To stop a telemarscammer

[mjr]

I'm getting robocalls for the IRS lawsuit scam. Except this time they're using a synthesized voice. They don't even have a human making the calls!!

Boy, they sure are getting lazy these days...

Ha. I've gotten a couple of those myself.

[protege]

I've received quite a few scam calls this week--multiple warnings from the "IRS," the "something is wrong with your computer," and at least one threatening to arrest me for something or other. The "IRS" calls came from somewhere in Vermont and Wisconsin--two states I've never been to. Also, would Micro$haft really have an office in Pennsylvania?

At home, I can easily tell them to go fuck themselves. At work, I have to play nice...and can only hang up on them.

[Deserted]

Also, would Micro$haft really have an office in Pennsylvania?

Actually... yeah, they might. There's at least one MS location here in Desert Hell. I think it's a retail store, not an office, but I've never investigated.

And a friend from high school worked for MS in Oregon for a while. Low-level manager in a call center, I believe.

(I'm not saying it's them calling you to "fix" your "broken" computer, of course.)

[Seanette]

Did you know Candidate A likes to kick puppies when nobody's looking?

So vote for Candidate B, unless you like puppy kickers...

Can we please just flush them ALL and start over with a fresh crop?

[dalesys]

Can we please just flush them ALL and start over with a fresh crap?

Fixed that for you.

[mjr]

Can we please just flush them ALL and start over with a fresh crop?

Well, I've got thoughts on that, but they're better for fratching, not here.

[NecessaryCatharsis]

I'm currently walking around with two work cell phones, because long random reasons. So the last couple times they called as soon as they ask for boss, I turn on the second phone, hold it up to the first and turn it off (makes a lovely click noise) say "For legal reasons I am informing you that I am now recording this phone call and I will request a trace when it is complete. Anything further you say may be shared with the police." They hang up. They've almost stopped calling entirely. I never did get around to calling the police or trying to trace the calls (they call from so many different numbers, at $5.00/traced phone call it would get too expensive too quickly).

Love some of the other ideas though, may try them if it's ever not supposedly a work related call.

[dalesys]

... "For legal reasons I am informing you that I am now recording this phone call and I will request a trace when it is complete. Anything further you say may be shared with the police."...

Health Canada wants to verify your qualifications for administering Remote Sphincter Overpressure Tests...

[Ironclad Alibi]

I just received a computer voiced call trying to sell me burial insurance. Just how far along is the robot takeover?

[Nunavut Pants]

Can we please just flush them ALL and start over with a fresh crop?

A meme I've seen lately:

"Is your refrigerator running? Because I'd vote for it!"

[wolfie]

Has anyone noticed that one of the two major parties is associated with the same colour as the Crips, and the other with the same colour as the Bloods? Same thing in Canada too.