Telemarketing Calls

[addictionary]

That's generally what I do. If I answer (because the only phone I have is my cell and I have a business to run, I answer most calls), I politely cut them off and say something like "I'm really not interested. Please put me on your do not call list" and hang up. Then I put the number in my blocked contact list. I think most of these calls are people trying to make an honest dollar working at a legit business. Of course, there are the fraudsters and the people trying to steal your voice saying "yes" or your SSN or your CC or bank numbers. I thing I also always do avoid saying "yes". When they ask me something like "Is this Brian, the owner of BigB Electric?", my response is "it is". NEVER a yes.

That's a good way to go.

Also I think this is gold:

 

[LogGrad98]

Since I know how tough of a job it can be, if I have time I listen to what they say, say no kindly and say farewell afterwards.

I do this for surveys, but what is being discussed here are telemarketers that are operating illegally or running scams. They need to be shut down. If it's possible to get their people to quit, thereby hastening their end, more's the better.

 

[addictionary]

I do this for surveys, but what is being discussed here are telemarketers that are operating illegally or running scams. They need to be shut down. If it's possible to get their people to quit, thereby hastening their end, more's the better.

I agree with you on it. The scam phone biz is the vile scum of the Earth.

This is gold though:

https://www.youtube.com/user/OwnagePranks

I couldn’t post a video since there is profanity and it’s against the rules this community.

 

[str8line]

I have been getting calls for Vickie McCorkle for the last several years. I don't know what kind of scammy *** people she gives her info to but it has doubled my spam calls.

I also get ones where they want to "update" my insurance coverage. I've had some good ones with them.

TM: Do you own any vehicles?
Me: Yes, lots.
TM: What year is your vehicle?
Me: 2019
TM: What is the make and model
Me: Bugatti Veyron
TM: Okay, do you own any other vehicles.
Me: Yes, I have 12 vehicles
TM: Can you tell me the year?
Me: 2019...

Sometimes they switch to my home insurance and ask how many square feet my house is and I tell them 16,000sqft. They'll go along with that for quite a while. They don't even react to the numbers I give them.

There is a new scam where they want to record you saying "Yes" so that they can use that recording to say that you verbally agreed to some kind of credit line or whatever. So if you get some random call, often from those sound-boards, that seems to be setting you up to say "yes" don't say yes or anything that could be construed as a positive response. An example:

RC: Hi this is a recording pretending to be a real person, uh, can you hear me okay?
Me: No.
RC: Oh, is this better?
Me: No.

You have a Veyron too?