Scam phone calls?

[RichardSimon]

I am sure that I am not the only one who receives phone calls from scammers but it has now become an epidemic.

"Microsoft" tech support.
IRS.
Credit card debt.
Student loans.

My favorite is the microsoft call. These all come from India with male callers with thick Indian accents. I have now started to play along and when I tell them that nothing is happening to my computer when they instruct me to do destructive things on my keyboard they get very frustrated . They keep trying and I goof on them for a few minutes. They never get what I am doing until I try to order Indian food, then they hang up.

[grainsley]

The most frequent ones we get in Canada are heavy Chinese accents, "calling from Windows" to tell us we have a huge computer problem. I usually express my grave concern and say something like "can you hold a moment, I think I'll need a coffee to get through this?" They always say yes, I put the phone down and don't come back. If he is tied up, that's longer until his next annoying scam attempt. Or else I just tell them we recently had our windows cleaned and hang up. They keep trying though.....

We also get calls from various collection agencies, trying to track down the people who must have had our phone number previous to us....we have had it nine years now. Guess they were serious paper-hangers. They are clever with their attempts though, I give them that. We always try to make them commit to telling us what they know first, and give them nothing in return other than to tell them they won't find those people here. Last time they pretended to be the phone company, calling about an issue with our email. I guess they get lied to so much they just don't accept the truth, or recognize it when they hear it.

[steve B]

The "Microsoft" guys can be lots of fun. I usually run them through a who's on first sort of routine.
"I'm calling about your windows computer"
"Which one"
"Your windows computer"
"yes, but which one? You say it's infested with viruses, you should know which one"
"your computer with windows xp, 7, 8, or 10"
"Sure, which one of those"
"Any of them"
"Right.....but which one are you calling about"

Longest I got was a bit over 10 minutes, got into a bit of technical questions that he couldn't answer. When I laughed and told him he really had no idea what he was talking about he got mad and put on his supervisor who got very rude. THAT was even more fun! especially since he had a decent grasp of less formal English. Finally ended when he called me a MFer and I replied with a joyous "Son! It's good to know you're doing well! " That brought a bunch of angry non English and he hung up

Steve B

[Leon]

I have the same kind of fun with them. I had one of them throw the F bomb at me once. It was a great conversation.,...

Originally Posted by steve B

The "Microsoft" guys can be lots of fun. I usually run them through a who's on first sort of routine.
"I'm calling about your windows computer"
"Which one"
"Your windows computer"
"yes, but which one? You say it's infested with viruses, you should know which one"
"your computer with windows xp, 7, 8, or 10"
"Sure, which one of those"
"Any of them"
"Right.....but which one are you calling about"

Longest I got was a bit over 10 minutes, got into a bit of technical questions that he couldn't answer. When I laughed and told him he really had no idea what he was talking about he got mad and put on his supervisor who got very rude. THAT was even more fun! especially since he had a decent grasp of less formal English. Finally ended when he called me a MFer and I replied with a joyous "Son! It's good to know you're doing well! " That brought a bunch of angry non English and he hung up

Steve B

[DHogan]

I'm still waiting for the one from Microsoft to show up at my house and kick my ass. Like he said he was going to.

[bnorth]

Harassing these scammers is the only thing I miss about not having a land line anymore.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I am sure that I am not the only one who receives phone calls from scammers but it has now become an epidemic.

"Microsoft" tech support.
IRS.
Credit card debt.
Student loans.

My favorite is the microsoft call. These all come from India with male callers with thick Indian accents. I have now started to play along and when I tell them that nothing is happening to my computer when they instruct me to do destructive things on my keyboard they get very frustrated . They keep trying and I goof on them for a few minutes. They never get what I am doing until I try to order Indian food, then they hang up.

lol i get the calls all the time as well as emails. I love the ones where they ask you for a few thousand bucks and will send you a few hundred k in return. I play along and tell them i wont wire them the money but will give them it in cash is they meet me in person, and they should come ALONE.


on a lighter note - i get a few calls a day about advertising. Person comes on phone asking me if i would like to double my business and double my clients.... I say no,i dont want more clients - they are usually baffled and at a loss for words cause that responce isnt on their sheet to read me the answer, lol