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Oh these phone calls!!

'Round here, I've been getting a large percentage of calls, that are a "no response" to my answering it. Then again, it might be the way I answer. I'll pick up the phone with a grumpy WHAT!, when I don't recognize who is calling, and it seem to be every call lately.

I love shutting them down if they ask to talk to the wife. I really hope it makes them feel like a dog t**d when I tell them that she passed on Sept. 18th, and it's going to be a little hard speaking with her. (Yes, she really did.)

I don't hold back with those damn thieves anymore. They don't deserve my more social graces.

Roger
 
GTS225 said:
'Round here, I've been getting a large percentage of calls, that are a "no response" to my answering it. Then again, it might be the way I answer. I'll pick up the phone with a grumpy WHAT!, when I don't recognize who is calling, and it seem to be every call lately.

I love shutting them down if they ask to talk to the wife. I really hope it makes them feel like a dog t**d when I tell them that she passed on Sept. 18th, and it's going to be a little hard speaking with her. (Yes, she really did.)

I don't hold back with those damn thieves anymore. They don't deserve my more social graces.

Roger
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So the “no response” calls are made automatically by a machine. Once you answer the phone, it logs that in fact the number the machine dialed is a “real” number. From there, it gets passed to the chai wallas for the next round of actual scam calls.


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aeds151 said:
So the “no response” calls are made automatically by a machine. Once you answer the phone, it logs that in fact the number the machine dialed is a “real” number. From there, it gets passed to the chai wallas for the next round of actual scam calls.
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Ah.....hadn't thought about it that far. So it's best to let the machine "answer" it, or will their computer still log that as a "real" number?

Roger
 
GTS225 said:
when I tell them that she passed on Sept. 18th, and it's going to be a little hard speaking with her. (Yes, she really did.) QUOTE]

Sorry for you loss. My birthday is September 18th. Yesterday would have been my Mother's birthday. She has been gone about six years now.
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Silversmith45 said:
Sorry for you loss.
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Thanks, and I'm doing OK. Had a year and a half to mentally prep for it. Was her caretaker right to the very end. Metastatic breast cancer with an associated brain tumor.

Silversmith45 said:
My birthday is September 18th. Yesterday would have been my Mother's birthday. She has been gone about six years now.
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WOW! Talk about a small world. My wife's 72nd birthday would have been Nov. 16th, as well.

Roger
 
aeds151 said:
Refer to the Indians as “Chai Wallas” and see the reaction you will get especially out of the men. It will be clear immediately that it is not a legit call haha
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From what I can tell, that translates to something like "tea pourers", and is insulting because that is a job for people qualified to do absolutely nothing else.

-- Tom
 
I get frequent calls that my smart phone labels as from Wisconsin, but a different area code than mine. Every time I answer by saying "Hello", there is a brief pause, and then the recording starts: "Hello, my name is Angela...or Michelle...or whatever. Sometimes they claim to be from "health services", or they have been trying to contact me about my vehicle's warranty, blah blah blah. Then I hang up, and tap the "block this number" button. They later call again with a new phone number. Same unfamiliar area code from WI.

Recently, I discovered that if I answer the phone without making a sound, and just listen, I get no recorded message, and after several seconds they hang up.

It used to be more fun when actual scammers called you, and you could mess with them. Now, you can deliver your best lines, and it's like...talking to a robot. :lol:
 
Foragist said:
I get frequent calls that my smart phone labels as from Wisconsin, but a different area code than mine. Every time I answer by saying "Hello", there is a brief pause, and then the recording starts: "Hello, my name is Angela...or Michelle...or whatever. Sometimes they claim to be from "health services", or they have been trying to contact me about my vehicle's warranty, blah blah blah. Then I hang up, and tap the "block this number" button. They later call again with a new phone number. Same unfamiliar area code from WI.

Recently, I discovered that if I answer the phone without making a sound, and just listen, I get no recorded message, and after several seconds they hang up.

It used to be more fun when actual scammers called you, and you could mess with them. Now, you can deliver your best lines, and it's like...talking to a robot. :lol:
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I like the ones like you describe that after you say hello (or whatever) then they say "I'm (blank) and ...please don't hang up!" and THAT'S when I hang up.:lol: BTW, many of the sales calls I get are spoofed to look like they're from my area code and LOCAL prefix. They do this hoping you will recognize it as someone local that you may know and answer. That's how the ones that were MY number happened.
 
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We now have a phone block that works well (sometimes too well ) .Before that , if I got a telemarketer I would immediately go rambling on in a munchkin like voice , speaking a language that I make up as I go along .
Example :

Telemarketer : Hi , George , this is Bob and I work for a company that can show you how to make thousands of dollars a year in your spare time .............

Me : Rapashki filidoki mankubo dimadingi kan labo dors galoopo ? Bisabi karoto fujima !

Click . Caller hangs up .

Works every freakin time . Give it a try !
 
Here at the Castle, We used to get a lot of calls supposedly from Microsoft...they typically went like this: "Hello, this is blank blank and I represent Microsoft. We detected a problem with your computer". At this point, KT would say, "just a minute, I would like you to talk to my Tech Support". KT's Tech Support is Prince John, a total computer geek.

John would start by explaining to the caller that Microsoft is a software company, and does not sell or repair computers. They would stammer and stutter a bit, after which John would ask to speak to their Supervisor. The Supervisor would try the same line, and get the same comment by Prince John. As soon as the Supervisor would realize we just wasted about 10 minutes of their time and were not going to make a sale, he/she would get upset and say something trying to insult PJ so He would hang up. But PJ would answer...."You are a son of a mahlooga." Not knowing what that meant, they would hang up. :laughing::laughing:

Son of a mahlooga is our favorite phrase from the movie...The Gods Must Be Crazy! It is a curse for a very stubborn old Range Rover in Africa. Everytime the Rover would have a problem, the mechanic would curse it with that phrase!:laughing::laughing:
 
Just cleared my call log. Tally is; 9 "Nones", 5 numbers starting with V, two from me:?:, 1 from the VA, did you know the VA is now concerned with my auto warranty about to expire!! The rest were just numbers from all over the US. Now let me be clear, I am in no way against people from India. But unless they have an accent from Boston or Atlanta, please don't tell me your name is Bob, Ralph, Tommy, Sandy, or Debra. :laughing: I was born, just not yesterday.:heartylaugh:
 
My wife just received a phone called regarding our blah, blah, blah Amazon purchase for $1,300 which we did not order. Trying to get us to call back and say we didn't order and here's our information.

Ken
 
On my cell phone, I keep getting calls for the previous holder of that number 20 YEARS AGO. I need to look up the FCC Enforcement Division phone number and start telling them that's his new number.

-- Tom
 
achaios said:
On my cell phone, I keep getting calls for the previous holder of that number 20 YEARS AGO. I need to look up the FCC Enforcement Division phone number and start telling them that's his new number.-- Tom
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I keep getting calls for the one who had the number before me. He must have been in trouble with the law because they keep saying he has to report to the court for something. I have tried to tell them he doesn't have that number any longer but I don't think they believe me. Now I just hang up. if they ever catch up with him he will probably go to jail for ignoring their calls.
 
KenG said:
My wife just received a phone called regarding our blah, blah, blah Amazon purchase for $1,300 which we did not order. Trying to get us to call back and say we didn't order and here's our information.

Ken
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I've read that one should not even answer one of these calls by saying "Yes?" (instead of "Hello?") as they then construe that as confirming a purchase and that you agreed. Very tricky world anymore.
 
I had not heard that. I have noticed a lot of these robo calls will not start till you say hello twice.
 
GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
I've read that one should not even answer one of these calls by saying "Yes?" (instead of "Hello?") as they then construe that as confirming a purchase and that you agreed. Very tricky world anymore.
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Yep, I heard about this quite a while back. Now if I get a call and they ask me are you so in so, I never use the yes word. Normally I just say "what is this in regard to" or "speaking" maybe even " it is written that the party you seek is here at this time in history, how may I help you?:laughing:
 
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