Scam phone calls

ChairmanCow · 12-04-2012 12:51AM

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you never call again, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Works a charm every time!

Copper_pipe · 12-04-2012 12:57AM

got a phone call last week saying my router had a "virus" Is that even possible

EmatoelDiablo · 12-04-2012 01:01AM

I asked yer man to hold for a little while. He was still on the line 15 mins later...

Another time my Uncle got one. The guy said he was from Cork (Cork is in India apparently) so my Uncle said it was a terrible shame that St. Pat's Bridge had fallen down. He hung up when yer man agreed.

WesternNight · 12-04-2012 01:03AM

We got these before. After hanging up a few times, I decided to just keep the guy on the phone for as long as possible. Figured he'd eventually deck that I was stringing him along, but no.

I played dumb. Deliberately misunderstood *everything* so he had to explain the absolute basics over and over. Was there for about 10 minutes listening to the poor guy getting pretty frustrated. I eventually just said "listen, I'm not interested, bye" and hung up.

He rang back immediately. Gave out to me for wasting his time. Made my week, that did

He's not rang back since, either.

Balfie · 12-04-2012 02:57AM

I got an email to my phone about 3 days ago, and I never get emails on my phone, don't think I even set it up, anyways, it said that I had just won 500k in a blackberry dutch competition. Funny that I don't even have a blackberry. It soon got deleted.

Jimmy Iovine · 12-04-2012 03:07AM

I got a missed call from a number the other day. I looked up the international code and it's from some country called the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. I googled the phone number and a few hits came up. Seems they're targeting Irish people. People are saying it's a sex line that scabs money off you if you answer it. Lucky it was a missed call I suppose.

Degag · 12-04-2012 03:12AM

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I got a missed call from a number the other day. I looked up the international code and it's from some country called the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. I googled the phone number and a few hits came up. Seems they're targeting Irish people. People are saying it's a sex line that scabs money off you if you answer it. Lucky it was a missed call I suppose.

I'm sure there's a witty remark i can make here.....

12-04-2012 03:44AM

One good way to get them is to just say OK wait intil I connect to the internet and then play this.

Just tell him the line is crap...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHW1ho8L7V8

how long do you think he'll wait.

Jimmy Iovine · 12-04-2012 11:50AM

Just after getting a call at home from the boys at Micrsoft. Managed to keep him on the phone for 11 minutes. Not bad going considering I revealed to him after 6 that I didn;t own a computer. "Why are you wasting my time?".

It's scary the details that they know about you. I could see how some people are duped by the scam. I was satisfied that I managed to give him the run around for long enough. I had him on hold for 3 minutes at one stage looking for my glasses. I went for a **** instead.

Plazaman · 12-04-2012 12:28PM

The fact that it is mainly people who service provider is Eircom and are connected to their broadband makes me think Eircoms database got hacked or someone has sold on the client list.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 12-04-2012 02:13PM

Plazaman wrote: »

The fact that it is mainly people who service provider is Eircom and are connected to their broadband makes me think Eircoms database got hacked or someone has sold on the client list.

Eircom had laptops stolen recently which contained details of customer accounts. My account was one of them, i got a letter from eircom advising me of it. They pointed out that no financial details were contained on the computer, just account numbers and names i think.

Duggy747 · 12-04-2012 02:19PM

Once had one ring up the family house years ago. I played along and loaded up a Youtube video of stock electricity sounds.

He told me to check a plug at the back of the machine to which I played the video, let out a loud scream as if I was being electrocuted and hung up the phone like it was cut off.

Unplugged the phone for a few minutes afterwards so he couldn't call back to see if I was alive. :pac:

dr.fuzzenstein · 12-04-2012 03:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

One good way to get them is to just say OK wait intil I connect to the internet and then play this.

Just tell him the line is crap...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHW1ho8L7V8

how long do you think he'll wait.

:eek: No I couldn't, it's too cruel, no one deserves that kind of torture!:D
Waterboarding is more humane!

HigginsJ · 12-04-2012 03:47PM

For anyone who has an older relative who might be worried about that type of thing the best thing to do is advise them that if they do get any calls of that sort ask the caller for the number they are calling from and that they will call back themselves. If its a reputable company they will give the number and the details ok and if not they will refuse.

pcardin · 12-04-2012 04:17PM

ChairmanCow wrote: »

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you never call again, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

.... ..... ..... Good Luck! :pac:

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