ten minutes later the (Indian) bloke rang him back and called him a motherf*cker (in an Indian/ English accent). He said it was hilarious :D
 
I think I’ve spoken to him !
I usually spin it out for a while telling them I’m very very old and it will take me a while to go upstairs to my computer - they can also get impatient after five or ten minutes.

Also asking them if they can speak German etc!
 
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