Old Lady Gets Hilarious Revenge On Pesky Telemarketers

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[Impala64ssa]

A good way to deal with those PITA's. Gotta try this the next time I get a call from that clown with the Indian accent from Wash state saying he's from the "government" offering me that $10k grant.

[chris37]

That’s pretty funny, but it’s still just a waste of my time.

I just skip right to *CLICK*.

It works every time and is equally satisfying.

[mountainlion]

I have laid the phone down and let them or their recording talk to the phone table. Twice I have locked their system up for over half an hour till I finally hung up.

[Fred Hayek]

I have had a number of comebacks for these telemarketers
A high pressure sales pitch for BRAWNDO! THE THIRST MUTILATOR (c).
Dakota County Sheriffs Department
Prairie Island Power Plant

And now for the telemarketers pitching small business financing, I tell them that I am in the imported olive oil business, with other services as well. I try to sound like I’m from Bay Ridge or Bensonhurst. Capiche?

[Leaning Right]

There's a whole group of people on Youtube who mess with these criminal Indian scam callers. When the Indian scam caller calls, these Youtube folks try to waste the scammer’s time with misdirections, obtuse questions, etc. Search Youtube for ‘scam calls indian’ and you'll see what I mean.

A typical scam caller might claim to be from Microsoft, and say they have reports that your computer is infected. For perhaps $200 the scammer will say he'll remotely clean your computer for you. Or the scammer might claim to be from the IRS, and say you owe the IRS money, but you'll get a discount if you pay now, over the phone.

I read a report out of the UK that said something like 1 in 5 people who get these calls fall for it.

[lee martell]

That old lady was so good on the phone, that company should hire her. You notice how the price kept going up, up, up, with each minor change? She kept going back to requesting that credit card number. “I’ve got my pen all ready to write it down. I’m just waiting for you!”

[Chode]

i have an old police whistle(120db) that must go through the ear with the headset on it straight out the other ear...

[upchuck]

Laying the phone down works for me.

Although I do enjoy playing with those guys from “Microsoft.” My typing skills just go to hell when I talk to them. “:)

[Drango]

I have a yellow stickie with a phone number attached to my ‘puter. When I get a robo call to press 1, then all operators are busy please leave a message, I give them the name/number of the local FBI special agent in charge.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I like Tom Mabe’s approach to telemarketers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAb8vGSRBoE

[bgill]

I usually hang up immediately but one day, after a dozen calls, I tore them a new one. A few weeks later, they sent me a dollar bill in the mail with an apology. Hmm, now where did they get my mailing address, uh huh.

[jsanders2001]

I use a similar type tactic and act like I’m a telemarketer that was making a call outbound right as I received their call. I’ll usually launch into a sales pitch and attempt to sell them an item like an automated backscratcher by Whamo with 3 type sandpaper attachments for different skin types. Or something like this is “Rob from credit card services” in a monotone voice...
It drives them nuts and they hang up...: )

[Radagast the Fool]

I get these calls all the time, too.
I ask them if the product/service they’re selling will clean up copious amounts of blood spatter (or vomit, if it is dinnertime in Mumbai), and not leave any traces for CSI.

They usually hang up pretty fast!!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Another Tom Mabe anti-telemarketer prank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vrfDmr2C4

[mountainlion]

I used to give the phone number for the White house when a clerk asked me for a phone number.

[Stand Watch Listen]

On my various recordings I started with the 'this phone is disconnected' 3 tones. Used to be that the calling 'computer' would recognize these tones and delete my numbers.

Now, I've read that our cell phones numbers will soon be released to telemarketers. There is another government number to call in order to opt out.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Telemarketer seems to call 911.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWywhv_Fxw

Tom Mabe Crashes Telemarketing Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDek_Bzem8k
He checked into the same hotel a telemarketing convention was staying, started calling them at 3 a.m. trying to sell them stuff.

Crystal Ball Telemarketer Prank by Tom Mabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOBNGdTN1Y

[chris37]

LOLOL :D

That is pretty good!

[MNDude]

There’s this guy from India that I hire sometimes. He works for just one dollar an hour! I remember I once had some appointment setter from India calling me to set up an appointment with me and his American boss. Finally I excepted, but I had it set up that he would have to talk to my Indian on the phone instead of me!

[mountainlion]

I am on two no call lists but that is a state of Colorado scam or something as Rachel form credit card services called me for over 10 years. I have heard of people hitting #69 and saying “Operator trace this call” and hanging up.