I had an interesting spam call. They were trying to sell final life insurance which would take care of funeral expenses. She was going on and on about how I needed this insurance for final expenses. I told her I wasn't going to die. Silence on the other end. I repeated again that I didn't need their insurance because I wasn't going to die. They hung up.
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kozmic
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If someone cold calls you with the scam dujour you are morally obligated to provide them with the most outrageous, most bazaar reply as possible. This serves 2 purposes. It give the caller a very clear message that you're not interested in their scam and you get a cheap thrill to share with your forum mates. Win/win!
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Is that the verbal equivalent of stuffing coffee filters and other trash in those pre-paid envelopes in junk mail and sending them back?
I always got a kick out of the guy that used to be on bob & tom. The revenge of the telemarketer cant remember his name. The one where the place calls and is selling pre paid funerals lol!!
I ask how soon I can get the policy 'cause I'm in hospice and only have about a week.
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THE PILGRIM
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Can't believe you guys actually talk to these folks!
You can actually take SCUBA lessons here in Albuquerque.
Most classes start in local swimming pools.
Then you go big time!
The Blue Hole near Santa Rosa, NM.
It's a spring fed sinkhole.
Have I mentioned there's a bunch of weird stuff in NM?
You can actually take SCUBA lessons here in Albuquerque.
Most classes start in local swimming pools.
Then you go big time!
The Blue Hole near Santa Rosa, NM.
It's a spring fed sinkhole.
Have I mentioned there's a bunch of weird stuff in NM?
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My home phone, I don't own a cell phone, runs through a no frills answering machine and even if I'm sitting next to it when it rings I don't pick it up until and unless I hear someone talking.
If it's someone I want to talk with I'll pick up and if not I just let the machine do it's job.
If it's someone I want to talk with I'll pick up and if not I just let the machine do it's job.
OutAtTheEdge
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"Final expenses", LOL. If my bride "precedes me", and assuming I can see the end coming, my final expenses are probably going to be in the form of an immense credit card bill. Ya'll will definitely be invited to the party.
I always send them to my website. That is if I have already made the mistake of picking up the phone..
When I was a young man, I was getting calls, every night at supper time, trying to sell me a local cemetery plot. The calls originated in town. I told them to take me off their list for about the fifth time. When the phone rang the next night, at supper time, I answered and told the caller, that whoever owned that cemetery might just need a plot sooner than expected if they called me again. No more calls. Yea, I was young, dumb and pissed.
I dropped life insurance when the kids left college and home. The home place is paid for, it cost less than two thousand dollars for cremation, no big gig follows the cremation. Nobody has a reason to kill me for either the insurance or the inheritance so I sleep better at night, not for the safety of my situation, but because I am not sending the insurance company money. Depriving the insurance company makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
I dropped life insurance when the kids left college and home. The home place is paid for, it cost less than two thousand dollars for cremation, no big gig follows the cremation. Nobody has a reason to kill me for either the insurance or the inheritance so I sleep better at night, not for the safety of my situation, but because I am not sending the insurance company money. Depriving the insurance company makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
I admit that I like to have fun with these people. My girlfriend says that what I used to do is rude, and I haven't done it in a while because my cell phone screens out spam calls.
They start talking and I interrupt.....
I said I wouldn't do that anymore, but temptation is removed when these spammers can't get through.
They start talking and I interrupt.....
I said I wouldn't do that anymore, but temptation is removed when these spammers can't get through.
I can't even repeat what my friend in Ohio says to those scammers, but it has to do with his...nope, I can't say it. I'll get kicked off the forum. Pretty graphic, if you know what I mean. Thin ice.I admit that I like to have fun with these people. My girlfriend says that what I used to do is rude, and I haven't done it in a while because my cell phone screens out spam calls.
They start talking and I interrupt.....
I said I wouldn't do that anymore, but temptation is removed when these spammers can't get through.
fiasconva
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Oh Boy! I sure hope I get that call. I'm gonna tell them I've already invested in a wood chipper. 
Protocall_Design
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I tell them - I don't need anything related to funerals. Since I can't take it with me, I'M NOT GOING!!! That ends the call.
Like it is not rude for them to call you...I admit that I like to have fun with these people. My girlfriend says that what I used to do is rude, and I haven't done it in a while because my cell phone screens out spam calls.
They start talking and I interrupt.....
I said I wouldn't do that anymore, but temptation is removed when these spammers can't get through.
My best friend and I put $250 each into a coffee can several years ago. Survivor uses it for beer and hot dogs. Nothing fancy or formal, just friends around a fire, saying, "You remember the time he.....". Either way, should be a heck of a party.
Make that used coffee filters and used band aids
I have a good friend who speaks fluent Farsi. When the spammers start, he goes into a great dialog that says basically nothing. The spammers always go silent, so much so that he usually hangs up on them.
'79 Magnum GT
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When I go no one will know nor care.
Rick
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I'm with you totally. If they call you, they can expect whatever comments you give them.
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I usually start with "May I mumble dog face in the banana patch?" as my first response to any question. After that I go with "what's your favorite color?" If answering a question with a question doesn't deter them, then I answer every question with "six".
usmcsgt
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My 94 year old mom gets these calls, shes polite and listens to them. I finally gave her a script to read "oh wait a minute my son just walked in - he will know he's an FBI agent - click- gone LOL
The Last Standing Knight
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Most I get these days are very bad AI trying to get me to say "yes" (this is recorded and used to try to scam access to your private stuff on line). Since they are recorded, I like to use a demonic voice and tell them "Thank you for calling the United Church of Satan...all our operators are busy...if you wish to sell your soul to the devil, press one now...if not, please wait for the next availble operator...Satan bless you..."
I've had "changes in medicare", "your recent car accident", pre paid burials, car warranties, and the occassional "your social security number is (insert whatever here"calls 24/7. I have gotten human operators (most with Hindi accents) who just come right out and say "Let's just make this short and give me your bank account information or (insert threat here)"
I've had "changes in medicare", "your recent car accident", pre paid burials, car warranties, and the occassional "your social security number is (insert whatever here"calls 24/7. I have gotten human operators (most with Hindi accents) who just come right out and say "Let's just make this short and give me your bank account information or (insert threat here)"
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Many years ago when the spam calls started read where a guy answered a spam call with," hello this is detective Smith with homicide division of( whatever police dept) your number has been recorded and do not hang up . There has been a homicide at this address. How do you know the person this number belongs to? How long have you known them? When was the last time you saw and spoke with them? Were you angry with them? What type of firearms do you own?" Usually after a few seconds they hang up and never call back….
Sometimes when I am bored I have some fun with them
I used to sell chain. They would hit me with their spiel, then I would hit them with "I am selling chain, I have it in 1/8 links up to links that weigh 100# each. I can provide it in lengths up to 500' long and anything over 100ft the first 10 are free." Once in the while they would go, but I am selling magazines, to which I replied and I am selling chain.
I have also asked where they are at and when they reply tell them that is where I am currently at too and invite them to meet for lunch, then get all mad because they wanted to sell me something, but were to good to meet for lunch.
I used to sell chain. They would hit me with their spiel, then I would hit them with "I am selling chain, I have it in 1/8 links up to links that weigh 100# each. I can provide it in lengths up to 500' long and anything over 100ft the first 10 are free." Once in the while they would go, but I am selling magazines, to which I replied and I am selling chain.
I have also asked where they are at and when they reply tell them that is where I am currently at too and invite them to meet for lunch, then get all mad because they wanted to sell me something, but were to good to meet for lunch.
