Nuisance Cold Calls - Page 2

Carruthers · 03-28-2019, 03:52 AM

Just after 0800, and half way through my second mug of tea, the phone rang.
Calls at that time tend to be from a neighbour in need of some sort of help.
Today, however, the caller was supposedly from my ISP.
I am slow to anger, but I confess that a certain immoderacy of language ensued.
Does this make me a bad person?

Squawk · 04-05-2019, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Just after 0800, and half way through my second mug of tea, the phone rang.
Calls at that time tend to be from a neighbour in need of some sort of help.
Today, however, the caller was supposedly from my ISP.
I am slow to anger, but I confess that a certain immoderacy of language ensued.
Does this make me a bad person?

[NSFW] you'd have to go some to beat this guy.

Carruthers · 04-05-2019, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Squawk

[NSFW] you'd have to go some to beat this guy.

If a Nobel prize was awarded for high dudgeon he'd win hands down!

Seriously though, although I can understand the chap's frustration, and heaven knows what other pressures he might have been under, I do worry about the anger that lurks just beneath the surface of so many people.

tw · 04-06-2019, 07:04 AM

They don't make money if you play dumb. My record was to keep one on the line for 40 minutes. It is quite entertaining to say to "Microsoft Support" that the computer says "Command not Valid". They try and try to get one to load their (actually a third party) software.

Lately I have noticed profanity from many of these scammer. But the same boiler rooms keep calling back.

Apparently they have no way of telling the computer that this number is not a useful target. So the computer keeps calling the same numbers (maybe once every three or four weeks). And the same dumb scammers keep trying to push the same low interest rates.

Just a few simple rules. The know who you are, what your address is, and what your phone number is. They do not know other facts (ie account numbers, credit card providers, etc). So never give that information. Play them forever with questions like which one are you calling about. Play them for the fools that they are. Make them get angry. Make them so emotional that they will not be on their game - and not easily scam others. Manipulate and play on their frustrations. It is both fun and entertaining.

fargon · 03-28-2019, 07:25 AM

No.

Gravdigr · 03-28-2019, 10:34 AM

I think more highly of you for it.

For what that's worth...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-28-2019, 11:57 AM

Yes, you're a bad person, but not bad enough. You must be much badder with those motherfuckers.

Carruthers · 03-28-2019, 01:40 PM

A couple of hours after I last posted I received another scam call supposedly from HMRC threatening me with swift and dire retribution if I didn't settle an outstanding tax bill.
As it was a recording there wasn't much point in telling them to er, 'cease and desist' as it were, so I just put the phone down.

And so it goes on...

BigV · 03-28-2019, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carruthers

A couple of hours after I last posted I received another scam call supposedly from HMRC threatening me with swift and dire retribution if I didn't settle an outstanding tax bill.
As it was a recording there wasn't much point in telling them to er, 'cease and desist' as it were, so I just put the phone down.

And so it goes on...

When the kids were little, really little, I sometimes handed the phone to one of them and told them to talk to the person on the phone.

Clodfobble · 03-29-2019, 01:57 PM

I still do it. The kids think it's hilarious.

Urbane Guerrilla · 03-29-2019, 06:13 PM

I listen for signs of a boiler room/coldcall center right off. If I get the sign, the caller gets short shrift and silent. Punctuated by the sound of a hang-up. They don't seem to call back...

Gravdigr · 04-02-2019, 01:53 PM

I do not answer the landline. It's not for me. Never is. If my cell rings, and does not display a name of from my contacts list, I don't answer.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-03-2019, 12:12 AM

Too bad Grav, Michael Anthony was trying to contact you for Mr Tipton.

footfootfoot · 04-11-2019, 05:23 PM

I read about a guy who got a premium rate number and had spam calls forwarded to that number.

Dude111 · 04-15-2019, 01:53 PM

Yes but would the caller have to pay the higher rates? (Seeing it was forwarded to it and not the actual # they called)

03-28-2019, 03:52 AM	#1
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Just after 0800, and half way through my second mug of tea, the phone rang. Calls at that time tend to be from a neighbour in need of some sort of help. Today, however, the caller was supposedly from my ISP. I am slow to anger, but I confess that a certain immoderacy of language ensued. Does this make me a bad person? __________________

03-28-2019, 07:25 AM	#5
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	No. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

03-28-2019, 10:34 AM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I think more highly of you for it. For what that's worth... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-28-2019, 11:57 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, you're a bad person, but not bad enough. You must be much badder with those motherfuckers. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-28-2019, 01:40 PM	#8
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	A couple of hours after I last posted I received another scam call supposedly from HMRC threatening me with swift and dire retribution if I didn't settle an outstanding tax bill. As it was a recording there wasn't much point in telling them to er, 'cease and desist' as it were, so I just put the phone down. And so it goes on... __________________

04-06-2019, 07:04 AM	#4
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	They don't make money if you play dumb. My record was to keep one on the line for 40 minutes. It is quite entertaining to say to "Microsoft Support" that the computer says "Command not Valid". They try and try to get one to load their (actually a third party) software. Lately I have noticed profanity from many of these scammer. But the same boiler rooms keep calling back. Apparently they have no way of telling the computer that this number is not a useful target. So the computer keeps calling the same numbers (maybe once every three or four weeks). And the same dumb scammers keep trying to push the same low interest rates. Just a few simple rules. The know who you are, what your address is, and what your phone number is. They do not know other facts (ie account numbers, credit card providers, etc). So never give that information. Play them forever with questions like which one are you calling about. Play them for the fools that they are. Make them get angry. Make them so emotional that they will not be on their game - and not easily scam others. Manipulate and play on their frustrations. It is both fun and entertaining.

03-29-2019, 01:57 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I still do it. The kids think it's hilarious. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-29-2019, 06:13 PM	#11
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I listen for signs of a boiler room/coldcall center right off. If I get the sign, the caller gets short shrift and silent. Punctuated by the sound of a hang-up. They don't seem to call back... __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

04-02-2019, 01:53 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I do not answer the landline. It's not for me. Never is. If my cell rings, and does not display a name of from my contacts list, I don't answer. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-03-2019, 12:12 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Too bad Grav, Michael Anthony was trying to contact you for Mr Tipton. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-11-2019, 05:23 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I read about a guy who got a premium rate number and had spam calls forwarded to that number. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-15-2019, 01:53 PM	#15
Dude111 An Awesome Dude Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,111	Yes but would the caller have to pay the higher rates? (Seeing it was forwarded to it and not the actual # they called)

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