Fake Phone Calls Running Rampant

[Briggsy]

Slightly different, but I'm always getting ambulance chaser phone calls for a car accident that I've never been involved in.

They don't listen to a word they're told because I like to have a bit of fun with these guys - and this is an actual conversation I had once:

Moron: "Good day sir. I'm calling from the accident helpline about the car accident you were in."

Me: "Oh yes, I know the one...."

Moron: "Yes sir. I am phoning to tell you that you could get £10,000 compensation. Sir, could you tell me if you were the driver or the passenger?"

Me: "I was driving in the passenger seat".

Moron: "Very good sir. Our records show you had a very bad accident?"

Me: "Oh yes. It was very bad. I died".

Moron: "Oh dear Sir, I am very sorry to hear That. I hope you are feeling better now. But don't worry, I have good news. You can claim compensation for that. Can we send you a form?"

Me: "Yes that would be fantastic. Oh.... just a minute.... sorry, can you just hold on a moment please. There is someone at the front door. Hold on please"

Moron: "Yes Sir, I will wait for you"

Me: *puts phone on the side and leaves the guy hanging until he eventually gets bored and hangs up.


The only way to beat these guys and get them to stop calling is to cost them money. While you keep them talking, it's preventing them from calling anyone else - and it's costing them money.

 

[GTP]

Moron: "Very good sir. Our records show you had a very bad accident?"

Me: "Oh yes. It was very bad. I died"

ROTFLMAO!

 

[SmallSpace]

I recently had some dodgy solar scammer telemarketer call me five times in a row getting more and more upset when I hung up on him. In the end I did a really bad fake voice imitating an on hold message telling him that he was the fifth caller in the queue, he swore at me and hung up. I think it was my off key singing of the hold music that sent him over the edge.

His same call center using the same number kept calling me for the following week. Each time they called I created a different character to mess with them and waste their time until they stopped calling. If you have the time and are looking for someone to mess with then the telemarketers can be fun.

 

[innovativeteks]

I had a rash of these, and I spoke with the person from "HP" who said I had a problem. I pretended to be enthusiastic and asked could you call my landline, I'm really interested! He said absolutely. I gave him the number, (414) 276-4XXX - which is the Milwaukee, WI FBI field office. No more calls after that.

 

[HFultzjr]

I had a call saying Microsoft was going out of business and I need to call this number for a refund.
That was a 1st.................................LOL.

 

[Karl00]

I had a rash of these, and I spoke with the person from "HP" who said I had a problem. I pretended to be enthusiastic and asked could you call my landline, I'm really interested! He said absolutely. I gave him the number, (414) 276-4XXX - which is the Milwaukee, WI FBI field office. No more calls after that.

I'm going to start doing that.

 

[maclaptech]

This has been really getting ridiculous lately. I'm receiving numerous phone calls daily where they never say anything. I'll call back and the number will not be in service, immediately goes to voicemail, or some other variation. I block these numbers, but they seldom use the same one. This is wasting my time and needs to stop. It shortly started after stop doing business with a crap company but could be a coincidence. In the past it was seldom and not as bad. Now it's a problem. I need a solution to this.

I have been dealing with them for years. I hate to say it but there is not much you can do about it either.

 

[Comptex]

Between insurance and student loan scams. Its super annoying.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

I use ooma business, I make them push 1 to reach a representative.

 

[callthatgirl]

I just bought a new domain 2 days ago and someone from India called me today asking about who is doing the website and I said "I made it as a joke" and he quickly hung up.

 

[fencepost]

I like that Namecheap now automatically includes the privacy protection options.

 

[Diggs]

I just bought a new domain 2 days ago and someone from India called me today asking about who is doing the website and I said "I made it as a joke" and he quickly hung up.

That's why ownership of my personal domains is hidden. Not so much for the work domain though.

 

[Galdorf]

I have been dealing with them for years. I hate to say it but there is not much you can do about it either.

There is a free easy way to get rid of pesky calls just play this from a computer/cell phone and the dialer will remove you from call list.

 

[callthatgirl]

I don't get so many calls now that I got a new phone, but I learned the last time someone tried selling me something I asked "oh you finally sell to escort services? Click.

 

[Al M.]

Nomorobo works amazing! It's free for landlines and 1.99 a month for mobile. I've been using it on Fios for over a year.

 

[PengembaraAbadi]

We don't get those spam call from India but robocall with Chinese messages is like 20x a day on all of our lines.

 

[glricht]

We've been getting 10+ a day. But it's gotten really bad recently as some of the spoofed caller-ids say that the call is coming
from my recently-deceased wife's cell phone -- that's particularly irritating.

 

[Diggs]

Google Voice is very effective. I get almost no spam calls and of course my phone number is all over my website. There's 107 calls in my spam filter right now.

 

[HFultzjr]

We've been getting 10+ a day. But it's gotten really bad recently as some of the spoofed caller-ids say that the call is coming
from my recently-deceased wife's cell phone -- that's particularly irritating.

Well that just sucks.........................
I would really like to meet the guy for further discussion.
He may not like the meeting, but I sure would.
If you know what I mean.

 

[cjohnson9255]

How are you handling these spam type calls? Do you have any internal & external databases your using to filter these calls?