Had a Blast with a Scammer Today – Share Your Own Stories of Turning the Tables!

[carrieunderwood]

I never answer these calls I feel like I need to start

 

[brotherbubba]

my husband was wallpaper stripping, so when a scammer called he decided to play along. they wanted him to log into his laptop, it was all to do with securing his data and making sure microsoft was ok. he had him on loud speaker so we were all listening by the end. so for 40 mins he played along, pretending to do updates, saying yep i can see that now, what do i press next. all the while stripping the wallpaper in our bedroom. it finally got to the moment where they said right, you now should have a password appear on your screen, please can you give me it. he said yeah sure it’s
Capital F, Capital U, capital C, capital K, capital Y, capital O
…. they guy jumped in fell out of his cockney accent he was doing and said “you see you next @&!” and hung up.
was a worthwhile 40 mins.

 

[johnchoate183]

We get them all time at work asking how we are and can we speak to the owner wen tell them he isnt in as he has other shops they ask wen he is bk so tell em he's actually gone jet skiing with his pet dog or tell them I wudnt no I am just the toilet cleaner or even hes gone to a funeral to Bury his crocs

 

[180sx]

I’ve had a “you was in an accident that wasn’t your fault” call a couple of times.. when asked what injuries I sustained I told him I banged my head and now have this thing called sarcasm that falls out of my mouth just like stupid falls from yours.. he knew I was on a wind up and literally shouted down the phone have you had an accident or not.. this made me laugh so hard so I replied with I certainly have now, I’ve just pissed my knickers another time when asked what injuries I sustained, without tempting fate I told them my funeral was next week. They hung up quicker than they called and I’ve never had another youve been in an accident that wasn’t your fault call since

 

[ryno24]

Them... hello we're calling about your life insurance policy.
Me.. I dont have life insurance (I do)
Them... madam you need to have life insurance.
Me... no I don't, I don't plan on dying!!
Them.. I'm sorry madam but its inevitable you are going to die
Me... how dare you presume you know my life, I need to go now
Them.. I don't presume madam it's a fact
Me... well brilliant you have just ruined my day guess I best go and plan my bloody funeral!!
I hung up

 

[justsomegirl]

 

[blingey123]

@justsomegirl "staple my tits to a beehive" fml got me pissing my self at just gone 8am.... brilliant

 

[gonesimera]

The number of times I've had a collision caused by a little green man in a spaceship....

 

[gaelsbee]

My husband regularly has scammers putting the phone down on him, its a fun game

 

[eternal7]

My husband: hello
Phone: solar panel sales person
Husband: keeps solar panel sales person on phone selling their wares for 15 mins, asking relevant questions, giving interested mmmms & "ok's" etc
Sales person: so are you interested sir
Husband: oh yes, I live in a ground floor flat, will that be a problem
Sales person: ground floor??
Husband: yep
Sales person: there's no way we can do that!!!!
Husband: I thought so
Sales person: with respect sir, then why did you keep us talking all this time?
Husband: I'm really lonely & needed someone to talk to
*click*

 

[stacey777]

I once got a call on my mobile from someone telling me I was due an upgrade. When they asked what type of mobile I currently have, I said oh I don’t have a mobile.
I’m assuming they didn’t have a very good day cause they started shouting and swearing at me. My husband heard them too and we both burst out laughing in shock. I ended the call on their foul mouth

 

[megs4914]

I had a scam call about an issue with my laptop once that I decided to wind up.
I kept him going for a while then he realised I was winding him up and got mega aggressive. He told me not to mess with him, said you live at .... I know where you live, I have people near you, you'll regret this.
I was 8 months pregnant with a toddler and it really freaked me out.
I just hang up now!

 

[banemlamgi]

Some of these are brilliant. Years ago if I got a call like this I’d hand the phone over to my babbling toddler who was happy to chat with them

 

[nathanpaul]

I pass cold callers to my 10 year old daughter... She practices her drama skills and winds them up by putting on voices and asking them silly questions

 

[thisismyusername123]

@nathanpaul brilliant!!!!

 

[toshimonkey]

@nathanpaul my youngest was the one to do that

 

[arela]

@nathanpaul hahah my son loves them he says I want to speak to your manager .... Then click they hang up lol

 

[thisismyusername123]

My dad used to do this when it was cold callers back in the 80/90s...he put a call on speaker once who once was trying to sell guttering and fascia boards...call went on for ages until the sale was almost closed. He exclaimed 'oh I can't wait, my caravan will be the prettiest looking caravan around'
...*dial tone*
We never even lived in a caravan

 

[intheworks1]

Scammer - hi, I'm calling about the car accident you've been in recently.
Me - oh yeah it was quite a nasty one
Scammer - yes our records show it wasn't just a little bump, can you describe to me what happened?
Me - yes if course, I hit someone at speed on purpose.
Scammer - CLICK

 

[qoorban85]

Hi,I am phone about the car accident you had.
Me: is it me your looking for ?
* yes miss wakefield
Me: I can see it in your eyes.
* awkward moment then they say about the car accident.
Me: I can see it in your soul.
Yeah they hang up