Rogue callers

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  1. jud

    judith charmers Well-Known Member

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    I get absolutely inundated with calls about life Insurance, why is it when you ask them to take you off their mailing list they just hang up?? Really pisses me off
     
    judith charmers, Dec 14, 2022
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    If you answer you probably get put on a suckers list which is circulated to all kinds of pocket dippers. I have call screening on mine which goes to an answer phone, no one ever gets through anymore.
     
    kestyke, Dec 14, 2022
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    I answer and put my phone down without speaking. Longest I've managed is 57 secs.
     
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    I have a way to block them forever and automatically claim compensation for every call. I can set it up for you, I just need your name, address, national insurance number, bank account details, name of your first pet and a mould of your fingerprints
     
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    Not helpful at all. Where the blinking flip will I get a fingerprint mould during a working week?
     
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    I’ve got some going cheap. I just need your bank details and security numbers.
     
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    Don't get many. When I do I ask them repeatedly whether they believe in Jesus Christ and the word of the Lord. They don't last long.
     
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    Block their numbers. Ithink BT can do it by calling 1572.
     
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    I hardly ever get them, I don't answer numbers I don't know
     
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    It's nice to just get a phone call. Makes me feel wanted.
     
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    My late great grandmother in Darfield still had all her marbles into her late 90s. She got a lot of scam calls on her landline. Being the cheeky Lancashire lass that she was, she’d spend 20 minutes going through the motions acting like she had dementia and was willing to give them her details. When it finally got to a card number, sort code etc, she’d calmly tell them to f*** off. God I miss her.
     
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    I've disconnected my landline phone. Mobile only from now on
     
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    I got in the middle of telling a class of 6 year old not to talk to strangers on the Internet. Made a great teaching point - block them!!! :)
     
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    I've done a variation of this on the occasions I have answered. I speak a little at the start to see what they pushing and say something like "sounds interesting can you give me a detailed run down...." then set the phone down.
     
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    Just keep them on the phone for as long as you can, showing interest, then drop the bombshell, listen to the tone change.
     
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    I like the injury one in the car accident.

    I'll reply along the lines of it causing a head injury and then same it caused amnesia.


    Or i tell them i work for the police and ask how they have my number and caused a security risk.


    Both usually work.
     
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    I sing to them or just take the pi$$ . Actually brightens my day up .
     
    mick woodhouse, Dec 14, 2022
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    I usually ask them if they are imploring me to make a spurious claim. That usually gets them back tracking.
     
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