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Yes, I know this was a scam call. They automate them now so they don't have to talk to you unless you take the bait

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[โ€“] CameronDev@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Lol yet another nail in the coffin of ~~american~~ down under exceptionalism. We aren't even worth scamming anymore.

[โ€“] CameronDev@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my case, its Australia, and I think it's that Chinese expats in Aus are somewhat isolated and vulnerable to scams.

[โ€“] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Lol fixed it. And of course the truth is far more depressing than whatever whimsy I could drum up.

[โ€“] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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

I love this, stealing it

[โ€“] Widdershins@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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.

[โ€“] LostWanderer@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

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.

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 2 days ago

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."

[โ€“] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago

I love these scams, I just wait 'til they connect a human to the line and ask them what "my" name is. XD