Scammer fun

[Wagtail]

That got me flushed

Speaking of being 'flushed'... where is Brokewood supposed to be?

That Fern Sutherland is quite the dish!

 

[Jim Shooz]

From what I can make out the town shown in shots is of Warkworth and the "police station" is the old Post Office or BNZ building next town north Wellsford. The rest of the filming is in the rural area around there. After me you'll be first. :licking:

 

[Ritothebull]

Just say hello and welcome to Helga's phone *** line, please have your credit card ready.:laughing:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Just say hello and welcome to Helga's phone *** line, please have your credit card ready.:laughing:

That's great! I'll have to use that one!

 

[QRTRHRS]

One of my now departed friends was the best. He would methodically work his way into either his wife or someone else having just passed and actually had some callers crying along with him. Some of these poor "sleps" are just trying to eck out a living. Other's deserve a public thrashing.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
Telemarketers generally are trying to make a living. Scammers are just trying to screw somebody who's making a living so that they don't have to.

 

[Howling]

Don't forget about the debt collectors. After we moved starting getting debt collectors calls for someone that had the number previously. They ask for first name (same as wife's). Refuse to listen about wrong number, just want money from someone. One gives up, sells the debt and another round of calls start. First 5-6 years were the bad. Still get occasional calls at 9 years w/ this number.

Got rid of Verizon phone service when we moved (kept business numbers). The Verizon 'custom retention' folk outright told me they won't honor stop calling request and just kept calling. Took FTC compliant and lawyer letter to get the calls to stop after 3 years.

Yes, it is a job for people to make money. It is an industry with many shady businesses, jerks and outright assholes. Many are practicing borderline harassment. Need to honor the do not call or stop calling request. They are interrupting my work, costing me time and money.

 

[prichard]

Seems everyone I get is robocall so no way to mess with them or stop them. Mostly they spoof phone numbers, same area code and prefix as my cell number, so no point blocking either. Also, blocking just sends them straight to VM were they stay on the line long enough for me to get silent VM. I wish blocking would just hang up without VM or leave phone ringing forever on their end.

 

[JohnBuffaloMN]

Seems everyone I get is robocall so no way to mess with them or stop them. Mostly they spoof phone numbers, same area code and prefix as my cell number, so no point blocking either. Also, blocking just sends them straight to VM were they stay on the line long enough for me to get silent VM. I wish blocking would just hang up without VM or leave phone ringing forever on their end.

I think Verizon must have a better filter for hang ups not going to VM. Sprint (pretty sure) reseller I'm using certainly doesn't have the filter! Every call ends up with a voicemail.

 

[prichard]

I think Verizon must have a better filter for hang ups not going to VM. Sprint (pretty sure) reseller I'm using certainly doesn't have the filter! Every call ends up with a voicemail.

I have Tmobile, and seems to be more like sprint than Verison.