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In response to "also, I wish when you did get those robo-calls, that they would be required to tell you who the hell they are. -- nm" by groiny

The problem is that so many of them come from Indian call centers that flaunt their illegality.

Posted by David (aka David) Aug 16 '17, 14:12

If you hear a beep when you pick up the phone, that's a register that you're being transferred to a live swindler.

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I've taken to effing with robo calls now. About 1 in 10 gets it. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:41 20
- I used to just say "Could you hold on just a second, there's someone at the door?" the just set the phone down. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 16, 15:07
- and whenver they ask you annual income, it's in poverty level or lower -- nm - peglegpete Aug 16, 14:51 2
  - oh, if you wanna keep them on the phone longer, you go the other direction. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 14:52 1
    - not if it involves, "debt relief". -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:56
- can you solve a rubix cube in 120 seconds or less?! -- nm - mud Aug 16, 14:51 2
  - depends on how sticky the glue is on each individual cube. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:54
  - *throws rubiks cube out the window* - groiny Aug 16, 14:51
- How giant is the bee? -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:46 6
  - bigger than a bread basket but smaller than kilbo's ass. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:48 5
    - Okay, as long as the snake's not 20 feet or larger, my money's on The King. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:50 4
      - The snake, an amazonian python is 23ft long but we kept in the fridge for an hour to slow it up. Now what? - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:53 3
        
        Wait wait wait, you can't unleash The Mountain and act like that's legal. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:55 2
        
        you sound just like the guy trying to sell me on "debt relief". -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:59 1
        
        He's right *and* he can save you thousands of dollars! - David Aug 16, 15:17
- there was a time when I would do this as well, but they seem to always get me when I am at work. - groiny Aug 16, 14:44 5
  - and, there's an art to it. You can't blast them with crazy. You have to slowly escalate it. In fact... - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:46 3
    - I had been known to hand my daughter the phone when she was 4 or 5 when they called. -- (edited) - groiny Aug 16, 14:48 2
      - I love that bit. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:49 1
        
        it was that, and telling them all about my garden and the weather. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 14:50
  - best time, for me, was after hours obviously. Most of the time I don't pick up but there's a rare day or two when I feel like taking it out on someone -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:45
we start talking french or asking them to repeat themselves to drag it out as long as possible to piss them off -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 14:16
the ones I get ask me if I am who I am, and then to press 1 - groiny Aug 16, 14:13

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