tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post9115290512251695136..comments2024-03-29T05:24:55.660-04:00Comments on Life's Funny Like That: Phone ScamsDebbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-74775896441863807202021-03-07T07:59:05.851-05:002021-03-07T07:59:05.851-05:00I get mad at the ones who talk over you if you try...I get mad at the ones who talk over you if you try to tell them you are not interested. A few years back I was getting so much spam from hispanic-sounding people that I decided to have some fun with it. When I tried to talk and they talked over me, I would sing Jesus Loves Me at the top of my lungs. And I have about as loud a voice as you've ever heard! What I lack in talent, I make up in volume. Eventually they'd call, but I had one fellow who stayed and made comments. Not bad comments... he just sort of talked to himself off and on. That porn conversation trick is great... made me laugh out loud.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-1939125510083027582021-02-27T15:08:28.133-05:002021-02-27T15:08:28.133-05:00Glad that you saw through it.Glad that you saw through it.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-15578813027701742742021-02-27T10:02:10.201-05:002021-02-27T10:02:10.201-05:00I was getting calls starting out "Grandma&quo...I was getting calls starting out "Grandma" and when I said who is this they said I am hurt you don't even remember your grand son. I knew it was a scam call. I played along and said 'Oh Joe" I am so sorry I knew who you were, he said that is right it is Joe. No grandson named Joe. He than told me his best friend was very sick and he needed money to get to him. I named another name, he said yes that is the one. I said I remember his dad was stationed at a military base with your dad, yes grandma you remember, I said his name was Mike and he wanted to call me grandma since he had no one to call that. We went back and forth with me feeding him answers and he was always agreeable and so happy I remember all the details I was making up to give him. THAN he told me how much money he needed and to talk to his attony and they would tell me where to wire the money to. I said first I do not have a grand son named Joe, my grandsons are military (3) and they would never ask for money from me. I have not been scammed you are the loser in this call, he hung up. I received this call 3 times from different men.ellie khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729353476036309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-44758780641617388132021-02-26T20:33:59.634-05:002021-02-26T20:33:59.634-05:00The scam calls are why I no longer have a land lin...The scam calls are why I no longer have a land line. When they come in on my cell, as they do, I just block the number.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-26847283955223073012021-02-26T13:10:03.048-05:002021-02-26T13:10:03.048-05:00We get these on a regular basis. If I am in the mo...We get these on a regular basis. If I am in the mood I play along for a while but usually just put down the receiver or tell them to "go away", but in less polite terms.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-6890536362268162402021-02-26T08:38:20.193-05:002021-02-26T08:38:20.193-05:00I never answer my home phone. It goes right to voi...I never answer my home phone. It goes right to voicemail without ringing. I just check it now and then but 99% are hang-ups. <br /><br />While tempting to play with scammers, my dad learned the hard way that it could backfire. He played around with a scammer who eventually hung up and put his number on auto redial for two days non-stop. He had to leave the phone off the hook until they stopped constantly dialing his number. In the meantime, he couldn't use his home phone for those two days.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-87355241271108463782021-02-26T07:45:58.781-05:002021-02-26T07:45:58.781-05:00You are pretty darn good at spamming the spammers....You are pretty darn good at spamming the spammers. I am not quick-minded or dedicated enough to do this. I usually let unknown numbers ring. Only on rare occasions do they bother to leave a message. Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-1994521448434783082021-02-26T05:43:59.192-05:002021-02-26T05:43:59.192-05:00Wow, you get some very interesting scam calls. We ...Wow, you get some very interesting scam calls. We don't get anything like that. Are these on your landline or your cell phone? We don't have a functioning landline, so that probably helps.<br /><br />I do get a lot of spam e-mails telling me my Chase account has been compromised (I don't have one) or that my car insurance payments are behind (I don't have a car) but of course I just delete all that stuff.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-22903588880108556282021-02-26T05:00:31.033-05:002021-02-26T05:00:31.033-05:00Most people I know no longer have land lines. Most people I know no longer have land lines. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-34481695179247327072021-02-26T03:57:19.935-05:002021-02-26T03:57:19.935-05:00We have the Telephone Preference Society, TPS, bei...We have the Telephone Preference Society, TPS, being registered on that has massively decreased the scam calls. Unfortunately they can't stop or prosecute those from offshore.<br />Asking the caller for their company's phone number and physical address generally stops them in their tracks..<br />We get the Amazon Prime and Microsoft scams too....it's an easy one as we don't use either!!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-84342753877623307032021-02-26T03:41:13.700-05:002021-02-26T03:41:13.700-05:00Not many calls here in the UK, but when we were in...Not many calls here in the UK, but when we were in France we were inundated, but then it was made illegal to cold call and the scam calls reduced. Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-43368601977800469632021-02-26T03:02:28.203-05:002021-02-26T03:02:28.203-05:00At one time these type of calls were common but in...At one time these type of calls were common but in my latest home I've hardly had any on the landline because I only use my mobile for outgoing calls.<br />One thing I used to do was just pick up, answer the question to my name then hold on and say nothing, even when they got to the end of their long spiel - It would spook them and they would soon hang up.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-83063194718083947652021-02-26T01:49:59.059-05:002021-02-26T01:49:59.059-05:00We only answer the any phone if the caller is in o...We only answer the any phone if the caller is in our system, a very local number or are expecting a call from a strange number. Maybe I should do as you and have some fun. We too receive calls from the IRS about unpaid taxes. Of course it is unlikely the Australia Taxation Office would personally call you and it would not call itself the IRS. There are clever scammers but they don't usually use the phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com