got a scam caller today...

[specialK]

Hi everyone!,
on annual leave, just finished working outside when the home phone rang.

caller: "hello Sir, as part of Vodafones upgrade you have been selected to receive a free NOKIA handset...."
me: "Mate, is the nokia and android based? otherwise you are wasting your time!"
caller: "Yes Sir! newest NOKIA android handset"
me: "NO im not interested!"

at this point i have to advise you all that our home phone is only couple of months since we changed it and there is NO WAY any of our mobile phone providers could have know it, they still have the old home phones listed (i checked after this conversation)
also i am very happy with my current handset running android and last time i used NOKIA was few years ago

so the guy keeps on rattling on and really doesnt give me any chance to say something...i am pretty laid back guy and it takes a fair amount of voulgarism to tick me off
he kept on and on for over 5 min, this gave me an idea !!!
we all pretty much know what these sort of calls are about...they just want your CC and Licence details thats all... not a problem! i'll f#%!k him up!

caller: "can i have your name please"
me: GRZEGORZ
caller: "how do you spell that?
me: "G R Z E G O R Z"
caller: "can i have your surname please?"
me: "BRZECZYSZCZYKIEWICZ"
caller: "..............................how do you spell that?"
me: " B R Z E ....etc etc"
caller: "..................................that is a very very unusual name sir?!"
me: " its Polish"
caller: "can i have your address please?"
me: (i knew he dialled Australian number so i had to think quick) "555 SACKVILLE TCE"
caller: "and what city?)
me: "INNALOO, Western Australia 6018" (just in case he is checking on google)
caller: "can i have your mobile number please?"
me: "Mate, my mobile is actually in repair shop under warranty could you call me on my work number?"
caller: "Yes Sir not a problem Sir, what is your work number?"

i couldnt believe my luck, we are currently preparing for the state elections and the local Labour and Liberal members pamphlets have been littering our letterbox for the last couple of days!

me: "sure, 02 XXXXXXXX"
caller: "Sir, our despatch team will contact you tomorrow morning to confirm your drivers Lic number and credit card details"
me: "thank you so much mate! you have been a real help. could i have a REF# just in case if i wanted to change something?"
caller: "sorry Sir i can only give you my name and the toll free number, my name is John Matthews and the number is 1800 219 859"
me: "thanks mate, looking forward to your call"


anyway, the "toll free" number is international number and NOT associated with any current Australian telcos, i checked with Vodafone AU.

so far my holidays are quite amusing


have a good day,
Marcin aka. Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftrqO-jkMpE

 

[r0jaws]

Nice one...

 

[cosmicfrog]

hehehe nice one

reminded me of the time british gas wanted me to go back to them but I told them I got my gas from Asturaila via a statalite link, was a good 10 minit phone call of utter crap but very enjoyable for me

 

[AmigaRevolution]

Give me his number, so I can call him back with my old phone modem on my Apple IIe.. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHH


Least I can leave him deaf for 4 minutes. That would serve him right! Or her, whom ever called.

 

[MikeFishcake]

After I'd been annoyed by a couple of scam callers a few months apart, I decided that I'd have fun with them rather than get annoyed.

Last year, one guy who phoned up from "Microsoft" telling me that my PC was infected was treated to a long phone call including me confusing google with icanhascheezburger, accusing him of sending an electric shock down my mouse, answering "is your computer running slow" with "well it doesn't have any wheels", telling them I didn't have a "G" key on my keyboard because the dog broke it, amongst other things.

The latest one I had was a couple of weeks ago - someone obviously on a bad connection telling me "I'm calling from your bank, sir". and when I asked them which one, they got it wrong. Only managed to waste about a minute of their time this time though. He asked me for my date of birth - I told him it was the 34th Octember 3009 then argued with him when he said it wasn't a real date. He then hung up, when I told him my postcode was "S... C... A... M..."

 

[Shoonay]

Oh, the olde "Jak rozpętałem II wojnę światową" trick, works every time.
Cool story bro!

 

[slk486]

, just

 

[Paul_s]

If any tossbag phones me again with this kind of drivel there is a great example on Youtube where someone pretends to be a scene of crimes detective at a murder scene. He ends up questioning the person who is calling...

 

[Ed.D]

I've had between 4 and 8 calls every day for the past week. When I answer, the other end is dead and clicks, like an auto dialler hanging up I suppose. 1471 tells me the caller withheld their number. Really really annoying.

I am considering installing one of the True-call devices to block anon' callers, but they're £90 with £15 yearly subscription for the full package.


D'oh! I wonder if True-call are making the calls

 

[StrontiumDog]

I just had an Indian lady on the phone asking if I WAS an accident and would I wish to make a claim.

Mum, Dad ... See you in court!

 

[AndyLandy]

I've had between 4 and 8 calls every day for the past week. When I answer, the other end is dead and clicks, like an auto dialler hanging up I suppose. 1471 tells me the caller withheld their number. Really really annoying.

I am considering installing one of the True-call devices to block anon' callers, but they're £90 with £15 yearly subscription for the full package.


D'oh! I wonder if True-call are making the calls

Are you registered with the Telephone Preference Service? I found that significantly reduced the number of bogus calls I was receiving.

 

[davideo]

A friend of mine always asks them to hang on for a second while she sees to her daughter...................and then leaves the phone on the side for half an hour

Eventually she goes back and hangs up.

Dave G

 

[rkauer]

We have an annoying song here called "Festa no apê" (~= "party on the apartment"), the most imbecile song I ever listen.

I use it as waiting song on the phone when such spam comes. Put the song on repeat and go make something else.

 

[Shoonay]

We have an annoying song here called "Festa no apê"

Just seen it on YT, it's a Dragostea din tei rip-off which was a hit in these here parts.

 

[rkauer]

Yeah, that's the same. Only the Brazilian version is crap. Download it, then put on repeat and stand it for half an hour... :banghead: {insert a smiley shooting its head here}

 

[StrontiumDog]

Yeah, that's the same. Only the Brazilian version is crap. Download it, then put on repeat and stand it for half an hour... :banghead: {insert a smiley shooting its head here}

hehehe

 

[keropi]

[OT]
heh blankstare, going through a Futurama phase? that's good!
[/OT]

 

[StrontiumDog]

[OT]
heh blankstare, going through a Futurama phase? that's good!
[/OT]

 

[MikeFishcake]

The latest one I had was a couple of weeks ago - someone obviously on a bad connection telling me "I'm calling from your bank, sir". and when I asked them which one, they got it wrong. Only managed to waste about a minute of their time this time though. He asked me for my date of birth - I told him it was the 34th Octember 3009 then argued with him when he said it wasn't a real date. He then hung up, when I told him my postcode was "S... C... A... M..."

*cough*

Just found out that the above call was actually a legitimate call

The reason they'd got "the bank" wrong was because they said it was the parent company of the company I have my card on, and I don't use that card very often, so I hadn't put two and two together.

Because I rarely use my credit card, and had used it three times in one day, they put a stop on it due to suspected misuse. However, I have fed back to the company that calls asking for this info are particularly stupid when we're always warned about being vigilant for ID thefts and scams...