Credit Card Scam

[sixums]

press 2 when they call. that is the "remove me from your list" key and it seemed to me to work. i got 'em about twice a week and none since then. unlike email spam which is free to spend they do pay for their calls so i guess they stop calling once they know you won't buy.

if they start calling again i will start screwing with them real bad though.

I tried that. I tried hanging up, and talking to the rep telling them never to call me again too. Nothing worked. Putting my number on the DNC list seems like it'll work, though.

[Mouse]

oh man, i LOVE telemarketers, they are so much fun to screw with.

an interesting trick i learned is to get a live person, completely ignore their spiel and just start talking to them, either they get really weirded out and hang up or you have a nice conversation on the company dime

My favorite came on valentines when i pushed one and wish the female operator on the other side happy valentines day. She was absolutely giddy that someone had done that, said it was the nicest thing she'd heard all day and that she really needed that.

Another trick i've just started imploying involves me sounding like i'm a five year old answering the phone and berating them on calling so often.

i got one the other day that stated "this is not a solicitation" before the recording started selling and i pressed one.

the guy gave his spiel only to be greated with what sounds like a five year old girl saying "you're lyyyyiiinnnggg" *semi-whiney*

he was completely thrown off "um, excuse me?"

In that little kids voice that makes you imagine really big eyes and that can't fool me exprecian kids do
"Yousaidyouweren'tsellinganythingbutyouaresoyo u're lyyyiiinnnnggg"

he responded with an "uuhhhhhh" cut off by a recording saying my number had been removed


I Win

[PepperElf]

im at mom & dad's .... i took the call this time
yeah she ignored my question of what bank they were associated with.

[SilverOrb]

I get those stupid warranty calls at work all the time. On all our company lines. Idiots.

[lordlundar]

U.S. citizens can put themselves on something called the National Do Not Call List. It takes 30 days for everything to be processed, but it's worthwhile. Any telemarketer who violates that list risks some nasty fines.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

I'm on the list myself. It makes my life a helluva lot easier.

Canada has one of those too, but you have to have info on them to report them. Like their phone number, but most put up fake numbers, one of the ones I keep getting is from 000-123-4567 or something. And don't you think that if they were legit enough to not ignore the DNCL, they wouldn't be making scam calls to begin with?

Dunno about the US version, but apparently the Canadian version of the list was sold to the scammers because they originated from the US and were not subject to the DNCL rules.

[Hotfoot]

Friday
March 20, 2009
1610
The Hotfoot-cave
Central Command Center
Somewhere in the middle with you

The phone rings, a VOIP number appearing on the caller ID. I looked down at the phone curiously. My landline had been locked down months ago by the Do Not Call Registry, and I had only rarely given the number out.

This wasn't Papa John's.

Intrigued, I picked up the phone, only to be greeted by a recording. It said something that sounded important, but somehow wrong. Warranty details and my car? No, something was wrong. I had to dig deeper. I had to find out what was going on.

I dialed the two "pill".

"Hello sir, is there anything I can help you with today with regards to your warranty?"

"Well, I was wondering what was going on exactly, maybe you could clear that up for me."

"Well, we're offering extensions of your warranty-"

"By who?" I interject

"Well, um..."

"What company gave you my information?"

"Er, well, we are authorized to give you an extension of your warranty today..."

"What is the name of the company you work for?"

"We're the Warranty Company, sir."

"You're a Warranty Company. What is the name?"

"Sir, I don't understand,"

"Who do you work for? Tell me the name!"

"We're...we're the Warranty Company!"

"There are lots of warranty companies, which one is this?"

"Why did you press two?"

"I want to know who did this! Give me a name!"

"You're trying to be a detective and you're pretty shitty at it..."

"I AM THE NIGHT!"

*CLICK*


I left a note with the DNC. Nothing will happen, the number was a throwaway, and the cops left that are good enough and honest enough not to be paid off are scared. I'm going to show them why they don't need to be. The internet is my playground, information, my currency.

Scammers are a cowardly and superstitious lot. I will use that against them. That, and lolcats.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I am tempted, the next time I get a warrenty call, to ask them about extending the warranty on my 1923 Hupmobile. I don't actually have one, only a picture. But it may be interesting.

[Arm]

One of my Canadian friends just got that 'lower your credit rates' scam call. I guess it's migrating.