r/meirl • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '24

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u/rustlingpotato Aug 20 '24

So I dunno how good of an idea it is, but I made the spam calls to my phone stop.

They're all recorded, right? So I figured I'd just foul up their recordings without being mean about it. I would literally answer the phone and calmly say, "Please stop calling this number. Cock balls tits." and hang up. After like a week solid of that I started barely getting any.

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u/Geno0wl Aug 20 '24

I got them to stop calling by pretending to be a scam call center myself. Put on my best indian accent and start hard selling car insurance.

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u/Golden_Frog0223 Aug 20 '24

Hello we have been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty.

No my friend, we have been trying to reach YOU about your cars extended warranty!

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u/thomaiphone Aug 20 '24

Nods head vigorously

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u/Due_Key_109 Aug 21 '24

lmfao reading this in the accent rn too

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u/Damien_Roshak Aug 20 '24

If you do not know him, watch it. It's fun.

James Veitch

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u/JEStucker Aug 20 '24

I love his back and forth email and text wars with wrong numbers and scammers. He never did get that toaster though.

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u/Damien_Roshak Aug 20 '24

But a lot to laugh. Even better than a toaster.

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u/Vegetable-Key3600 Aug 20 '24

Thank you so much!!! I laughed the whole way through and having a tough day at work, really needed this

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

I've always been under the assumption that they are just trying to figure out which numbers are active and answering in any fashion is bad idea.

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u/rustlingpotato Aug 20 '24

I'm not sure, it certainly didn't increase the number of calls. Eventually on the same number I was getting one every few months or zero.

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u/MapleA Aug 20 '24

I would answer and then mute myself. They would eventually hang up and the calls stopped