The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VII.. Stop In!!!

[ezdays]

I kept one of the microsoft guys on the phone for an hour the other day. told him I had 6 computers running and on line and that he should be able to tell me which one was bad. I finally said, Oh, I get it, the Microsoft one with windows, and he said yes...I said that's the one I took to the dump yesterday, these that are left are all Macs, I didn't quite understand the name he called me, something was lost in the translation. I know I could be modeling with this spare time, but screwing with telemarketers and scammers has become a hobby too, and the calls are getting fewer and fewer so maybe SOB is being put beside my number on the do not call list that they use to get the numbers.
Charlie

I don't think they have a "do not call list", any of them. I think the robo dialer just goes through a sequence and when someone answers, the call is transferred to a human, if you can call these people "human". I've told one of those "your credit card..." guys to take me off their list and he told me that since I swore at him, I would be on the list for life. It wouldn't make any difference, since they have no way of controlling that. I still get daily calls from "Rachel from cardholder services", and MS tech dept still calls as well regardless of what I said. I turn down a fully paid trip for two to the Bahamas every few weeks, and scads of opportunities to do surveys. I even got one of those "Grandpa" calls a few months ago and played her for a while, but she caught on and didn't call back. Sometimes they'll say, "Mr. Day?" and I'll say no, but I'll go get him, then just leave the phone lie there until they hang up, or I've said, "no, I'm not at my computer right now, but hang on and it'll take me a minute or two to get there......"

Do these people think that we are all that dumb that we don't see a scam? I guess there are enough that fall into the trap that makes it worth their while to continue.