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Originally Posted by Lornce
I like to reply to a made-up language. I once had a scammer on the phone for 20 minutes trying to pick through words. I figure my time spent with them reduces the number of calls thay can make.
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Ditto that!
I make it a point to waste as much of their time as I possibly can. Had a guy call me once told me he was with Microsoft and I owed them money and if I didn't pay them they were going to shut my PC down.
I kept him on the phone for 15 to 20 min's then told him I worked in IT (I do) and that I'd traced his call (I didn't really) to India (caller ID said "Richmond, BC"). He said, "Oh no sir, I'm not in India" I kept insisting he was and finally told him loudly and rudely to stop lying to me as I KNEW he was in India. He was really angry then and yelled at me, "I'm not in India, I'm in Pakistan!"
I was literally LOL'ing and he just hung up on me.
Total of his time wasted - 20 min's
Total entertainment value to me - priceless
Maybe if I was lucky, he missed scamming some little old lady out of her pension money because I kept him on the phone so long.