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Was working in a new location today when the tech handed me the phone and told me it was a relay call. I had an inkling of what was coming, but took it anyway. Heck, it might have been legit...
Operator gets on, identifies herself, goes through her opening spiel, then asks me to repeat the line I said when I answered the phone. (Thank you for calling Xxx Pharmacy, Shalom speaking...) Then she says Please hold for caller's response.
Then she says, " `Hello, this is (whatever name, I've forgotten it already and it was almost certainly phony anyway). Do you sell medical supplies, such as diabetic testing strips?' "
Yup, I thought as much. I said, "Yes we do, but we sell them for cash only. No credit cards accepted."
Long pause, then, " `No problem.' Caller disconnected."
Well, that saved a lot of time that would otherwise have been wasted. I've played along with these guys in the past, stringing them along for fifteen minutes and only springing the Cash Only line on them at the very end, but I didn't have the patience for that today...
(Incidentally, there was a lot of background noise in the call, a sort of swooshy static, as if it was on a VoIP line that was short on bandwidth, or a multiple-hop satellite hookup. I wonder what sort of connection these guys were on.)
Operator gets on, identifies herself, goes through her opening spiel, then asks me to repeat the line I said when I answered the phone. (Thank you for calling Xxx Pharmacy, Shalom speaking...) Then she says Please hold for caller's response.
Then she says, " `Hello, this is (whatever name, I've forgotten it already and it was almost certainly phony anyway). Do you sell medical supplies, such as diabetic testing strips?' "
Yup, I thought as much. I said, "Yes we do, but we sell them for cash only. No credit cards accepted."
Long pause, then, " `No problem.' Caller disconnected."
Well, that saved a lot of time that would otherwise have been wasted. I've played along with these guys in the past, stringing them along for fifteen minutes and only springing the Cash Only line on them at the very end, but I didn't have the patience for that today...(Incidentally, there was a lot of background noise in the call, a sort of swooshy static, as if it was on a VoIP line that was short on bandwidth, or a multiple-hop satellite hookup. I wonder what sort of connection these guys were on.)
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