I just got a call...

[mmzz]

BT from India... problem with my broadband. I laughed. he asked why? I said its a well known scam.
He asked do I have a bank account with at least £10k?
I asked why, even if he was from BT, would he think that's any of his business?
he said so that i could send it to him in India.
I asked if he'd like it converted into rupees first.
He said that would be good.
I asked for his bank account details. he said no, it needs to be moneygram.
I asked if that was because the police would catch him if I had his bank account? He said yes it was.
I confirmed that would be because he was a fraudster and I'd be his victim.

At this point, i think he knows that its not going to happen. But a minute later he ask me to get on with it. He asks if I think he is stupid.
I say no, i don't think he's stupid because I believe he knows that there is no way on Earth that I'll be sendinghim any money at all.
Then he just politely thanks me and hangs up!

[YesILikeItToo]

I remember Nigerian scams arriving for my father in the post!

[StrangeLookingParasite]

Nigerian scams operate more by email.

No, they operate by whatever means they can. Years ago we got them by fax.
My favourite was the one with money in a diplomatic cabbage. We never could work out what word they really meant.

[Castieldeansam]

Accident one - I pretended to be driver in a hit and run and do the police know, and was the person killed, I think I'll turn myself in!

Microsoft one, play along or tell them we only have mac computer, or which one as my husband brought another one to the house, but not sure where he got that one or the other 15 we currently have stashed in our house. Did one where I told them I kept getting blue screen when I turned computer on and could he help me- he eventually told me to take it to get it repaired!

Just got one yesterday which when I said 'oh is this about the virus on my computer' to which he said ' no, you have a bomb in your computer!' I said 'a what?' 'A bomb, go switch on your computer' I said' I'm not going anywhere near my computer if it's got a bomb in it!' Him 'it's a time bomb ' me'thats really threatening' him ' now go turn on your computer tell me when you have' various back and forths where I 'turned on' computer, eventually they hung up when I told them it was a work computer not my own!!!

[mychildrenaredrivingmemad]

When I get these calls I keep them talking and then tell after a while tell them their call is being traced by the police ....

[usernameinfinito]

I am taken now, but I would like a nigerian prince 😉

[Grimbles]

Flanders rocks telephone lines/receivers have a maximum amplitude, no matter how loud the 'input' noise is, what comes out the receiver can't go above a certain limit.

So if anyone was at fault it's the company she worked fohaving shonky equipment!

[FlandersRocks]

"Well bad luck to them, she got a significant payout from them in damages."

I don't believe you. Sorry

Suit yourself. ''Tis true though. It took a long time, but she got there in the end.

[SideOrderofSprouts]

Dh is an operations administrator for
A big mobile company where we live. We had the Microsoft scam.

They were telling him what the IP address was and he was explaining that they were giving an internal one which wa s impossible as surely he would need the external. It was hilarious. They told dh to stop being so rude and hung up

[EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis]

Thanks LH. 😆

[SandyY2K]

Why can't it just be the Indian scam?
It's not isolated to Nigeria or Nigerians.

Nigerian scams operate more by email.

[LurkingHusband]

For Android

(and we haven't got a landline)

[EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis]

I don't seem to have a call blocker function. I've got a Galaxy S6.

[mumonashoestring]

I use the 'block' function on my mobile a lot. I love my block caller function When DS was tiny we used to get a lot of marketing and scam calls to the landline, couldn't afford a fancy phone so I used to tell them they'd need to talk to my financial adviser/estate manager and hand the phone to DS so he could yabber at them about Fireman Sam or Peppa Pig til they gave up. Another good alternative is to say 'oh okay, bear with me for just a minute' and shut the phone in the fridge for half an hour or so.

Mostly these days if we get a call to the landline I wind them up as much as possible. Occasionally they call back to swear at you but, let's face it, with English being at least their second language they're not much cop at it. I can always out-cuss them

[Lime19]

I do find if you piss them off they bother you more. I get this call from "o2" only it's not! One time I answered it, I told them to stop calling me and I didn't think they were o2 and the bloke was so rude and couldn't believe I didn't want an "upgrade". I got quite annoyed with him and asked that he not call again.

Anyway 10 minutes later I got text notifications to my phone from the real o2 with codes for changing my password. I had about 20 texts in a row. Then the dodgy number tried calling again and again. I ignored.

I called the real o2 and they were useless but they did confirm the call was not from them.

[dysongirl]

I remember getting a lot of these calls a few years ago.
They don't bother any more.
My favourite trick would be putting the phone beside the radio and hiring it up to full blast :-)
Then other's would get a stern f off lol

[Nanny0gg]

I love some of the comebacks on this thread!

However, have any of you noticed that if you piss them off (particularly the Microsoft one) you get loads more calls for a while?

[TheEdgeOfGlory266]

He also tells people selling windows and doors "got some thanks" he makes me laugh anyway.

[TheEdgeOfGlory266]

Whenever my dad gets a phone call asking him if he's had an accident in the last 12 months he always say that he has... he then proceeds to tell them about it little accident which is him weeing himself. They always hang up after.

[MarklahMarklah]

Depends what they're trying to scam me on. If it's the telephone then I tell them I haven't got a phone. If it's windows, then I go on about having managed to get double-glazing downstairs and needing it upstairs, can they send someone...
Currently getting a lot of calls about Dh's business - apparently it doesn't show up in Google maps. I told the guy that he was talking rubbish as I had google maps in front of me and it was the first thing displayed. Then he asked me what keyword I was using. I said "I am using the name of the business, what are you using?" and he mumbled something. I then suggested that perhaps his computer had a virus, was he using a windows operating system? And he got a bit fed up with me and rang off.

[Iggi999]

I get lots of ones that are recorded messages. It insults me that they can't even be bothered to have a human on the line to sell me crap. Wish I could work out how to block them (not with BT). They say "international" on the display

[RosemaryHoight]

I say 'oh sorry I don't have a phone' and then hang up.

[fluffiny31]

I had someone ring me once from a bank (not my bank) knew my name and old post code when i said that's not my postcode anymore he asked for the new one. As soon as i asked what it was regarding i didn't give them new postcode he hung up. The scary thing was i very nearly gave it as i was in a rush to go out not sure what made me question it. Glad i did.

[PigletJohn]

"Well bad luck to them, she got a significant payout from them in damages."

I don't believe you.

Sorry.

[GladGran]

I had one of these calls a few years ago (at least 8 years ago). After I had got rid of the caller, I did 1471. To my surprise, I got a very odd number. I googled it and found it was from - guess where? ... Nigeria!

[Keepthebloodynoisedown]

I got a call from 'paypal' earlier that started: could you confirm your email address and password please. Got quite stroppy when I said that if there was a problem with my account I would call back on the number on their website.