And another scam?

[Tellico]

A man just called and told my wife we were behind in our car payment and he could take a payment on the phone to prevent being turned in to credit collectors??? We were 1 payment ahead and the car was totaled a month ago and paid off by the Ins co. on 02/16/16. Boy I wish I had been home.
Fred

 

[SAJohn]

Sounds like you need caller ID. I never answer a number I do not recognize, I leave that to the recording machine.

 

[Pat-inCO]

I have my ringer turned off. I do not know someone is calling unless
they leave a message. Then I have the number and at least a partial
on their message.

I get at least three hang-ups each day.
. . . But the caller ID lets me know who.

 

[Tallbald]

Three days ago a woman scammer (a first for us) called and started in with the "We are from Microsoft Windows support and have been getting virus messages from your computer......" Wanted me to follow her directions to correct this "potentially dangerous problem" with keystrokes and her ID number so she could help us rid our computer of issues. I decided to have fun with her. Kept acting distracted by our dogs wanting in and out our kitchen door. I began acting as if I was lecturing one dog for bringing in a frog from the patio. I started rhyming saying "can you believe our dog has a frog that was sitting on a log in our bog???????". Kept asking her ..."now you're from Microsoft and want to sell us replacement windows?". Acted as if I was very interested but kept swatting a fly (kept loudly slapping the kitchen tabletop and swearing at the "fly"), then would ask her to "tell me more but start over about who you are because this fly has me all torn up!". Shortly, my wife reached over and handed me the little keychain gag gift from a friend that I keep by the kitchen phone which makes farting noises when you press a button. I held that close to the mouthpiece and gave it the "power fart" and "ripper fart" sound many times. In a few moments she asked me if I was "playing with" her. Sounded offended that I didn't take her seriously even. I told her I was sorry but had eaten cabbage and beans the night before and thought I might mess my pants at any moment.
True story. Finally the phone went dead from her end. I had fun while drinking my coffee. Don

 

[WendyZXZ]

Three days ago a woman scammer (a first for us) called and started in with the "We are from Microsoft Windows support and have been getting virus messages from your computer......" Wanted me to follow her directions to correct this "potentially dangerous problem" with keystrokes and her ID number so she could help us rid our computer of issues. I decided to have fun with her. Kept acting distracted by our dogs wanting in and out our kitchen door. I began acting as if I was lecturing one dog for bringing in a frog from the patio. I started rhyming saying "can you believe our dog has a frog that was sitting on a log in our bog???????". Kept asking her ..."now you're from Microsoft and want to sell us replacement windows?". Acted as if I was very interested but kept swatting a fly (kept loudly slapping the kitchen tabletop and swearing at the "fly"), then would ask her to "tell me more but start over about who you are because this fly has me all torn up!". Shortly, my wife reached over and handed me the little keychain gag gift from a friend that I keep by the kitchen phone which makes farting noises when you press a button. I held that close to the mouthpiece and gave it the "power fart" and "ripper fart" sound many times. In a few moments she asked me if I was "playing with" her. Sounded offended that I didn't take her seriously even. I told her I was sorry but had eaten cabbage and beans the night before and thought I might mess my pants at any moment.
True story. Finally the phone went dead from her end. I had fun while drinking my coffee. Don

We got one of those calls about a virus and/or having been hacked. We both have Macs, but he does have his as a dual boot machine with Windows 10, but Microsoft will not cold call you, so my husband had fun with the guy and kept asking to talk to a woman with big giant and then inserted every word or phrase he could think of for breasts. His favorite is sweater zeppelins and when the "tech" kept saying that wasn't important Kenneth just kept claiming he liked to talk to women with big, giant... After about 5 minutes I heard Kenneth claim "that bastard hung up on me!".

 

[powder smoke]

Sounds like you need caller ID. I never answer a number I do not recognize, I leave that to the recording machine.

Yup. that's the ticket. If I do not recognize the caller phone goes unanswered.
If its important they'll leave a message. ps

 

[DA_TriggR4Ruger]

Three days ago a woman scammer (a first for us) called and started in with the "We are from Microsoft Windows support and have been getting virus messages from your computer......" Wanted me to follow her directions to correct this "potentially dangerous problem" with keystrokes and her ID number so she could help us rid our computer of issues. I decided to have fun with her. Kept acting distracted by our dogs wanting in and out our kitchen door. I began acting as if I was lecturing one dog for bringing in a frog from the patio. I started rhyming saying "can you believe our dog has a frog that was sitting on a log in our bog???????". Kept asking her ..."now you're from Microsoft and want to sell us replacement windows?". Acted as if I was very interested but kept swatting a fly (kept loudly slapping the kitchen tabletop and swearing at the "fly"), then would ask her to "tell me more but start over about who you are because this fly has me all torn up!". Shortly, my wife reached over and handed me the little keychain gag gift from a friend that I keep by the kitchen phone which makes farting noises when you press a button. I held that close to the mouthpiece and gave it the "power fart" and "ripper fart" sound many times. In a few moments she asked me if I was "playing with" her. Sounded offended that I didn't take her seriously even. I told her I was sorry but had eaten cabbage and beans the night before and thought I might mess my pants at any moment.
True story. Finally the phone went dead from her end. I had fun while drinking my coffee. Don

I love you man! You are my hero!!

 

[loaded round]

I've been contacted three times now buy the ''IRS'' claiming that I owe back taxes. To prevent legal action, I could settle up with a credit card over the phone. Last time I played dumb and said hold on while I get my card, and just put the phone down and walked away. Wonder how long he waited. Funny thing we've received a nice IRS refund for the past 5 years, and the dunning call came from Washington state.

 

[bogus bill]

I had some woman call me that I won a free trip to the Caribbean. I told her I didn't want it. She said why? I started crying and told her I was totally parallelized. She started apologizing and I hung up still crying.

 

[Pal Val]

Someone called to ask me to support the Hillary Clinton campaign. Now, That's a real scam!

 

[Jeepnik]

I've gotten calls like that about my cars and home. If I have time I really enjoy jerking them around. I bought my last car in 1982. My home in 1979. It's all been paid for a long time. I figure by keeping them on the line they are loosing money and not finding someone to scam.

 

[Pal Val]

I've gotten calls like that about my cars and home. If I have time I really enjoy jerking them around. I bought my last car in 1982. My home in 1979. It's all been paid for a long time. I figure by keeping them on the line they are loosing money and not finding someone to scam.

Good call!!!!

 

[mhblaw]

...and you are still driving a 1982 model year car? I thought all those old cars had been exported to Cuba...

 

[Jeepnik]

...and you are still driving a 1982 model year car? I thought all those old cars had been exported to Cuba...

Actually, were still driving my 82 CJ-8 and my wifes '78 LTD II Sports Touring Edition (they made around 9000) of them. Yea, the gas mileage, especially on the Ford, sucks but I can fix everything on them myself. When all these new fangled electric/hybrid/PC cars are lying on the side of the road in a heap, I'll just drive right on by and honk.

Oh, and the Ford will still blow the doors off of most things out there. The truth shall always be "there is no replacement for cubes".

 

[Rancher Will]

Yesterday my wife answered a phone call. She handed the phone to me saying, "it's someone wanting us to support Hillary Clinton".

I took the phone and without asking anything I just said "you must think we are stupid. I will not contribute one cent to help get Hillary out of jail. I am happy that she is serving time in prison for all of her crimes. I hope she stays there".

The woman on the phone then said, 'No, you misunderstand. Mrs. Clinton in not in jail".

She started to say something else but I interrupted her and said, "Now I know this is a scam. Everyone knows that Hillary is in Prison for all of her crimes". Before I could say anything else, she hung up.

 

[mhblaw]

...and you are still driving a 1982 model year car? I thought all those old cars had been exported to Cuba...

Actually, were still driving my 82 CJ-8 and my wifes '78 LTD II Sports Touring Edition (they made around 9000) of them. Yea, the gas mileage, especially on the Ford, sucks but I can fix everything on them myself. When all these new fangled electric/hybrid/PC cars are lying on the side of the road in a heap, I'll just drive right on by and honk.

Oh, and the Ford will still blow the doors off of most things out there. The truth shall always be "there is no replacement for cubes".

You are probably correct. I have a 4.2 L 450 hp Audi V-8 that redlines at 8250 rpm that is scary fast, but off the line your LTD would win the first hundred feet...

 

[Colonialgirl]

GEE, Maybe I should get my 1976 Fiat 124 Spider up and running and back on the road; Good gas mileage and loads of FUN even if it isn't the fastest thing on the road.

 

[Jeepnik]

GEE, Maybe I should get my 1976 Fiat 124 Spider up and running and back on the road; Good gas mileage and loads of FUN even if it isn't the fastest thing on the road.

You sound like my cousin. Her brother gave her a Kamann Ghia when he went into the Navy. She still has it. But it sits in the garage on blocks. It's sad to see it sitting their knowing it's soul longs for the open road.