So another weird phone scam...

[MoonCat]

Got a call the other day and the first word I really caught was "referral" so I thought it was my doc's office calling back about the dietitian referral I asked for.

But then the guy said something about "continuing your education." Claimed I had filled out some sort of application online asking for more info. Uhh, no I didn't... Although I've probably put my phone number somewhere online (house phone is a cell).

So I asked him, wasn't there a NAME filled in on this application?

His answer: That's a great question for the education coordinator.

Oh, rly? Bye now.

Anyone else get anything like this?

[Geek King]

I got one the other day that was a very good robot. I didn't even realize it was an auto responder for a minute or so. It was trying to tell me about a sweepstakes I had supposedly won, but I don't enter those things for just this reason.

I realized that I had a robot on the line when I asked, "So how did I sign up for this sweepstakes?" It immediately launched into an explanation that this wasn't a call about time shares.

Once I caught on, I had some fun getting nonsense out of the poor programmed beast, and then actually got it to hang up on me when I spouted something ridiculous. ("Cape cod, Captain Halibut?" "Great question! Let me transfer you to a specialist!" dialtone)

[MoonCat]

There's a thought, maybe it was a robot system. There was a couple of seconds pause between my questions and his answers...

[April]

My husband got one yesterday that said "You recently visited our website" except the husband is fairly computer illiterate. He can handle pogo.com and sort of facebook. He can find porn I'm sure. But in general, it would be odd to find the husband browsing the internet.

[Tama]

I hate robot calls. At least have the decency to annoy me with a human! It's hard to laugh at a robot.

[sms001]

He can find porn I'm sure.

On Internetzki, porn finds you!

[MoonCat]

Another one! Here's an excerpt:

We try to create jobs in trade in Africa and Middle East by keeping graft and stealing manageable

Theft works best if well-managed....I guess...?

[dalesys]

Theft works best if well-managed....I guess...?

Saith the Patrician.
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[Tama]

Someone tell him that this guy is going over his quota!

[Kanalah]

Hubs just got a call from "Government Agency" offering him $9,700. When he started asking them questions, the line went dead.

[MoonCat]

I had a scammer using relay call the other day. Ugh, I hate these scammers. Sorry, but NOBODY is giving away a new Honda motorcycle "due to the death of the owner." He was in a real hurry to have me run the credit card, too, and wanted a receipt immediately.

I didn't run it. Told him he'd get the receipt as soon as I could, just to get him off the phone. Naturally, none of the billing checked out, and the phone number was a completely-unrelated person's office phone. That would have left only the scammer's email and I'm betting the scam was "send me money to ship you the motorcycle."

[Jester]

I hate robot calls. At least have the decency to annoy me with a human! It's hard to laugh at a robot.

I actually prefer robot calls. Why? Well, when an unknown number calls my cell phone, I almost always ignore it, since if it's unknown to my phone, it means I don't know that person. The exception to that is that I will occasionally answer calls from unknown numbers that are within my local area code, as they may be actual people looking to contact me for various valid reasons.

So the only time I deal with answering calls from potential scammers or telemarketers is when I'm at work. And if it's a robot call, I don't even need to fake being polite, I can just slam the phone down. Fuck off, I'm busy getting strangers drunk.