Trolls Are Coming Out Of The Woodwork - gabrielleoddin

[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..

[mq711]

I tell my friends and family that if they call from an unknown number They need to leave a voicemail because I won’t answer the call; the voicemail is really important if I’m their one call from jail.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by mq711

I tell my friends and family that if they call from an unknown number They need to leave a voicemail because I won’t answer the call; the voicemail is really important if I’m their one call from jail.

That's funny.

As the board has grown so has the threat from scammers. So far our members have been very good about sending PMs to take care of idiots....(trolls, not the other ones LOL)
Everyone be careful on the BST....caveat emptor...

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