Posted on 04/02/2021 7:26:04 AM PDT by Leaning Right
Few people still pick up phone calls from unknown numbers, but if you do you need to listen closely to what the person on the other end says. If you receive a call and immediately hear the phrase “Can you hear me?,” hang up. The phrase is used to coax you into saying “yes,” a word that, if said in your voice, is as good as gold for con artists.
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I get the warranty call all of the time. I used to hang up but now I press 1. When someone with an indian accent comes on and asks what kind of car i have i say a 1965 Falcon. Then they say that does not qualify i tell them i also have a 1934 Ford and a 1914 brass Buick. That usually ends the call but i have happily wasted their time.
I preach the gospel to them. Calls go away pretty fast.
My grandad had a ball with those people; when the called said IRS (Eye-R-Es) - he’d respond with “Iris? Ain’t no Iris here” and it went on from that. Hilarious.
I learned to ask “Who wants to know?”
THEY hang up.
Got “the Grandma Call” 2 days in a row....male Hispanic 1st day, FEMALE Hispanic 2nd day.
I F U’d them until THEY hung up.
A couple of days later, I got a call from an obviously Hindu voice. Don’t remember the ‘company’.
I told him F U & hung up....
He actually CALLED ME BACK & ranted on & on about “WHO do I THINK I AM to tell HIM F U?
I use Hiya and it seems to work very well for me. YMMV of course.
NOT an April Fool’s item.
Actual method used to capture YOUR voice saying YES.
With the call warranty scammers,
I always tell them I have 1976 AMC Hornet and would very much like to have warranty coverage on it.
Haven’t heard from them for a while.
Most of the time I will not answer an unknown call. When I feel like playing with a caller from an unknown number I will only answer in Chinese. It really confuses the other side if it’s a live person. Robo-calls just get hung up on. I’m not creative enough to make up my own language but I know people that do.
I don't think my name is all that unusual or difficult, but a lot of people have trouble with it. So when I did answer, they would say 'May I speak to Mr. (manglesmyname)? I would simply say, Sorry, there's no one here by that name.' and hang up.
I live at two two Twain street.
I’d support a narrowly written planetary death penalty for phone scammers. It would also solve India’s overpopulation problem.
I get those warranty calls all the time. Same recorded message: “Your car warranty is about to expire...” LOL. I drive an old car.
Before the car warranty scam calls, I got calls from the “computer center” telling me my computer was broken. lol
I’ve taken to engaging the callers, then asking them sexual and inappropriate questions.
Had one guy so pissed he threatened to call the police — doesn’t work that way, he called me.
I must consider that sometime.
I have been responding with “So I’m supposed to go to a Walmart and get an iTunes card?” I then hear “click”.
I did one time recognize a Gujarati accent and replied “You’ve reach Vijay Patel at the Intelligence Bureau. Ah, can you get to the point, I’ve got a meeting with Arvind Kumar in five minutes.” Remember the British Colonial accent. I here a stammer with obscenities, to which I replied “Too late, traced and located.” Click.
I tell them I have a 1955 Studebaker.
They ask if I have any other cars.
I say, “Why would I need any other car?”
I had this happen. Was an odd call, when I started speaking they would say, “I can’t hear you can you hear me”. I was on an old land line, shouldn’t be a problem. Then I remembered hearing about this so I answered, “I can hear you just fine.”.
They immediately hung up.
I answer “I can.”
If it’s a robo call, it confuses the voice recognition gizmo, and it keeps asking.
I use these calls (live and otherwise) as a short entertainment break during the day. I enjoy wasting their time.
Sometimes I just ask what kind of gift card they want and for how much.
I’ve done the same with the debt clean up companies.
Since I’m debt free except my mortgage it’s a pretty easy call.
My parents, who are in their eighties, get the grandma call. They right away recognize it as a scam. Unknown to them, my father still has major law enforcement connections, including feds. He was able to contact one and start a trace while mom kept the scammers on the line, playing along.
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