My uncle used to talk to the spammers when they called. I can see him now sitting in his recliner. :laughing::laughing::laughing: He would answer, talk to them a bit to get them started, then put the phone down on the arm of the chair, and continue to watch Wheel of Fortune. :laughing::laughing::laughing: Every once in a while he would pick up the phone saying something, "Yes," "No," "Right.", to keep them on the line a bit longer. Eventually, he would pick the phone back up and they would have finally figured out HIS scam. :thumbsup::laughing::laughing::laughing:
He figured for every second he had them on the line, he was helping someone else. :thumbsup:
Sure miss that man.
My parents are really getting hit by the scammers all of the sudden. My dad now answers and is no longer showing his a....ss. He now talks to them a bit and eventually tells them he is dying. "Not long to live." "No, he really does not care that his computer has a virus but it sure is nice for Microsoft to care. Nobody else cares." :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Told him he needs to play the old lonely person card. Tell them, "I am sure glad you called today. Got nobody to talk too and it sure is nice to hear a human voice..."
When I lived in South FLA, we used to get a call from a lady who dialed the wrong number all of the time.
I think she did it on person to just talk to someone.
After the first few "wrong" numbers, I was never rude to her, I figured out what was happening so I would talk to her a bit. Told my dad to turn the lonely old person persona on the scammers and see what happens.
Later,
Dan
