Phone scammers and having fun at their expense.
I loathe scammers of any sort, whether they try the door, phone or computer or some other way. We have had a run of the ones who say they are from Microsoft and will fix your computer if you give them your credit details (I have had up to four calls a day sometimes), but yesterday I got a different one lol.
Sitting by the fan avoiding the heat yesterday, and the phone rings. 001061280910101 comes up in the caller display. Thinking it was an overseas call, (my brain was busy with trying to avoid thinking about the fact it was 28c here), I answered it.
To be met by an Asian lady from www.charity.co.something or another. She was busy telling me all about how they had all my information so collecting money, (not donations but money lol), would be easy.
And then she asked me if I was a permanent NZ citizen.
This was about the first time I could get a word in edge ways so I asked her where she got her information from and what business of hers was it if I was or wasn’t.
She had a VERY slick script and when she finally listened to me asking, (which I had to do several times getting louder each time), she told me I could email them with all my details and she would check them against what they had on file.
Hahahahaha. Good try.
So I shut the phone in the draw and just let her get on with it hahahaha.
The call lasted for 14 minutes before she must have figured out I wasn’t on the other end and hung up lol.
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OOOHHHHHHH,I love to mess with these people. I’ll keep them on the phone till they finally hang up on me. Once an Asian lady called trying claiming to be with the bank(of course they never say what bank),I asked if we didn’t have enough crooks here we had to import them..
I have it on good authority a lot are actually in the country they call.
Hahahaha, the highest one this year so far was an unofficial 32c with 100% humidity. And I have lived in Australia, there are places that are very hot lol.
Sitting here dreaming about it cooling down to 28c, Kiwigirl. 🙂
I once claimed I knew the indian guy who cold-called me – pretended great joy at receiving a call from him and said I had just joined the self-same company and was probably in the same office where he was sat. I asked him to stand up and wave so I could spot him. I’ll never know if he actually did that because at that point the line went dead.
Lol, that would have been so funny to see.
i tend to tell them I just bought one from another call just a few minutes before they called.
Brilliant!!!!…..
xxxxx M
hahahaha Kiwi,I must remember that to put the phone in the drawer and let them talk to themselves.
Another way to get rid of them is to say “for security reasons this call is being recorded and traced. a transcript will be passed to the relevant authorities once you have completed your criminal act”.
They tend to be gone before I can say all that.
Hahahahaha
I just tell them I am being wrapped up and thrown in the river lol.
Love it!! Kiwi….they are such a pain in the butt!! Must try that next time. Also fed up to the back teeth with calls for PPI…Never had PPI….now calls to plan my funeral!!!!! Rather plan a trip LOL .
Hahaha…loved this!…..in the drawer!!!!! I can just imagine her banging on and you totally ignoring her!!!so funny…..and such a good tip……..brilliant.
Xxxx. Morv (wanders off chuckling)
As my very elderly mother gets these calls all the time and of course does not have a computer I will tell her of a few of these tricks so she can do the same. Hahaha
https://youtu.be/t_9M_A74yMM hope this will give you all a good laugh ,,
https://youtu.be/cIVfrBFc5og here another one ..