To shout "What?" "What?"

[Hullygully]

at a computer scammer? No I'm not, but I wanted to share the joy. Someone very kindly phoned me to tell me that my computer had some corrupt files they wanted to help with and I kept asking them to speak up, shouting "What? What's that young man?" at increasing volume until they hung up.

hahahahahahaha

YABVU.

It should be "Pardon?" Pardon?"

HTH

Furiousrox and SarahStratton

I got one like that Balloon. Although it is a load of crap,it can be unsettling.

Ha. I got past the initial caller, then the supervisor & on to the 'expert' by telling them I was following the instructions but when it got to a critical point the screen 'just went blank'! Don't think the expert believed me because he just told me to bin my (non-existent) computer. Was very bored that day.

"pardon" comes from the Frog and is therefore deffo Not-U

Actually

Hello Mrs Dragon we're calling to see if you're aware of new government legislation meaning you are owed the sum of £3200?

Yes, yes I am. I wrote it.

I think you've misunderstood me. You don't need to write to us. This is government legislation entitling you to....

Yes I wrote that

You wrote it?

Yes. Not all of it obviously. And I had help with some of the big words.

So you've claimed your PPI?

Well yes, obviously. As I wrote how to.

I'm sorry for wasting your time Mrs Dragon bye.

I don't get these calls.

My mum does and she puts the 3 year old on phone to them.

Hello is that Mrs BabyCatcher I'm speaking to.
No.

Could I speak to Mrs BabyCatcher.
No.

Could I speak to the owner of the Mircosoft computer in your house.
That would be me, Miss BabyCatcher.

Ah okay, Miss BabyCatcher, we are ringing from Microsoft to inform you that your computer has a virus bla bla bla...

Oh okay, thanks, that's really kind, can I ask you a quick question?
Why of course you can.

Do you enjoy your job?
Yes, yes, I love it.

Do you have morals?
Yes Mrs BabyCatcher.

Do you enjoy the fact that your job is morally incorrect and that you are scamming?
Wha-what-sorry I don't understand you. I'm not scamming anyone.
Well you are. You know you are, I know you are.
Beeeeeeep.....

Needs to get a life

nicely edited babycatcher

Hello mrs honesty we are ringing from xx bank I just need to confirm a couple of transactions you made recently. Do you have your debit card number handy?

That's very kind of you. You have actually just rung me at my desk at xx bank where I work. Which floor are you on I'll pop up and say hello! ?

Hello? Hello?

Pardon needs outlawing. With the sole exception of getting a last minute pardon, just prior to losing one's head.

And i actually was at work at my bank! How stupid are these people.

Well it's not really MY bank...

Haha. Yeah I posted and then thought oh no, what have I done- months of making sure I don't put personal details on here ruined in seconds.

Oh I love that Honey, ah'm gonna nick it.

Did you write it, Honey?

No Stratters.

Although I am au fait (since we're bemoaning pardon) with it due to my unmentionable former profession

I really want the virus people to call me. I never get these phone calls and I don`t think I'm registered with TPS.

I haven't had any of these calls since I've been given such genius ideas by a couple of similar threads.

Altough I did text back to a PPI scam text "bog off it's 2am and you woke me up. now I'm going to use one of your competitors for my five figure PPI claim"

I think I might just put DS2 on the phone if I get one.

"Hello, can I speak to the owner of the computer?"
"Baaaaaaaaaauh. Daaaaaaaauh. Flubflubflub. [fart]"

"I'm sorry, we don't have a computer.

Or a phone."

I get phone calls asking for Mrs (DPs surname). I always say yes in case it is school or one of the many medical people I deal with for my DC. Then I get 'You are entitled to a refund on your PPI on the loan you had out in your name'

'Really? I had a loan out in this name? I don't think so, that would be fraud!'

I ask my dsis to deal with these calls when she is round mine. My personal favorite of hers is...

'Oh, you're calling about PPI? Fantastic, let me just get off this ladder ......arrrrrggggghhhhhhh!!!'

I yearn for a scammer. Sadly, the only, albeit frequent, calls in the scammy vein I get, are the automated ones. Pity, seem they have given up on me....

My 3 yr old gets rid of them pdq at the moment - he races to the phone and says "hello Fireman Sam here. Where's the fire?" And then promptly puts the phone down.

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