Donate Bitcoin

Donate Paypal


PeakOil is You

PeakOil is You

Phone Scams

What's on your mind?
General interest discussions, not necessarily related to depletion.

Phone Scams

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 18:07:40

I've heard about these, but today I got one. Somebody calls you up with some kind of deal where you will receive money. This one was some guy with a thick foreign accent (Egyptian?) telling me that that the US Government was going to give me $3000 for paying my taxes on time! I kid you not. I humored him a bit, saying, "doesn't the US treasury communicate by mail? So what is this, do you need to know my bank account number so you can send me the money?" He said, I kid you not, "Yes sir". I said "Ah, well fuck you" and hung up the phone.
User avatar
PenultimateManStanding
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 11363
Joined: Sun 28 Nov 2004, 04:00:00
Location: Neither Here Nor There

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby qwerty » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 19:57:04

soon the whole internet will be turned into a grand scam, with
nigerian scammers, and all kinds of bitches trying to make money by manipulating google adwords, spam blogs with empty content, amway /primerica/adcalls pyramid schemes.

This is a sure sign of collapse, human viruses and worms.
User avatar
qwerty
Peat
Peat
 
Posts: 159
Joined: Sun 03 Sep 2006, 03:00:00

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby rogerhb » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 20:32:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('qwerty', 'T')his is a sure sign of collapse, human viruses and worms.


No just a sure sign that humans are the most accomplished animals for shitting in their own nests.
"Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." - Henry Louis Mencken
User avatar
rogerhb
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4727
Joined: Mon 06 Sep 2004, 03:00:00
Location: Smalltown New Zealand

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby rogerhb » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 20:34:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'H')e said, I kid you not, "Yes sir". I said "Ah, well fuck you" and hung up the phone.


I'll try and call at a more sociable time next time.
"Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." - Henry Louis Mencken
User avatar
rogerhb
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4727
Joined: Mon 06 Sep 2004, 03:00:00
Location: Smalltown New Zealand

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 20:45:54

You know that in spite of it all, Rog, I love you! heheheh. So what would you do, give out your bank account number to some stranger on the phone? Come on, you know I'm right.
User avatar
PenultimateManStanding
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 11363
Joined: Sun 28 Nov 2004, 04:00:00
Location: Neither Here Nor There

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby rogerhb » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 21:01:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'C')ome on, you know I'm right.


I am very short and terse with any cold-callers, they get confused when I refuse to reveal information including why I am just about to hang up on them.
"Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." - Henry Louis Mencken
User avatar
rogerhb
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4727
Joined: Mon 06 Sep 2004, 03:00:00
Location: Smalltown New Zealand

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 21:09:01

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'C')ome on, you know I'm right.


I am very short and terse with any cold-callers, they get confused when I refuse to reveal information including why I am just about to hang up on them.
me too. pal.
User avatar
PenultimateManStanding
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 11363
Joined: Sun 28 Nov 2004, 04:00:00
Location: Neither Here Nor There
Top

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby Eli » Mon 18 Sep 2006, 21:14:55

I have taken to hanging up the phone if I say hello and there is a long pause.

When using autodialers most time there is a pause before the gimp can get on the line.

I don't play with them, I just say no thanks and hang up even if they are still talking. Actually I prefer it if they are still talking.
User avatar
Eli
Intermediate Crude
Intermediate Crude
 
Posts: 3709
Joined: Sat 18 Jun 2005, 03:00:00
Location: In a van down by the river

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby worrier » Tue 19 Sep 2006, 01:19:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')o just a sure sign that humans are the most accomplished animals for shitting in their own nests.


Part of the problem is that the nest has gone global, so the unscrupulous and uncaring can shit in a different corner of the nest without comeback.
User avatar
worrier
Peat
Peat
 
Posts: 138
Joined: Tue 15 Nov 2005, 04:00:00
Location: New Zealand
Top

Re: Phone Scams

Unread postby qwerty » Tue 19 Sep 2006, 09:19:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('worrier', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')o just a sure sign that humans are the most accomplished animals for shitting in their own nests.


Part of the problem is that the nest has gone global, so the unscrupulous and uncaring can shit in a different corner of the nest without comeback.


Efficency has its down side too. In the end I'm glad peak oil is coming, cause globalization would have screwed us all anyway.
No matter, either way we is screwed.
User avatar
qwerty
Peat
Peat
 
Posts: 159
Joined: Sun 03 Sep 2006, 03:00:00
Top


Return to Open Topic Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests

cron