I get tons of automated spam calls, I intentionally take the bait and try to waste their time. Lately, they have been targeting Chinese speakers, so it's harder for me to waste their time.
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Lol yet another nail in the coffin of ~~american~~ down under exceptionalism. We aren't even worth scamming anymore.
In my case, its Australia, and I think it's that Chinese expats in Aus are somewhat isolated and vulnerable to scams.
Lol fixed it. And of course the truth is far more depressing than whatever whimsy I could drum up.
I love these new scams, I'll wait until they connect me to a human and then ask them what my name is. Sometimes they get confused and I have to explain that, if they called me about an issue on "my" account, then they should know "my" name, right? Never fails to get a chuckle before they hang up. XD
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I like to turn scam calls into phone sex. I've never had real phone sex so I'm not all that smooth or invested. I just try to see how many embarrassing things I can get them to say over the phone. They are not supposed to hang up so with a captive audience it gets filthier and filthier until they do hang up.
They were casting a wide net with you then! I rarely get any automated scam calls these days as my Scam Shield blocks so many of them.
I get the ones at my work either claiming to be from Microsoft or being some random due with an Indian accent insisting he's from "my" IT department. Which is a neat trick, because I am the IT department around here in its entirety.
I miss those calls.
"Well what computer are you seeing the issue on?"
"Your desktop."
"I'm not sure how, my desktop is a Mac.
"Oh, it's actually your laptop."
"Well there's the problem, I have Linux on my laptop."
I love these scams, I just wait 'til they connect a human to the line and ask them what "my" name is. XD