Not me but my dad: He once had a telemarketer call him and ask for "the woman of the house" Dad gave the phone to three-year-old me and said it was Santa. Two hours of rambling about how I was a good girl, I come over to dad with his phone, asking why it was making a funny beeping noise.
During the pandemic, my mom got a call from a scam caller saying that they were calling about her call’s warranty. She said: “I don’t have a car”. After that they said: “Well, your phone bill is high” she replied: “I have a landline”. This went back and forth and I tried not to start cackling like a damn hyena in the middle of my zoom class
I used to get that car warrenty phone call a lot. Started asking them which one it was for "my ford or my chevy"?. Wait for them to answer and say "youre kidding me?! My 1957 chevy is still in warrenty?!?! Thats insane!!!". Theyd usually hang up immediately.
If i ever get the microsoft support scam phone call, I am immediately responding, "My computer is telling Microsoft it has issues? Well then, we REALLY need to fix this, because my computer is a Linux!!"
I love using this one and it always works, when they call asking to speak to a specific person by name. I respond with 'I am sorry but that is not possible'. When they push I pretend to break down and say 'It is impossible because that is my 'Mother/Father' and I am at their wake!!' always works and they never call back!!
Whenever I get a Scam Call I always respond with "Welcome to Demon Slaying services, and then list a 5 digit price for killing an imp and a 7 digit price for a "Goetic" demon, they usually (and very loudly) hang up before they even utter a syllable.
Back when landlines and separate long distance carriers were still a thing, MCI called me to switch. I asked why I should, which caused the rep to ask who I was with. I said I wasn't going to tell her. I just wanted to know why I should use MCI. When she started a generic spiel, I told her to put down the script and explain it to me. So she asked for my current carrier. I replied I wouldn't tell her. We went around like this for a little while, then she told me to have a nice day and hung up on me. Sadly, I didn't get the points for causing her to swear.
These are so fun; one time my dumb teenage ass almost fell for one of these, except they offered to send me free stuff to my door, and I was like "oh sweet." When they asked for my email I tried to spell it out for them multiple times, but the guy got super mad at me because he thought I didn't understand what an email address is?? He even switched me to a female colleague of his, who dumped me on him again after three tries of spelling my then-email to her, finally I wisened up after like 10 minutes of this and hung up the phone. And that is how I accidentally trolled a scam caller. It still rings me as strange so many years later, because why couldn't they understand that I was spelling out an email for them?
A scam called our landline a few years back. My mom had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer and she answered the phone. She said, “I’m dying, call back later”. Click. We stared at her and then laughed.
My brother did once. Our mom wasn't home and this number ad called at least twice a day for nearly three weeks. Finally my brother just grabbed the phone and in an "exasperated pipsqueak Italian mafia voice" shouted "Vat do you vant!!!" there was silence for a second then the guy said 'May I speak to Mrs. [bad pronunciation of my mom's name]?' "Nyo!" *click* To my knowledge the guy only called back one more time but we didn't answer again.
my favorite was an insurance scammer who would call my parents' landline; i once picked up and started asking if they sold 'Killer Robot Insurance', which thoroughly confused the scammer. i then went on a long explanation of how there was a mad scientist at the end of my street, who would spend all week building an army of killer robots with lasers and chainsaws, and then unleash them upon the neighborhood for us to battle. They hung up after I repeatedly asked them for the Killer Robot insurance.
One of those car people tried to get money out of me for an accident i did not know i was in. I told them that I did not drive and things quickly got awkward so they hung up
Do the whole "we heard you'd be in an accident that wasn't your fault" calls count? Cause apparently that doesn't apply to boats or hot air balloons. Can't believe they hung up on me when I asked about balloon cover.😢
I like to waste scammers time because the more time I waste means the less time they can spend scamming someone else. One day I got totally uncreative and I just threw my phone in my backpack and continued foraging berries with my daughter. I guess since he heard talking he wasn't allowed to hang up. He spent 20 minutes on the line before he gave up and hung up
I miss being able to genuinely use '(insert county here) emergency services!' , now i have to use my roleplaying community as a backup. ''Aurora Military Headquarters, Darkwater CEO Kilerk Razorclaw speaking....imma have to hold you right there, i need to hand this off to our police department to investigate as you shouldn't have this number.'' Me and my wife's housemate runs the PD so i can literatly just hand it off to that 'department'. This way i'm not in danger of getting in trouble for imitating real police/military as it's all a made up country and some of the community has a number of mine they can use for 'dispatch' calls. So i can just claim 'whoops, my bad. Thought it was one of the guys/gals.'
I actually have a story on this I was young at the time probably at the end of my elementary school days. I went home and proceded to make my lunch. I needed to cook the rice using a rice cooker. Until I got a call , saying my dad was injured in a work related accident. And you know what was the funniest thing is? I picked up this call right after I called my dad asking where were the rice grains being kept. It was about a minute or 5 minutes I got off from my call with my dad, that this bozo called me. So unless my dad somehow got into an accident by the time I finished my call with me which is unlikely or this guy is spewing BS. And I was bullied at the time so I could tell a lie when it was said I just hung up the phone then called dad again told him to be careful. Moral of the story: see any unknown number just outright ignore it unless you knew the actual source. Scammers nowadays could logged your number if you happen to pick up. And stay safe too
I have been depressed and shut-in lately, I'm gunna start answering calls only to ask personal questions and interview them on their philosophy of life and try to give them relationship advice and tips for child-rearing (I hate kids and refuse to have any 😂)
I use to use scam calls as a therapy session went on a full rant with the dude sounding incredibly awkward going “I’m so sorry man” “that sounds hard” before I went “wait what was this about never mind I don’t want your service” dude was stuck on the call and sounded like he really wanted to hang up but felt to bad to do it I don’t feel bad for it they scammed a lot of older people and would even still try to scam you if you lied about being to poor for their service but man did teenage me feel great after that call also never did hear about that dude running the scam calls after that so win-win
6:58 oh my gosh my dad did this. So he answered with a THICK (fake) Southern accent. Folllowed the steps to the point of opening the browser (didn't actually, but said he was), then said it was showing him an error screen. The scammer asked if he was connected to the internet and he said something along the lines of, "The Internet? Oh no, we don't allow that devil's thing in our house." Just like the guy in the video.
I keep getting calls about house repairs from different call centres. I just tell them that I’m not named on the housing list and am not responsible for it; pretty sure I’ve said “the council own our property” more times than I care to count. I’ve also had the accident ones before, to which I say “I have been in an accident” and when they asked when I’d just say “when I was two” (which is true, my parents car was rear ended at a stop sign)
Story 12: Be aware that calling the same number back might not always lead you to the actual person who called you. Some of these scammers know how to "spoof" the caller ID system. My brother, who does not do scamming calls as an FYI, got a call from someone to "Stop calling me. I'm onto your scam." So, just be aware. For story 12, it worked out and actually happened to be the correct number. Most of the other numbers are spoofed and not the real number that is calling you.
I can sound exactly like a cat, to the point where I've tricked people who own cats for years. You'll understand if you read below.😂 Scam caller: says some nonsense that is obviously a scam. Me: *Meow* Scam caller: excuse me? Me: *meow*? Scam caller: doesn't know what's going on & hangs up after talking to others in the building.
My brother was harassed by one of those "Would you like a PV system on your roof?" telemarketers that are common in my country. One time he responded that he would such a system. They talked for 15 minutes, when my brother finally asked if their technicians can ride mules, as that's the only way to get to him, and if the roof of his yurt will be strong enough to support the panels.
I got a repeat call from people talking about my 2022 Toyota Chevy or something like that lol. I didn’t have a drivers license. Once they called and before they could say anything (I was already crying when they called I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get them to leave me alone) I said “ Leave me alone I don’t know who you are.” while sobbing
Now I have to make my 7 year old sister drive one of those scam callers crazy! She would be awesome at it!!! Especially since she can’t provide any personal information! 😂😂😂 Story 24: LOL! I can’t stop laughing!!! That’s absolutely the work of an evil genius!!!
Whenever a phone number comes up on my caller I.D. I answer the call, in my most pleasant "receptionist" voice: "Thank you for calling the Knox County Sheriff's Department. How may I direct your call?" CLICK! They never call back. Only once did I have an employer, whom I'd applied for a job with, stay on the line and confusedly say, "Oh, I'm sorry; I'm trying to reach [my name]. This is so and so with NAPA." I quickly reassured her that she'd reached the right person and explained why I'd answered that way. She laughed and hired me on the spot!
I got a story: This one's from my mother. A telemarketer was attempting to sell her insurance or whatever. My mother was with an oil man at the time, and groaned knowing it might have something to do with his assets and asked. "Alright, but I need you to be bit more clear about which car your asking about." Telemarketer: "What do you mean?" mom: "Which cars are you asking for information on." Marketer: "The car you're currently driving" mom: "Lady, we drive all of the cars because they all still have millage and we may as well use em." Markerter: "Well how many cars do you have?" mom: "13" Marketer: "I don't believe you" **click** And here I am with memories on how damn annoying it was to park in our driveway that was not made to house 13 cars...
This one time I got this call it was about a package for an iPhone 14 I just laughed and said dude I have an IPhone SE and then they said uh it’s for your car warranty and I just said dude 14 I don’t own a car the dude was stuttering all the time before they hang up out of embarrassment I heard him say to some one like I just got a kid on the phone(I wasn’t 14 lol) 😂😂😂
So whenever I’m in the car with my dad and a scam, caller calls him he’ll pick up and he’ll start talking in Spanish saying really rude things and the person will hang up immediately works every time😂
Here to get ideas bc I keep getting scam calls about a 2019 Mazda THAT IVE NEVER OWNED 😂 so far I just break out my ocarina and play a very crude Zelda’s Lullaby until they hang up
I had been getting the Microsoft scam call for months, despite telling them we didnt have a computer or a tablet anymore. One day a woman with an Indian accent phoned. She started her crap and i interrupted, telling her I was Detective Inspector Jones from the British Police Fraud squad working in conjunction with the Indian Fraud squad when she put the phone down. I didn't get another call for 6 months. Unfortunately it didn't last forever and they've started again,
Microsoft service. Which computer are you calling about? My laptop, husband’s laptop, junior’s desktop, my tablet, my daughter’s desktop, daughter’s has a tablet too but it’s from school…?
Would get call from Mexico that they arrested in jail and need bail would say ok would go unalive them all to get them out including them hahah good times
I know a bit of Spanish, just enough to say I don't know Spanish and what I barely remember from the classes I took in high school. I wanted to mess with the telemarketers so I learned a phrase to say when answering the phone. I thought that would work until I started receiving telemarketer calls in spanish :|
I got one saying I was heavily in debt to a hospital and about to get taken to court. I gave a panicked tone and said "oh god, it's about that surgery I had in '92 sn't it!" "Yes, you never paid the 5000$ bill for it" "That's funny because I was born in '96." "..." "..." *Click*
Not me but my dad:
He once had a telemarketer call him and ask for "the woman of the house"
Dad gave the phone to three-year-old me and said it was Santa.
Two hours of rambling about how I was a good girl, I come over to dad with his phone, asking why it was making a funny beeping noise.
Quick call on your dad's part. Keep the kid entertained for a bit and waste the scammers time.
That’s brilliant
I love your dad’s idea!!! I literally can’t stop laughing right now!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
During the pandemic, my mom got a call from a scam caller saying that they were calling about her call’s warranty. She said: “I don’t have a car”. After that they said: “Well, your phone bill is high” she replied: “I have a landline”. This went back and forth and I tried not to start cackling like a damn hyena in the middle of my zoom class
I used to get that car warrenty phone call a lot. Started asking them which one it was for "my ford or my chevy"?. Wait for them to answer and say "youre kidding me?! My 1957 chevy is still in warrenty?!?! Thats insane!!!". Theyd usually hang up immediately.
These were great. I now have some great ideas for when scammers call me. 😂
The pyromaniac toddler got me
If i ever get the microsoft support scam phone call, I am immediately responding, "My computer is telling Microsoft it has issues? Well then, we REALLY need to fix this, because my computer is a Linux!!"
Trouble is you'll get calls about your Linux now
@@mariandavis7953 all the better for scam baiting... make the scammers tell me about something that is very much NOT their area of expertise
I love using this one and it always works, when they call asking to speak to a specific person by name. I respond with 'I am sorry but that is not possible'. When they push I pretend to break down and say 'It is impossible because that is my 'Mother/Father' and I am at their wake!!' always works and they never call back!!
Whenever I get a Scam Call I always respond with "Welcome to Demon Slaying services, and then list a 5 digit price for killing an imp and a 7 digit price for a "Goetic" demon, they usually (and very loudly) hang up before they even utter a syllable.
Back when landlines and separate long distance carriers were still a thing, MCI called me to switch. I asked why I should, which caused the rep to ask who I was with. I said I wasn't going to tell her. I just wanted to know why I should use MCI. When she started a generic spiel, I told her to put down the script and explain it to me. So she asked for my current carrier. I replied I wouldn't tell her. We went around like this for a little while, then she told me to have a nice day and hung up on me. Sadly, I didn't get the points for causing her to swear.
These are so fun; one time my dumb teenage ass almost fell for one of these, except they offered to send me free stuff to my door, and I was like "oh sweet." When they asked for my email I tried to spell it out for them multiple times, but the guy got super mad at me because he thought I didn't understand what an email address is?? He even switched me to a female colleague of his, who dumped me on him again after three tries of spelling my then-email to her, finally I wisened up after like 10 minutes of this and hung up the phone.
And that is how I accidentally trolled a scam caller. It still rings me as strange so many years later, because why couldn't they understand that I was spelling out an email for them?
"he is covered.. with 6 feet of dirt" hah, I would have gone one step further "oh he's about to be covered... with 6 feet of dirt heheheh"
A scam called our landline a few years back. My mom had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer and she answered the phone. She said, “I’m dying, call back later”. Click. We stared at her and then laughed.
My condolences, but at least she had a great sense of humor and the skill to wield it well lol
Sometimes I think about playing demonic growling and whispering sounds from my tablet speaker into the phone to see how fast they hang up lol
My stepdad would always say "I don't want any carpets!"
I will definitely be using some of these when those bozos call me next time! 😂
My brother did once. Our mom wasn't home and this number ad called at least twice a day for nearly three weeks. Finally my brother just grabbed the phone and in an "exasperated pipsqueak Italian mafia voice" shouted "Vat do you vant!!!" there was silence for a second then the guy said 'May I speak to Mrs. [bad pronunciation of my mom's name]?' "Nyo!" *click* To my knowledge the guy only called back one more time but we didn't answer again.
my favorite was an insurance scammer who would call my parents' landline; i once picked up and started asking if they sold 'Killer Robot Insurance', which thoroughly confused the scammer. i then went on a long explanation of how there was a mad scientist at the end of my street, who would spend all week building an army of killer robots with lasers and chainsaws, and then unleash them upon the neighborhood for us to battle. They hung up after I repeatedly asked them for the Killer Robot insurance.
One of those car people tried to get money out of me for an accident i did not know i was in. I told them that I did not drive and things quickly got awkward so they hung up
Easier to ask how they found out it was your boat/Jetski/barge that hit the pier.
Or "OK, but the balloon was meant to be on fire."
I kinda want scammers to call me so I have somebody to yell at 😂 I think it would be good improv practice
Do the whole "we heard you'd be in an accident that wasn't your fault" calls count?
Cause apparently that doesn't apply to boats or hot air balloons. Can't believe they hung up on me when I asked about balloon cover.😢
I like to waste scammers time because the more time I waste means the less time they can spend scamming someone else. One day I got totally uncreative and I just threw my phone in my backpack and continued foraging berries with my daughter. I guess since he heard talking he wasn't allowed to hang up. He spent 20 minutes on the line before he gave up and hung up
My favorite thing to do is just a gut-wrenching, high pitched, screaming!
I miss being able to genuinely use '(insert county here) emergency services!' , now i have to use my roleplaying community as a backup. ''Aurora Military Headquarters, Darkwater CEO Kilerk Razorclaw speaking....imma have to hold you right there, i need to hand this off to our police department to investigate as you shouldn't have this number.'' Me and my wife's housemate runs the PD so i can literatly just hand it off to that 'department'. This way i'm not in danger of getting in trouble for imitating real police/military as it's all a made up country and some of the community has a number of mine they can use for 'dispatch' calls. So i can just claim 'whoops, my bad. Thought it was one of the guys/gals.'
I actually have a story on this
I was young at the time probably at the end of my elementary school days. I went home and proceded to make my lunch. I needed to cook the rice using a rice cooker. Until I got a call , saying my dad was injured in a work related accident.
And you know what was the funniest thing is? I picked up this call right after I called my dad asking where were the rice grains being kept. It was about a minute or 5 minutes I got off from my call with my dad, that this bozo called me.
So unless my dad somehow got into an accident by the time I finished my call with me which is unlikely or this guy is spewing BS. And I was bullied at the time so I could tell a lie when it was said
I just hung up the phone then called dad again told him to be careful.
Moral of the story: see any unknown number just outright ignore it unless you knew the actual source. Scammers nowadays could logged your number if you happen to pick up. And stay safe too
I have been depressed and shut-in lately, I'm gunna start answering calls only to ask personal questions and interview them on their philosophy of life and try to give them relationship advice and tips for child-rearing (I hate kids and refuse to have any 😂)
Or maybe I'll just act like a CZcams commenter 😂 That would be the worst. I'd get put on the international do not call list 😂
My go to line is "Make it quick I have a kidney to remove" I also adopted "City Morgue" from one of my co workers
I use to use scam calls as a therapy session went on a full rant with the dude sounding incredibly awkward going “I’m so sorry man” “that sounds hard” before I went “wait what was this about never mind I don’t want your service” dude was stuck on the call and sounded like he really wanted to hang up but felt to bad to do it I don’t feel bad for it they scammed a lot of older people and would even still try to scam you if you lied about being to poor for their service but man did teenage me feel great after that call also never did hear about that dude running the scam calls after that so win-win
6:58 oh my gosh my dad did this.
So he answered with a THICK (fake) Southern accent. Folllowed the steps to the point of opening the browser (didn't actually, but said he was), then said it was showing him an error screen. The scammer asked if he was connected to the internet and he said something along the lines of, "The Internet? Oh no, we don't allow that devil's thing in our house." Just like the guy in the video.
1:10 no, they came back for the other half!
I've found one simple solution is to just repeatedly ask for their supervisor or manager.
I keep getting calls about house repairs from different call centres. I just tell them that I’m not named on the housing list and am not responsible for it; pretty sure I’ve said “the council own our property” more times than I care to count. I’ve also had the accident ones before, to which I say “I have been in an accident” and when they asked when I’d just say “when I was two” (which is true, my parents car was rear ended at a stop sign)
Story 12: Be aware that calling the same number back might not always lead you to the actual person who called you. Some of these scammers know how to "spoof" the caller ID system. My brother, who does not do scamming calls as an FYI, got a call from someone to "Stop calling me. I'm onto your scam."
So, just be aware. For story 12, it worked out and actually happened to be the correct number. Most of the other numbers are spoofed and not the real number that is calling you.
I can sound exactly like a cat, to the point where I've tricked people who own cats for years. You'll understand if you read below.😂
Scam caller: says some nonsense that is obviously a scam.
Me: *Meow* Scam caller: excuse me? Me: *meow*? Scam caller: doesn't know what's going on & hangs up after talking to others in the building.
My brother was harassed by one of those "Would you like a PV system on your roof?" telemarketers that are common in my country. One time he responded that he would such a system. They talked for 15 minutes, when my brother finally asked if their technicians can ride mules, as that's the only way to get to him, and if the roof of his yurt will be strong enough to support the panels.
Scammers don't have to take you off a list or give you a manager
And they never do....
When there are calls to my or my grandfather's phone we just speak in a foreign language and say 'interpreter pls no english' over and over
You thought Power Puff Girls, I thought Trailer Park Boys. Lol
The one about asking the telemarketer for their home phone number could be true, but it's also from an episode of Seinfeld.
I got a repeat call from people talking about my 2022 Toyota Chevy or something like that lol. I didn’t have a drivers license. Once they called and before they could say anything (I was already crying when they called I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get them to leave me alone) I said “ Leave me alone I don’t know who you are.” while sobbing
Now I have to make my 7 year old sister drive one of those scam callers crazy! She would be awesome at it!!! Especially since she can’t provide any personal information! 😂😂😂
Story 24: LOL! I can’t stop laughing!!! That’s absolutely the work of an evil genius!!!
Im to paranoid ... I just avoid these kind of calls 😅
Whenever a phone number comes up on my caller I.D. I answer the call, in my most pleasant "receptionist" voice: "Thank you for calling the Knox County Sheriff's Department. How may I direct your call?" CLICK! They never call back.
Only once did I have an employer, whom I'd applied for a job with, stay on the line and confusedly say, "Oh, I'm sorry; I'm trying to reach [my name]. This is so and so with NAPA." I quickly reassured her that she'd reached the right person and explained why I'd answered that way. She laughed and hired me on the spot!
I got a story:
This one's from my mother. A telemarketer was attempting to sell her insurance or whatever. My mother was with an oil man at the time, and groaned knowing it might have something to do with his assets and asked. "Alright, but I need you to be bit more clear about which car your asking about."
Telemarketer: "What do you mean?"
mom: "Which cars are you asking for information on."
Marketer: "The car you're currently driving"
mom: "Lady, we drive all of the cars because they all still have millage and we may as well use em."
Markerter: "Well how many cars do you have?"
mom: "13"
Marketer: "I don't believe you" **click**
And here I am with memories on how damn annoying it was to park in our driveway that was not made to house 13 cars...
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This one time I got this call it was about a package for an iPhone 14 I just laughed and said dude I have an IPhone SE and then they said uh it’s for your car warranty and I just said dude 14 I don’t own a car the dude was stuttering all the time before they hang up out of embarrassment I heard him say to some one like I just got a kid on the phone(I wasn’t 14 lol) 😂😂😂
I love these!
Rule no.1 about Getting phone calls from unknown numbers. If the person who is calling you sound Indian, its a scam.
This is always my rule.
So whenever I’m in the car with my dad and a scam, caller calls him he’ll pick up and he’ll start talking in Spanish saying really rude things and the person will hang up immediately works every time😂
How do people end up getting these calls all the time I've never gotten a spam call.
Here to get ideas bc I keep getting scam calls about a 2019 Mazda THAT IVE NEVER OWNED 😂 so far I just break out my ocarina and play a very crude Zelda’s Lullaby until they hang up
I had been getting the Microsoft scam call for months, despite telling them we didnt have a computer or a tablet anymore. One day a woman with an Indian accent phoned. She started her crap and i interrupted, telling her I was Detective Inspector Jones from the British Police Fraud squad working in conjunction with the Indian Fraud squad when she put the phone down. I didn't get another call for 6 months. Unfortunately it didn't last forever and they've started again,
Microsoft service. Which computer are you calling about? My laptop, husband’s laptop, junior’s desktop, my tablet, my daughter’s desktop, daughter’s has a tablet too but it’s from school…?
Would get call from Mexico that they arrested in jail and need bail would say ok would go unalive them all to get them out including them hahah good times
I know a bit of Spanish, just enough to say I don't know Spanish and what I barely remember from the classes I took in high school. I wanted to mess with the telemarketers so I learned a phrase to say when answering the phone. I thought that would work until I started receiving telemarketer calls in spanish :|
I tell them I’m the police
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I answer "city morgue" and then proceed to describe the most disgusting and brutal autopsy I can think of
I got one saying I was heavily in debt to a hospital and about to get taken to court. I gave a panicked tone and said "oh god, it's about that surgery I had in '92 sn't it!"
"Yes, you never paid the 5000$ bill for it"
"That's funny because I was born in '96."
"..."
"..."
*Click*