NFT: What type of scams have you been hit up with recently?

you should have said "that's OK, I'll wait for 30 minutes with you on the line"
See how she would have responded

but it was a recorded message. I Googled the phone number, and apparently they had been busy.

to make me change my password of almost 10 years because he wanted to go on a drunken rant on his own football board then claim he was hax0r'd. Jokes on that guy, I changed it back.

on the phone to annoy the shit out of them instead.

with my accountant. I was told that as soon as I put her on hold or hang up, a warrant would be served and the cops would be knocking on my door!

- voluntary charity donation to you
- Kindly contact Western union agent for more details
- United Nations compensation
- Nigerian child for adoption

and of course, boner pills. Thanks internet.

But it was a DC number.

Never answer, then google the phone number and they almost all come up on sites that track unknown callers/scams.

a penis enlarger and all it does is make me sore

An asshole who wanted to buy my 1965 mustang called with a Jersey number and a Brittish or Aussie accent.. wanted to pay a portion in cash and balance via paypal without even looking at it.. Very common..

And it was from the same area code as the IRS...But luckily I am a CPA and knew that the IRS only contacts people through mail..

I asked the woman why they didn't contact me through mail? She gave me an address I lived at 7 years ago.

suggested I pay $20K for the privilege of buying Giant season tickets. Oh wait a minute...

pipe insurance.

Someone wants to cover the 10 foot pipe between my house and my meter.

come along with the cops and they can
arrest you too at the same time.

The call from "Sean", who is clearly not a Sean and is calling from Bangalore to let me know my Windows system is compromised. I usually reply with something about how that's amazing since I have a Mac OS, or I'll ask them to verify my IP address. But no matter how many times you ask to be removed from the calling list, they still persist.

if you don't answer the phone? I'd ask that if I got one of these calls.

In comment 12114569 RC02XX said:

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on the phone to annoy the shit out of them instead.

In college, my friends and I would do a thing where we'd call for our wife or friends to take the call, and then proceed to have a massive "fight" ending in murder, while the person was holding on. Good times.

I don't pick up the phone unless I recognize the caller ID or it is from my area code.

If I do answer the phone and it sounds like a scam I say, "We have a bad connection. I can't hear you. Please call me back." They never do, but if they did, they would get my answering machine.

In comment 12114630 Moondawg said:

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In comment 12114569 RC02XX said: Quote: on the phone to annoy the shit out of them instead. In college, my friends and I would do a thing where we'd call for our wife or friends to take the call, and then proceed to have a massive "fight" ending in murder, while the person was holding on. Good times.

And one friend mastered the art of saying "hold on, I will get him", then walking to bathroom with the phone, taking a leak, flushing, and then saying "nope, he's not here."

In comment 12114592 David in LA said:

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I asked the woman why they didn't contact me through mail? She gave me an address I lived at 7 years ago.

Well that's the IRS for you.. One of the most dysfunctional organization in the world. ..I bet you filed 7 tax returns wroth the correct address to them and they never bothered checking.

telling me he's a Microsoft representative and my Windows OS has been throwing exceptions. I know it's a scam, but I play along anyways. I acted like a complete idiot for 15 minutes, I genuinely felt bad for the guy. Eventually, he sends me to this horrifically designed website so I can download something. I tell him I'm ready to download the application and the phone line cuts out. Then I hear, "conference terminated". My guess is someone from outside the US was using a US-based teleconferencing service to make a bunch of cold calls. Guess there was a time limit on the conference. Funny experience.

fell for one a few years ago.

Someone calls them up and my grandparents ask who it is. They said "who does it sound like?". They answered "Phil, is this you?". And that was the in for the scammer.

He convinced them that I was in Ireland (?), badly hurt, and needed $5000 for doctor bills right away. They immediately went to a western union to wire the money over. The lady at the counter was skeptical and said, try calling his cell phone first. I remember seeing the incoming call on my phone and almost rejecting the call because I was in the middle of something. I think I was driving, had a Jeep Wrangler at the time and it was always too loud to carry on a conversation while driving.

Rule of thumb, always, always, always pick up calls from grandfolks no matter what the situation because you never know.

I act like I'm hard of hearing and they end up shouting so I can hear them, then ask them to repeat it and the fuckers hang up

threesome with the Swedish Bikini Team.

I've already made my plane reservations.

You don't think it's a scam do you?

I got that Microsoft/Bangalore Throwing Codes call too many times. The last time Sean/Jugdish called I said, "Let me get the Boss. I'll put you on Hold, listen to the Muzak"

I put the Phone down next to my Speakers and cranked the Stereo up to 11. I bet Jugdish's earpiece blew the top of his head off.

I haven't heard from them since.

calls like every other day, some jack-off with a heavy accent. Barely gets the word windows out before I hang up.

as well. As soon as they threatened to call the cops, I told them to.

Call ended immediately.

keeps getting 2 different recorded messages telling her there's some sort of problem with her Social Security and this is the last warning she's going to get to call back and straighten things out or the ruling will go against her.

I googled the number and it's from the Albany area somewhere and apparently a lot of other people are getting the same calls.

I really hope that someday, someone with the wherewithal can trace these lowlife scumbags and put a bullet in each kneecap.

I get the Diabetes supply guy from Mumbai frequently. I tell him the cops will show up in 30 mintues.

In comment 12114582 TJ said:

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a penis enlarger and all it does is make me sore

Funny, I bought one of those, too. The problem is, I keep tripping over the goddamned thing now.