Ah, it never ceases to amaze me. The scammers will call any day or night, hoping to get me hooked into purchasing some extended vehicle warranty that’s worthless, or they’ll try to sucker me into a vacation to the sunny shores of Utica.
One of the tactics these scammers will employ is to have a pre-recording intro, often made by some sweet-sounding actress, to convince you to stay on the line just a little longer, in the hopes that you will talk to one of their customer service representatives (real ones) and cough up your cash.
They’ll ask you a question, and then they’ll expect you to say, “Yes,” or “Sure,” or “Of course,” and they’ll respond in kind.
That’s assuming that you say “yes,” or “sure,” or “of course.”
And you know that I didn’t say that.
No, I said this.
So unless the “vehicle services specialist” is going to offer some sort of talcum powder or lotion for those affected areas on your body … then you know that this spambot is just a scammer with nothing better to do with theirselves.
Again … spambots are scammers, and scammers are scum. Throw rocks at them.
I’ve got an easier solution.
I get calls about vehicle warranties, too, or some other car-related thing. I don’t say a word. I don’t even give these geeks a minute. If they’re calling about things I don’t have (i.e. cars, credit cards), I hang up. It’s that simple.
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Why answer the phone if you don’t know who it is?
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If you suspect it’s a scammer and you answer your phone, your just confirming to the scammer, that there is a live person on the other end. Then, your number likely gets traded/sold to other scammers. No matter how bad you want to curse at them, your just making it worse for yourself by answering the phone. Besides, they could care less, what you say to them.
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It’s very seldom that I answer the phone. That’s why God invented the answering machine.
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Lol. Made me laugh Chuck!!
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Just. Hang. Up.
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The dead air is a dead giveaway – just waiting for a “Hello?” to trigger the cheery, recorded come-on.
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There are videos on YouTube by hackers who will engage spam callers to the point they can hack into their networks and wipe their hard drives. while they’re talking to the spammer. Very funny stuff, particularly when they turn on the computer video cameras and they describe to the spammer how many people are in the room with them and what they’re wearing..
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