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#276 |
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My cousin pretended to be his butler and the caller got all confused and asked what a butler was
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#277 |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Oops double post
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i got one the other day from "Virgin Media" informing me that my Virgin Media Security Suite had reported some issues, to which i replied, thats funny because i never installed it, they then asked me to do the whole remote access thing and then i said that the website wouldnt load because their internet service is shocking and requested to speak with his line manager about conpensation, that lead to a cafuffle and then i think he accidentally hung up on me cause the line suddenly went dead!!
another one i heard about was aa elderly friend of mine received a call requesting that they took at a look at their Microsoft registry and it appears they are using a fraudulent Windows serial key, her response, thats funny cause i dont have a computer in the house . . . or the internet. she ended up having a 7 and a half minute discussion as they were insistant that she did own a PC . . . when she REALLY doesn't lol. made me chuckle. |
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#279 |
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this has all kicked up again. received a load of calls this week - some friends and family too.
Just blow a fart down the line for as long as you can then hang up before they do. |
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#280 |
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another one i heard about was aa elderly friend of mine received a call requesting that they took at a look at their Microsoft registry and it appears they are using a fraudulent Windows serial key, her response, thats funny cause i dont have a computer in the house . . . or the internet. she ended up having a 7 and a half minute discussion as they were insistant that she did own a PC . . . when she REALLY doesn't lol. made me chuckle.
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#281 |
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Bastards rang me at 7am this morning
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#282 |
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Can someone please give these guys my number? I want a call from them, so I can proper waste their time as much as possible
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#283 |
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Can someone please give these guys my number? I want a call from them, so I can proper waste their time as much as possible
![]() I adore caller id. If you want to get hold of me, make sure you don't call with an "out of area" number. I become strangely incapable of picking the phone up when I read those words. I don't know anybody abroad so it's always going to be a waste of my time answering. |
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#284 |
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Ugh a friend of my dad's has fallen for this and paid £30!!!!!!!!
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#285 |
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I had one of these calls yesterday, myself and the kids played along for a while before hanging up....the b*gger rang me back today and talked dirty down the phone, thank goodness I didn't put THAT one on speakerphone!
![]() ![]() ![]() I hung up and he rang straight back so I just didn't say anything when I answered, he hung up and so far so good he hasn't rang back!
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#286 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Surely this should be illegal? I'm assuming it's only not as the calls originate offshore
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#287 |
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I had one of these calls yesterday, myself and the kids played along for a while before hanging up....the b*gger rang me back today and talked dirty down the phone, thank goodness I didn't put THAT one on speakerphone!
![]() ![]() ![]() I hung up and he rang straight back so I just didn't say anything when I answered, he hung up and so far so good he hasn't rang back! ![]() ![]() I've never received one, not fair! |
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#288 |
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Just had another call from "Alvin Drake" at "Computer Maintenance Department".....he hung up and disconnected before I'd finished shouting that there was nothing wrong with my computer.
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#289 |
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I got one of the Microsoft calls today, they phoned during dinner though, so couldn't play along with the scam
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I have now had six, yes six attempts to scam me out of money by telling me that my computer has a virus/malware/ reversed peristalsis and so on. All six attempts have failed. The last call I received was from someone calling themselves Jesus. Another one was from Charlie Brown.
They must think I have the memory span of a goldfish. They keep trying and they always fail. A quick way to stop them is ask one question, "What's my IP address?" They can't or won't answer that. Lately, I have given them a rant down the phone. "THIS IS NOW THE SIXTH TIME YOU'VE TRIED THIS SCAM. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. I AM NOT DOWNLOADING DODGY SOFTWARE. I AM NOT PAYING YOU FOR IT. I AM NOT GIVING YOU ACCESS TO PASSWORDS AND I AM NOT GIVING YOU CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD DETAILS. DO NOT RING THIS NUMBER AGAIN!" |
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#291 |
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The last call I received was from someone calling themselves Jesus.
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#292 |
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Surely if it was Jesus, he'd be able to fix your computer without you needing to do anything!
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#293 |
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I have now had six, yes six attempts to scam me out of money by telling me that my computer has a virus/malware/ reversed peristalsis and so on.
Haven't had a call for three weeks now so hopefully they've finally got the message. |
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#294 |
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You'd think that by now police cooperation between the UK and the country where the calls originate would have mopped this up. I'm surprised it's still going on and is so widespread.
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#295 |
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You'd think that by now police cooperation between the UK and the country where the calls originate would have mopped this up. I'm surprised it's still going on and is so widespread.
It's up to you if you say "Yes please, I'll have some of that !" Also I would guess many of the posts on this subject are just peoples' fantasies of what they "think" they would do if they ever receive such a phone call. |
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#296 |
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The last call I received was from someone calling themselves Jesus.
'Er...no' 'Well, f**k off then!' |
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#297 |
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There was a warning in the local paper that they're targeting Blackpool and the Fylde at the moment. I hope they phone me again, it was fun last time
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#298 |
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I keep saying to myself after having a number of these calls when I have kept them talking for as long as I could and "following" their instructions interspersed with "sorry can you repeat that again" and actually achieving with the last call 6.25 minutes of wasting his time before telling him in no uncertain terms exactly where he can stuff his scam product, the message may finally get through and I will be blacklisted by them and all other cold calling companies.
For all those posting here who string them along and waste their time, thanks very much, you are helping the cause, keep it up eventually we may actually win when we have converted more people to waste the time of these despicable scam merchants. The power to get rid of them is in the hands of the public. |
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#299 |
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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You'll be pleased with me, Caxton - yesterday I kept the phone monkey and his 'technician' on for 21 minutes.
I was suprised at their tenacity - though in the end 'tech guy' thanked me for wasting his time - I replied "You're welcome!" That they can afford to spend so long on a call does show there must be some rich pickings though
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You'll be pleased with me, Caxton - yesterday I kept the phone monkey and his 'technician' on for 21 minutes.
I was suprised at their tenacity - though in the end 'tech guy' thanked me for wasting his time - I replied "You're welcome!" That they can afford to spend so long on a call does show there must be some rich pickings though ![]() |
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