I got one today while having lunch. It was from Jamaica. I don't answer when eating ever. I may have missed out on a million dollars.
I rattled a scammer from I assume India one day. He started his song & dance & I interrupted by asking what he was going to tell his God when he met him? He stuttered briefly and tried to resume and I assured him he was a thief and I wondered how he intended to met his God being a thief. He got screaming mad, called me an unmentionable, and I continued. He kept calling me that unmentionable and slammed his phone down. Minutes later he called back all aflutter. It was priceless.
Had a legit annoying call from PETA and before the caller could get into a full swing sales pitch, I interrupted her by asking if this was another sales pitch for a wild game cookbook and if it was I had enough already. She hung up on me. Go figure.
On the rare occasion that I answer one of those calls, when they ask for me- I say " He's going to die"- and hang up. That's fun.
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I do that too, I tell them that they are a thief repeatedly, when they call and they start that BS about car warranty.
First, I try to get them to tell me which car they are talking about.
Well, they're trying to ask me to tell them the car, and so then I asked them over and over you called me, which car are you trying to insure the warranty???
The best one we went in circles for almost 12 minutes.
That's what you get for screwing with me when I'm eating lunch.
So far one hundred percent they get really really mad, and hang up on me.
I like that cookbook idea that's hilarious!
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A few things I have done, you can judge the shame I feel.
Downloaded a Klingon phrasebook from the Internet. Answered the phone using it and tried to keep the conversation going for a while.
Did the same thing in Russian. Spanish doesn't work as well because too many of the scammers understand it.
Got still yet another "we will install solar for free" telemarketing call from somebody that had the wrong address. I set up an appointment. Did the same for the same wrong address for the "we want to buy your house" scam.
For the car warranty scam, I have a rotating list of cars: A 1963 Studebaker Lark, a 1976 AMC Gremlin, a 1987 Yugo, and a 2017 Fiat 500.
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Family used to know the gal who owns Model T ford S/N 2 indirectly, friend of her mechanic's family. Wonder what the warranty would go on that? LOL
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That picture is missing the mechanic and owner wailing over the loss of the vehicle
(Part of the deal is that, in return for running it weekly and keeping it running, he gets to ride in it in the car processions etc., always nice to be rewarded for working with your hands )
BE VERY CAREFUL OF THIS ONE. especially if the guy speaks good english. Sounds very much like the one where they get elderly person on phone and ask about kids or especially grandkids, and then put someone else on saying they are grandkid and they need money for bond and are in jail. will push VERY hard to insist on keeping this a secret and not telling any other relatives about it. My mom almost fell for it a couple of years ago. and they will find someone local to meet......
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Too darn many scams out there!
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