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margory
Master Baiter
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
Posts: 226
Location: Nowhereville, 3rd rock from the Sun
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:13 pm |
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Tonight I got this weird telephone call.
An English voice mail message telling me that my telephone number had been randomly picked to receive a cruise of some sort.
If I were interested in any more info, please press 9.
There's no way I'd ever be stupid enough to do just that.
Now, English might not be my native language but I do know enough to realize that this smells fishy ... big time.
Unfortunately there are enough people around here who would press 9, just to see what would happen (just thinking of my grandparents, all near 90's and a good friend who's English is almost non-existent).
What do you think I should do? Contact anyone? Or just let it go?
Somehow I think this is some sort of telephone scam or telephone phishing attempt. |
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Tsnerd
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 41
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:16 pm |
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It is just telemarketing, Margory . Ignore it. |
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Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:28 pm |
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Maybe not a scam as such, but you'd have to go and attend a timeshare or holiday hard sell, then still pay fees to go on your 'free' holiday, or ring an expensive phone line for details.
I had a lot saying 'Congratulations! you've won a...' I never did find out what, because I'd slammed the phone down by then.
Really these marketers work in the same way as 419 scammers, by offering you something for (apparently) nothing. Of course it never turns out that way. |
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margory
Master Baiter
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
Posts: 226
Location: Nowhereville, 3rd rock from the Sun
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:34 pm |
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I did slam the phone down, but I was so tired from work that I wasn't really able to think straight for a minute.
Go figure.
At least there are some nice / decent / awake people out there who are willing to help out with good comments.
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conga22
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2009
Posts: 2097
Location: Look Behind You
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:02 pm |
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The latest one seems to start off "Have you ever taken out personal loan insurance..................." No, now F**K OFF is my usual reply. Unfortunately 8 times out of 10 it is an automated machine. But the 2 times makes it worthwhile
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Tsnerd
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 41
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:08 pm |
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But the 2 times makes it worthwhile |
It does, indeed. |
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GoNadsGo
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 06 Feb 2009
Posts: 31
Location: on ice...
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:51 pm |
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Try this...
"Have you ever taken out personal loan insurance..................." Why yes I have, are you offering personal loans?...oh...can you hold one minute there's someone at my door...set the phone down and go back to whatever you were doing....next time you walk by the phone hang it up. In true "eater" tradition this method slows the live telemarketers down...from making their next harassing call... |
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bill2
Baiting Guru
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 5495
Location: Yeah who can tell me where I am?
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:35 pm |
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Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:37 pm |
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GoNadsGo wrote: |
set the phone down and go back to whatever you were doing....next time you walk by the phone hang it up |
Unfortunately, my Mum does this when I ring her from abroad, assuming that when her caller ID says 'International', it's Clive of India, trying to sell her electricity or something. |
_________________ the European Union has bounced on our freckles
COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO THE BANK
our Agent is Completely broke, pocketless and stranded
I WLL SEND AN AFRICA WITCH TO ATTACH YOU BASTARD
You go die like bird
i started shouting HALLELUJAGOBBLE but none of them notice me immediately police arrested me due to the shouting
f*ck u asshole ur damn mother will loose ur fcuking skull brain ur brain is nothing to compare with rat f*ck ur u
MY FRIEND ALEX WAS DETAINED IN POLICE STATION
I am not happy due to the question i answered at money office. Let me tell you do not play with me ok.
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Elizabeth1601
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Joined: 20 Aug 2010
Posts: 226
Location: On the prowl
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:38 pm |
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Margory,
I don't know what country you live in, but where I am, this kind of telephone calls is not necessarily telemarketing.
If someone asks you to "push 9", it is a way to break into your phone data, a sort of skimming operation. Don't ask me how they do it though !
So maybe this could be a scam after all ! |
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Badgerbait
Baiting Guru
Joined: 07 Jan 2009
Posts: 4507
Location: Winter spites...
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:40 pm |
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Here it is kids...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_slamming
There's more out there when you google it. I use being a victim of slamming as a reason not to be able to call out of country. Keeps the international calls from being made or so I want the lads to believe. |
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Yastreb
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Joined: 04 Apr 2006
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Location: Leading my wolf pack
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:44 pm |
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I constantly receive calls from people spruiking Wyndham Vacation Resorts or some such. Sometimes I cut them short; sometimes I let them ramble. Last week one of them asked me, "Have you ever taken advantage of our offer before?" So I answered, "Oh yeah - you people ring me all the time." She muttered something and hung up.
Back in July I had a call from two strongly accented individuals who tried to tell me that they had confirmed information that my computer had been infected with viruses and malware. I told the first one (a man) that I'd received no error messages or virus warnings, and after a while he handed me over to a second one (a woman) who told me they had fifteen or more error messages logged from my computer. I asked for details of when and what. She went away, and not long after the line went dead.
I've been told that they would have asked to remote-access my computer, at which point they'd have spun me a yarn about virus infestation, and charged me hundreds to "fix the problem". |
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Corona
Baiting Guru
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Posts: 8809
Location: On ya left!
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:13 pm |
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Dorothy
Baiting Guru
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 3114
Location: somewhere over the rainbow
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:42 pm |
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I once knew a woman in her 70's who kept a very loud, high pitched whistle in a basket next to her phone...
Most telemarketers did not call her house twice.
As far as the cruise goes, the VAST majority of those are timeshares, or simply "free" cruises with a zillion fees attached that ultimately cost more than one you book through a travel agent. |
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irishemigrant
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Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:37 pm |
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If it is a female on the other end, I listen attentively for as long as I can, (about 30secs) then ask if she is wearing Vic Secrets Lingerie. I rarely get to ask any further than that.
If it is a male, I do a very good impersonation of Frankenfurter and ask him if he prefers to be on top or underneath.
I get the same reaction and they never call back |
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