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Aug 15, 2020 16:21:09   #
nobody13579
 
happy sailor wrote:
When I was a kid about 10 years old my dad told me to call for a ride when I was to come home. I had one dime which is what pay phones cost at the time. He answered the phone with a fake accent and Sam’s Pizzeria. I was a polite kid said sorry wrong number and started walking home. My dad showed up while I was walking laughing away and with the same accent said you wanna ride home. Never fell for that one again.


We used to call for a ride home, let the phone ring 2 or 3 times and hang up, got our dimes back.

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Aug 15, 2020 17:27:25   #
koratcat
 
Architect1776 wrote:
I get calls on occasion that are from sales places or whatever.

Once in a while I answer them for fun and answer with the following once it goes through the press 1 for a human.

"Williamsport Police, please state your emergency."

Funny how the next second there is a click and the line goes dead.


Love it. Gonna give it a try!

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Aug 15, 2020 17:34:19   #
koratcat
 
philmurfin wrote:
Have you noticed that there are far less of the buggers about at the moment?
Best.... Phil


Oh, that it were true!

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Aug 15, 2020 19:57:17   #
DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
 
usnpilot wrote:
Lol


Good one. I use this: “Scam Alert Network, what is the nature of your scam?” Works like yours.

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Aug 15, 2020 21:19:15   #
junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA
 
Architect1776 wrote:
I get calls on occasion that are from sales places or whatever.

Once in a while I answer them for fun and answer with the following once it goes through the press 1 for a human.

"Williamsport Police, please state your emergency."

Funny how the next second there is a click and the line goes dead.



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Aug 17, 2020 07:42:49   #
Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown
 
My retort to solicitation calls, "Suicide hotline, is this an emergency?"

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Aug 19, 2020 13:43:52   #
John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN
 
Once in a bygone time you could get the Social Security numbers of dead people. I copied those of similarly named as I for use with scammers.


BajaBound wrote:
When I answer the phone and it turns out to be a solicitor asking for me by name, I'll tell them "He died, could you please remove his number from your records". And if they persist with a sales pitch I just say we're in mourning here, goodbye. That usually does the trick.

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Aug 29, 2020 22:39:45   #
Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca
 
I’m going for it at the next call

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