Trolls Are Coming Out Of The Woodwork - gabrielleoddin

[Leon]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Try being one of the last dinosaurs on earth that have a land line. Nothing but scammers and pollester, low life’s wanting to buy my house for next to nothing.

I can't bring myself to get rid of mine. I have been thinking about getting rid of it for years though...

ps...yawl keep PMing me when you see crazy stuff like this guy. We all appreciate it.
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[JollyElm]

When the phone rings here, I quickly pick up a banana, put it to my ear and say, "Hello???" It gets a good laugh about 17% of the time.

[Bobsbats]

Got an email from him a couple days ago.....seemed off.

Thanks for cleaning them out Leon

Bob

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Originally Posted by Leon

I can't bring myself to get rid of mine. I have been thinking about getting rid of it for years though...

ps...yawl keep PMing me when you see crazy stuff like this guy. We all appreciate it.
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Don't have a cell phone and don't want one. As Brett Hull said once "I'd rather be old and smart than young and dumb."
By the way the name I give the scammers is Harry Sax. Listening to the guy in India say it is worth the price of admission.

[Mark17]

When people call and ask to speak to the woman of the house (there isn't one), I say "I CUT HER HEAD OFF!" and hang up.

[philliesfan]

I always jerk them around as much as I can as long as I am doing nothing. Sometimes I just answer the phone saying....Speak..You have 7 seconds. Then hang up on them mid sentance.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Mark17

When people call and ask to speak to the woman of the house (there isn't one), I say "I CUT HER HEAD OFF!" and hang up.

I wonder if the telemarketers have a forum on which they share stories about people who have creatively hung up.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I wonder if the telemarketers have a forum on which they share stories about people who have creatively hung up.

A friends wife works at a call center for a credit card company. They are the people that call when you missed a payment or three. She has some hilarious stories.

[Michael B]

I gladly have a land line. If there is a power failure forget your voip/digital phone and no recharging you cell phone unless you have a portable charger that is charged.

I do not have caller ID as I don't want to pay the $6 a month for the fee. It is also for local calls only. The only people that will call it are my mother, on rare occasions a friend from Switzerland (3¢ a minute international plan) and telemarketers. Working from home full time I would hear the calls, but rarely get them.

I like to have fun with them. I get a number of calls from a 'Police Benevolent Charity'. I would never give anything over the phone and leo's make more than me in this area. I always ask if they are a cop. Usually they say they are fundraisers. I say they make enough and hang up. One caller actually tried to say he was. I asked for his FOP (Fraternal Order of the Police) membership number. He was confused. MMM Bye Bye.

I got a call from probably Mumbai or other city in the subcontinent.

Them - Your Microsoft license has expired
Me - It did. Oh my God! Do I need to come in to have my picture taken?
Them - No, your Microsoft license.
Me - I can schedule an appointment next week to come in.
Them - You don't need to do that.
Me - Okay, but first I have to kill a cow and have sex with your sister.

I don't understand Hindi, but I doubt he was saying 'Have a nice day'.


Last week

This is very important. Please press 1 so we can talk to you.

Them - Hello U.S. Marshalls (with the din of a call center in the background)
Me - No you're not...
Them - Yes it is.
Me - If I find you I am going to sexually assault you and cut off your head you women's nether regions.

Stunned silence. I am still waiting for SWAT to break down my door. Nothing but crickets though. Violent but effective.

[bmattioli]

37 year Telecom Tech and have seen the evolution from everyone has a landline to virtually no one due to cell phones.

Remember when you had to get up and answer the phone with NO caller ID..

When I was stationed in Spain and lived off base (USAF) 1984-1988 I had no landline, no cable and no internet.. I read alot and listened to Armed Forces Radio..