Getting Back At Phone Scammers

[Ady]

Have any of you ever had that phone call from a call centre in India telling you that you have serious issues with your computer?

I think the best way to deal with these scumbags (if you have the time) is not to just hang up, but to play along and waste as much of their time as possible. If everybody did this they'd have less time to prey on the more vulnerable people they are targeting.

Here are three excellent examples.

Edited April 5, 2012 by Ady

[Ady]

Edited April 5, 2012 by Ady

[Ady]

[redrum]

Do like 'Becker' did.....Buy an air horn and let them have it. :^)

[Cecil.]

Let the fellow prattle on for while, then tell him you use a Mac.

[greenman]

_{I love them personally, makes it far far easier to pick out scam calls and the people actually doing the calling likely arent the ones behind the scam either as they would be in the UK.}

[Bingo]

I just start speaking Chinese and they usually hang up right away. I know very little Chinese but enough to babble for 20 seconds. lol

[hecube]

Tell them you're using a PDP-11