8 Year Old Phone Bill

[w_r_ranch]

I'd just tell them to pound sand. They can threaten me all they like, but in the end it will cost them a heck of a lot more. Been there, done it & got their T-shirt.

 

[catjac1975]

I sometimes say more than I should. If it is a robocall I just hang up. If it is a human I might be nice and say we do not accept telephone solicitations, can you please take us off of your call list. If they become annoying and keep calling I might ask if their mommy knows what they are doing, trying to scam old people, would she be proud of you? On occasion I might say I want to speak to a supervisor so I can ask them why the do not call list doesn't apply to them. They generally hang up but that doesn't stop them form calling back, sometimes in just a few hours.

My wife blocks the phone number these calls come from on her smart phone but it doesn't take them long to switch to a different phone number. We don't have that capacity on our landline. With them switching phone numbers all the time the effectiveness of blocking is pretty limited anyway.

Yes Alex, this is a scam. They probably want you to pay by credit card or check so they can get your information. They are probably after a lot more than $187. If there were any validity to this they'd send something in writing.

I had a foreigner keep calling and asking for my husband. I told him not to call back every time. Finally One day I said I would get him, but he was outside so please wait, it would take a while. I kept hearing him say, "Hello?" Hasn't called back since.

 

[bobm]

When I get telemarketing calls ... I say " this is the Clark
County morgue " . They hang up post haste !

 

[thistlebloom]

I don't answer numbers I don't recognize. I figure if it's legitimate they can leave a message. You can look the number up online and find out if it's a scammer (guarantee yours was). If I get several calls from a certain number but no message I may pick up, but remain silent and just listen. The robo calls will hang up when they don't hear a voice on the line.
Then I block the number.

I went for a very long time without nuisance calls, but they've really been hammering me the past few months.

 

[Nyboy]

I have to answer all calls it could be a client. Bob I like that might go with Wanda's Wig World from Saturday Night Live

 

[catjac1975]

My son got a good one. He was invited by a head hunter to the Bahamas for a job interview.

 

[Nyboy]

free trip to Bahamas

 

[Smart Red]

My D-I-L (half owner of her shop) always answers that the shop owner is out. He should be back on Monday. They are closed Mondays.

 

[valley ranch]

OK Nyboy pay your phone bill~ I got an Email from an African Princess who wants to send me 5 million dollars ~what a stroke of luck~ so if you need any money or a new car~just let me know~ now that I'm coming into this fortune```

 

[Nyboy]

Thank you valley very generous of you