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All because I wouldn't tell him what key was next to the control key on my keyboard.
Have you had the one with a fairly offensive pre-recorded call ending comment?
the trick to the MS scam people is to pretend to be a helpful but easily confused older gent... i got to nearly 20 mins once before they gave up and hung up on me
or, and this takes some prep; start speaking normally, and gradually get quieter and quieter (so they turn their headset volume up) and then blow a whistle as loud as you can down the phone... lovely stuff
I was going for that, asked what key he wanted me to find next to the control key. Usually catch them out because they assume it's a pc. Next one, I'll claim I'm running ubuntu, see what they do with that.
I once had a bloke trying to sell me investments over the phone ask me if I was saying 'no' because he was black then call me a racist and slam the phone down.
Next time my son persuades me to take him to Sports Direct I think I'll have a look for a whistle.
i got to nearly 20 mins once before they gave up and hung up on me
Phhhh
1hr-41min is my record so far, the trick is to pretend you are at work and keep putting them through to different people.
I nearly felt sorry for the poor sod in the end.
One trick is also to get them to spell everything, then type it slowly, obviously taking your time, only to spell the last letter on the last command wrong 😉
No whistling please. George will come round your house and pretend he's at the zoo.
I just say that I can't discuss this but can pass them to the person who handles all my finances.... Then hand the phone to my toddler.
Someone phoned the other day to ask if I had ever worked in a noisy environment.
Kept asking them to speak up or repeat what they'd said. My kids laughing in the background gave it away.
That's funny, MoreCashThanDash!
All because I wouldn't tell him what key was next to the control key on my keyboard
It's the 'anykey' if you are asked again.
Last scammer who called claiming to be from Microsoft with a thick Nigerian accent asked me if I could speak English. "Sorry mate not a word",I replied. The conversation then got very surreal ending with him getting very confused and hanging up.
I normally ask if its a dirty phone call, ask why they arnt heavy breathing down the phone , when they say no ,god no I just say no thanks not interested then , failing that hand the phone to my little girl and she mithers them to death about Frozen (some Disney film or other )
start speaking normally, and gradually get quieter and quieter (so they turn their headset volume up) and then blow a whistle as loud as you can down the phone... lovely stuff
I hope you get kicked in the nuts for no reason one day.
They're just trying to earn a crust like everyone else.
If you don't want to talk to them just put the phone down.
If you want to be a hardman go and start a fight in real life.
They're not trying to earn a crust, they're trying to scam people and getting abusive when they're rumbled. I like the whistle idea.
I wouldn't do it to a cold caller but I think a scammer deserves it.
Really?
You think trying to damage someones hearing is OK.
[i]Really?
You think trying to damage someones hearing is OK[/i]
And do you think stealing passwords from your computer for online banking and stealing money is?
No but just putting the phone down and carrying on with your life seems OK to me...
Hanging up stops them scamming me, not sure how it helps the old lady down the street.
And trying to damage someones hearing will help her?
I hate them as much as anyone.
But as soon as i hear someone trying to sell me something/scam me I just put the phone down.
It's no biggy.
Do you really think the person on the phone is the one that will be making the money...
I'm just polite, say I'm not interested and put the phone down. Why waste your own life winding up someone you don't know?
How about...
'This number is on TPS. I don't have to be polite to you' Click.
Of course he swore at you.
You didn't give him any monies.
Next time my son persuades me to take him to Sports Direct I think I'll have a look for a whistle.
Fox40 is what you want, designed to be heard over the din of an American Footbal crowd in an enclosed stadium, so very, [i]very[/i] loud! I used to use one on the bike, made my own ears ring!
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start speaking normally, and gradually get quieter and quieter (so they turn their headset volume up) and then blow a whistle as loud as you can down the phone... lovely stuffI hope you get kicked in the nuts for no reason one day.
They're just trying to earn a crust like everyone else.
If you don't want to talk to them just put the phone down.
If you want to be a hardman go and start a fight in real life.
Nice view from up there on your moral high ground?
These people are doing their damnedest to rip people off, simple as that.
Not so long ago I had one of those insurance claim for your accident calls, the caller having a clearly foreign accent.
I said I hadn't had an accident and hung up. A minute or so later, phone rings again, and this time it's a bloke trying to talk to me about my 'accident'; (the fact is I parked my car on a fairly steep hill in Bath, and the handbrake wasn't fully pulled on, so the car crept downhill until it was touching the car in front; the owner claimed for £450 damage, when there wasn't a mark on either car, but I didn't think to take a photo), anyway, I told him to get lost, and hung up.
Seconds later, the phone rang [i]again[/i], same bloke, saying, in an incredulous tone of voice, "did you just hang up on me?", so I said yes, I did, now **** off!
Didn't call back again.
If I want to blow a whistle down the line to discourage these sort of people, then I damn well will, with no regard to some sanctimonious clot on a forum lecturing me about how these assholes are just trying to earn a crust.
*Internet hardman allert.*
Though I dought that anyone that uses the word clot is a hardman. 8)
I'm sure a whistle down the phone will make their ears ring but I doubt you'd do any permanent damage. Do their cheap headset speakers actually go that loud?
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I know most of this is just something to post on tinternet for entertainment on a saturday night while your Mrs is watching some shite TV but why not just put the phone down? 😉
My moneys on the person that said they blow a whistle down the phone has never actualy done that.
why not just put the phone down
The person behind these calls (not necessarily the person who actually makes them) is trying to make money by criminal means. If each call takes 20 min, the "business model" is broken and they'll stop doing it, thereby protecting other people who don't realise it's a scam. Just putting the phone down allows them to go on doing it.
I wouldn't blow a whistle etc, and at the moment I don't have the spare time to waste their time with, so I probably would put the phone down, but all credit to those who are trying to make criminality nonviable.
It can be very loud, acoustic shock is a big problem and legit call centres have equipment that cuts it out to protect employees. They'll also capture it on the recorded calls and could supply it to the police as it can count as some form of assault.
Scammers - I can see why you would do it but I wouldn't personally, I've had the Microsoft scam call on some one elses phone at work and just strung them along unhelpfully for a few minutes. The two guys who sit there are the type that will 'press 5' to discuss their PPI claim, and then yell at the operator, or will try to unsubscribe to Spam emails, which just makes their email address more valuable as its proved as active.
Stu while you are being nice and voting for the green party the real men on here will be going to buy the biggest whistle they can find and be voting for UKIP.
AWSUMZ for real men.
I bet they push back too. 😉
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Chew on this scammers!
You want them to chew on your leather lederhosen. 😯
Not had this - why do they want to know what's next to your control key?
So they know if it's a pc or a Mac.
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Next to my Ctrl key at the moment is a bottle of Dalwinnie.
Would that help them?
Someone phoned the other day to ask if I had ever worked in a noisy environment.Kept asking them to speak up or repeat what they'd said. My kids laughing in the background gave it away.
I had the same people keep calling me so I did the same, pretending to be hard of hearing.
The guy who called me had heard it all before as he replied " no problem mate, I will make you an appointment, is 6.30 Sunday morning OK ? "
I told him to **** Off at that point.....
I managed to get one of the MS virus support call gents to call me a Mutha Fkr, he then told me to do one!!
If I am felling playful and someone cold calls and asks for Mr Eskay, I say "hold on, I will just get him". Stick the phone in the kitchen, shut the door and get on with my life.
Had one call me on my mobile at work, got the old "your computer has a virus" line to with I replied in a very surprised voice " oh no! Which one"
Cue 45 mins of fun and games of matey thinking he'd hit the jackpot for a 10,000 user windows based network with a retard sysadmin.
Shame he hung up in the end, I was having great fun!
but why not just put the phone down?
Because these are not salesman, they are trying to steal from you. They need to be discouraged.
but why not just put the phone down?
And then they phone back demanding to know if you just hung up on them, as one recently did to me. I guess that bit got missed.
If these scumbags are that damned obdurate, then they clearly have to be discouraged by other, more [i]robust[/i] means.
I don't understand why people get all these calls; we are on TPS and we don't get any, apart from Safestyle who wanted £8000 to replace our fascias with plastic and we keep telling them they can do it for £400 so they keep ringing back to try to negotiate.