BEWARE of this call!

I love messing with those guys. We get the "There is something wrong with your computer" call quite often. I tell them " let me go get my computer" then I lay the phone down and leave it there. I always wonder how long they wait.

 

I had a fake bill collector call my Mom last week trying to get info on me.

 

My wife was just a victim of the Home Depot scam.
Her identity was sold to 2 people that actually used it.
One guy was in Vancouver, CANADA and the other in CALIFORNIA.

The bank in her case shut the card off after someone rented a corvette and burned it
and the second guy tried buying a car using her identity to get a loan.
And those were just the big things that happened with it, there were a lot of other
smaller items purchased before they went big.

Best part was, my wife was in the bank last friday depositing a check (on camera)
and a person posing as her in California was trying to buy a car at the same time.

Shes already invested 10 hrs of her time to handle whats happened to her, with more to come.
It sucks

 

I have learned to never ever answer the phone unless I recognize the number on caller ID. Everything else goes to the machine and if its legit I call back.

Last week we got a call claiming to be the IRS threatening jail if we didnt call back. Its a common scam if you look on their website.

 

I have one of those hand held freon boat horns sitting next to the phone. As soon as they start their diatribe, they get a football stadium sized blast in the receiver. Trust me, it seems to work well.

 

That sounds good. When they are calling for the wife I don't have, I tell them she died in a hostage plane that went down. I've had two hang up on me immediately.

 

Had one call me on A Saturday. He said he was US Gov. His accent was one from India. I told him no one in the U.S. Gov. Works on Saturday or calls on the phone. Then I got nasty. That call stopped. I still get other calls but they don't get answered.

 

I got two calls this week asking for "verification info" on my IRA (the money kind of IRA). They did leave a tool free call back number as it was on the message machine. Called my local financial adviser and they said we (their nationwide company) never call like that...
Which brings up another observation-its nice to see that the do not call phone number list works so well!

 

Ha! Got the phone call tonight saying that this is windows support center or something like that with a heavy Indian accent.
Before he could continue, I asked if my computer is broke? He said "What, your computer is not working now?"
Before he could continue, I asked him if he would like all my credit card numbers? He said "What? Credit card (mumble)".
At that point, I told him quit bothering us and don't call this number any more!

What I should have said is "What makes you think I have a computer?"

 

"Si...................."....................Huh?

 

One word.
Caller ID......wait, is that 2 words?
Anyway, if I don't know the number, I don't answer. Our eldest has her number blocked, as do both of my wife's brothers. I don't answer those. Makes my wife mad. I don't care.

I don't answer the phone when it shows up as "unavailable", or "restricted".
Rant over.

 

another way I have played with them is to let them go thru their schtick and then ask them whether they have told their mother and father that they still haven't got a real job................ I usually reserve that one for the idiots that call right @ dinner time...............

 

My son would do this by asking them a couple questions to make it sound like he was interested. Put the phone down and walk away.
I finally had to tell him to stop in case a "real" call needed to come through. He had fun.
I don't get mad, I just don't bother with 'em. Complete waste of time, when I could be on here.