Just a word of advice, I've received 3 calls suppose ably from PCH saying I've won a million dollars. Their spiel sounds reasonable till they say you've got to pay around $500 for transfer taxes. A closer look at the I.D. and telephone number shows the call is from an 876 area code which is Kingston Jamaica. Spread the word and be careful. Oh on another robo and spam call, do what I do , answer in German , "Guden Morgen, Spricten De Dorsch" then say "nein Nein" and hang up.
Robertl594
Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket
mudduck wrote:
do what I do , answer in German , "Guden Morgen, Spricten De Dorsch" then say "nein Nein" and hang up.
Love it! I do not answer my phone anymore unless I recognize the number. I let it go to VM. If it’s from a Robo caller, I then block the number.
I like the responsive robo-calls. They ask how are you doing.
If you say "okay", they respond with "That's good.".
If you say lousy, they respond "Sorry to hear that.".
I answer something like "Glicknarf foodal norf."
Then there is a pause.... while it "thinks".
They don't know what to respond.....
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
Tell them you are waiting for them to show up at your house with their giant check!
mudduck wrote:
Just a word of advice, I've received 3 calls suppose ably from PCH saying I've won a million dollars. Their spiel sounds reasonable till they say you've got to pay around $500 for transfer taxes. A closer look at the I.D. and telephone number shows the call is from an 876 area code which is Kingston Jamaica. Spread the word and be careful. Oh on another robo and spam call, do what I do , answer in German , "Guden Morgen, Spricten De Dorsch" then say "nein Nein" and hang up.
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Why bother to answer the calls?
leftj wrote:
Why bother to answer the calls?
If he doesn't have Caller ID, like me, .......
Besides, Caller ID can be spoofed, making it worthless in many cases.
Longshadow, thanks for the idea. The next time I receive one of those calls, I'll reply in Russian. Let's see how that goes.
--Bob
Longshadow wrote:
I like the responsive robo-calls. They ask how are you doing.
If you say "okay", they respond with "That's good.".
If you say lousy, they respond "Sorry to hear that.".
I answer something like "Glicknarf foodal norf."
Then there is a pause.... while it "thinks".
They don't know what to respond.....
The robo callers are getting smarter. I have a robo call blocker on my phone but occasionally will answer it if I am near the phone. Now I frequently get a call form an extended car warranty service where the lady identifies where she is calling from and askes if I can hear her. They are looking for a live person so instead of saying yes I ask is this a live person? She responds OK and continues her spiel and soon will again ask if I can hear her. By now I know it's a recording and will tell her to go do something to herself. Apparently she is not programed to recognize that phrase or she actually laid the phone down and is doing it.
leftj wrote:
Why bother to answer the calls?
I’m old, bored and cranky! At their expense they become my entertainment.
City morgue, you stab 'em, we slab 'em.
ddgm
Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL
Gerties Girdle Shop, size and weight please?
mudduck wrote:
Just a word of advice, I've received 3 calls suppose ably from PCH saying I've won a million dollars. Their spiel sounds reasonable till they say you've got to pay around $500 for transfer taxes. A closer look at the I.D. and telephone number shows the call is from an 876 area code which is Kingston Jamaica. Spread the word and be careful. Oh on another robo and spam call, do what I do , answer in German , "Guden Morgen, Spricten De Dorsch" then say "nein Nein" and hang up.
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If I mistakenly answer a robocall that's asking for money I ask them to give me their bank routing and account numbers so I can transfer the money to them. You can expect an immediate hang up.
Sound like me. It becomes a game to see how long I Ca jerk them around on the phone before they tell me to F-off and the hang up on me. I told you to take me off you list , you didn’t so you, can’t bitch about what you get.
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