Having fun with the scammers

Then hang up.

Oh, am I repeating myself? Sorry.

Don't apologise.
I'll repeat myself.

I do hang up.

Good.

Tell the others.

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Listen up everyone!
Volver says you should hang up.

Yesterday I had the "Windows" call - I just burst out laughing and asked if anyone actually fell for that these days and hung up!

MissAdventure

Listen up everyone!
Volver says you should hang up.

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Has anyone watched Scam Interceptors every morning at 10 on the BBC. It is worth watching....

I watched a video on YouTube of a woman who said of course she could give more info, but first the caller needed to pass a security check.
She asked him what his mother's maiden name was, and then said "oh don't worry if you cant remember, what was the name of your favourite pet"?

Ive had fun with these kinds of people in the past but now I cant be bothered with them.

Mostly I dont answer unknown calls and have the phone set on a call blocker. I have a "white list" of people who can come right through. Others I google and call back if necessary.

I remove the call blocker if I am expecting a delivery as my house can be difficult to find. In the event of an unknown call asking for Ms Biglouis I tell them I am the housekeeper. Then if they say its Fedex or Tesco I can give them instructions and say I will accept the delivery. If its someone trying to sell me or sign me up to something then sorry I dont have the authority to do that.

These calls are often computer dialled so that's why you answer and it takes a moment for someone to come on the line. Just hang up (DH is a little more robust in his response!! )

When I was made redundant from a long term job way back in 2009, I did three months in a call-centre. It was soul destroying and I was on 'out-bound' ringing customers up to tell them their Christmas order of two boxes of wine won't be delivered until February but I could give them a £50 voucher. So they generally accepted that. I absolutely hated 'in-bound' with people rining in. Each call came in 3 seconds after the preivous one ended, I just couldn't cope.

What I do is say hang on a min someone at my door and I just leave them sitting. Because only cold callers ring landline everyone else rings my mobile lol

We've had such fun with these people over the years. From my son who used to pretend his Russian wife had been using his computer and he was going to beat her for it, to my old lady who couldn't quite understand and had to have everything said at least twice, and almost got to the point of giving them her details but never quite did it (you could practically hear their level of excitment rise when they thought they'd got you). But I haven't had any for ages. Do you suppose I've been blacklisted or something?