Robo-call the robo callers

[26 Inf]

Yep. Wrong "GD".

But while I'm here.... I keep them on the line and start asking ever more dirty questions.

Oh, yes this. I had a guy call me and tell me I'd won the publishers clearing house. I played along.

The scam was I had to pay for the secure delivery of the funds before they could have my presentation. I told him no problem, how much did I need. He asked if I had a bank, I said yes, he told me I'd need 750.00 to ensure (or insure, I don't which he meant) the delivery.

I told him sure, I've got that much in the safe. I told him I'm going to open the safe. Meanwhile I'm motioning to my wife and telling her 'Hey honey, we won the publisher's clearing house, again!' (I said again because my wife really won a smaller cash prize several years ago). She's onto it and goes all exuberant while I hold the phone.

Then I tell the guy that I am opening the safe and set the phone down so he could probably hear me jacking with the dials. I pick up a random pistol, and hold it by the phone while I slam a mag home, and cycle the action. I then tell the guy I'm ready and that I have the cash and my gun to protect the cash, what's next? We finally settle on Dillon's to get the money order and he admonishes me not to 'brandish' my gun in Dillon's.

So he's staying with me on the phone and I actually go out to the truck, stop and shout at my neighbor about my good fortune, start the truck and actually drive off. I can just imagine this guy's woody getting bigger as we approach his payday. I pull over and say well, here we are at Dillon's, what do you want me to do with the money order after I get it? He tells me he'll give me an address to send the money to.

That is when I told him, well this has been amusing, just how ****ing stupid do you think I am, you silly SOB? (cleaned it up but you get the idea). He's still playing, offering me reassurances that it is for real, I once again ask him how stupid doe he think I am in rather coarse terms where upon he puts on his supervisor. I treated his supervisor to the same verbal harangue and hung up.

A good time was had by all.

[Coal Dragger]

I usually tell them about my STD’s that I got from relations with their mothers, sisters, wives, or daughters.

Not very creative I know, but satisfying nonetheless.

[Ned Christiansen]

Oops, thought I posted this on GD..... my bad.

Yeah maybe I'm not as adult about this as I ought to be but G.D. I find it so irritating and insulting.....

[MegademiC]

I just dont answer phone calls tlfrom numbers I dont know. VM gets a call back(ussually). No message, no callback.

Also, sign up for do not call list. It works. When it doesnt, report it and it stops.

[The_War_Wagon]

CPR Callblocker VR5000 is your friend.




I thought sure, I'd fill it completely, in my first month of ownership. Remarkably, after almost 2 1/2 years of use, I JUST blocked my 200th call yesterday. At this rate, it should take me over 23 years to finally fill it up (100+ of the most COMMON 800 numbers come pre-blocked, and you can block 5,000 more numbers total), and - thankfully - I don't plan on living that long!

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Well played 26th. Would have been fun to get the address to send something ‘special’....

There was a local scam about your relative caused an accident, you need to bring money now or else they were going to hurt your relative- don’t call the cops. There were actual meets, which surprised me because they wouldn’t have gone as planned . . I just assumed it was a way to get you out of your house.

[SteyrAUG]

So I answer something like this...

"Hang on a sec"

Me in background: "No you need to roll it up in the carpet and take it out the BACK DOOR"

"Who is this?"

[Todd.K]

Aren't you just blocking the spoofed number? Couldn't it end up being a local business, your Dr's office, or kids school you block?

[SeriousStudent]

Ned, I think you'll enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvXxnSEQKY

[vandal5]

Blocking numbers can be tricky. Guessing it's the same for scamers, but some companies will rotate out there numbers or will just out pulse what looks like a local number to you.

Blocking that number works for a short time but once they cycle there numbers you could be blocking a number you don't need to.