Scam phone calls?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by bnorth

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

Screwing with these people is really fun. I usually go along with it for a little while and then blow an air horn into the phone. I don't have a land line anymore either, but they call us on our cell phone.

One of my favorite are the ones that want to give me grant money to go back to school. I usually string them along for a bit and then tell them I have a doctorates (I don't).

And then there are the ones that call and offer grant money for no specific purpose. I either tell them that I already have too much money and the government can keep their money because they need it more than I do, or tell them to donate my grant money to a charity.

Edited to add: I only use the air horn on the scammers. I don't do it to legitimate telemarketers. As annoying as they are, they're still just doing their job.

[bnorth]

We just got rid of our land line a couple months ago and got the scammer/sales calls all the time on it.

I must be crazy lucky because I have had a cell phone since the early 90's and have never got a single scammer/sales call on it.

[jfkheat]

I got one on my cell phone yesterday. It was a recorded message that wanted me to press 1 if I had any prayer request. I pressed 1 and requested that they pray that telemarketers and scammers stop calling me.
James

[brookdodger55]

I get 3-4 calls a day from the irs, it used to be a live person, know it's a recording. The weird thing is that the call comes from the state and city that all of New Yorkers sent their tax form if they are do a refund

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by brookdodger55

I get 3-4 calls a day from the irs, it used to be a live person, know it's a recording. The weird thing is that the call comes from the state and city that all of New Yorkers sent their tax form if they are do a refund

The number you see in your caller ID is a fake. These scum know how to make a fake phone number appear in your caller ID. I have tried calling back the number and always get a phone co. message saying the number is not good.

[irv]

This is hilarious! Maybe it'll give someone the idea to use it or something similar when dealing with one these scammers/telemarketers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s898wpcgcJM

[RichardSimon]

The IRS called today on my landline!
A recorded message said the IRS was suing me and I should call 978 xxx xxxx.
That was the number that my caller ID showed was calling me. I called the number on my cell and used a foreign accent. I told the lady who answered that my name was Herman Berkowitzsteinberg. She asked me to spell it . Then she read it back to me phonetically . She put me on hold and then her supervisor (?) got on the phone but my battery died .