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GrumpyGhostOwl
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How to Deal With a Telephone Scammer
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This evening, my phone rang and the caller ID was 016235663702. Now, apart from it being way too long for an Australian phone number, 016 was the number range for the old pocket pagers that we used to use to contact on-call staff back in the day when I worked in the public hospital system, so I figured it was probably not going to be legit.
All the same, I answered the phone. There was the usual delay, a hiss and a click, followed by call centre background noise, then a girl with a foreign accent told me she was making a service call from Microsoft.
Yeah, right.
So I said, "CONGRATULATIONS! You are the five hundredth scammer to call this number! You're a winner!"
Sadly, the girl hung up before I could tell her that she had won the internets and invite her to claim her prize by sending me $200 in iTunes vouchers.
Never mind. I'll try harder next time.
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12-06-2018 09:28
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quote: | Originally posted by ElectricWhite
quote: | Originally posted by Becky Rock
quote: | Originally posted by Katblu42
I had one on Monday claiming to be from Telstra (which used to be Telecom Australia - the national, government owned telephone company).
When I innocently replied with "Really? On a public holiday?" he hung up.
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As far as the dimwitted department goes, I think I could top that...just before the Do Not Call List was created, I got a call from somebody trying to sell me prostrate cancer insurance! Yes, he knew he was directing his pitch to a woman
("Now, Miss White, we all like to think we're safe, but you never know when this cancer will strike...
"I'm sure I'm safe from prostrate cancer, dude!") |
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Well, you never know. There could be some kind of cancer that only strikes when you're lying down... maybe... I mean, everyone who gets cancer has been prostrate at some point in their life.
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14-06-2018 22:35
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It's a shame I can't upload pictures to this forum because I have a neat little game I invented called, "Scam Bingo." It's basically a bingo card, but instead of numbers, it has the names of scams on it, like,
Overseas Lottery Win
Warrant for your Arrest
Tax Office Owes you Money
Microsoft pop-up window
We've Detected a Problem with your Computer
Compensation for a Car Accident you Didn't Actually Have
Friend in Trouble Overseas
...and so on.
When you get the call that allows you to check off a full row, across, down or diagonally on the page, you jump up out of your seat and yell, "BINGO!" down the telephone, then thank the scammer for their call because you've now won Scam Bingo. At this point, the confused scammer usually hangs up.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by GrumpyGhostOwl on 11-07-2018 at 06:31.
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11-07-2018 06:30
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