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Spammers and scammers…
It seems like there’s no escape!
Emails, texts…and especially phone calls…
But all hope is not lost, friends!
There is a way to get even with these con artists…
And this guy thinks he has it all figured out.
Check out his story and see what you think.
Get a great rate on credit cards!
“This is a scam call that is on going and I for one am sick of getting these calls from various numbers.
So I decided this to get taken off of their call lists (delete me out of their system).
Caller: Hello, I’m calling because you’re entitled to great rates on your credit cards
Me: Oh really?! (Get really excited)
Caller: *goes through entire script with me interjecting ‘uh huh’ ‘wow, that’s amazing’ ‘I can’t wait.
Me: so how do we get started?
Caller: I just need to know which credit cards you have right now.
Me: What?!!! There’s already credit cards in my name?! For where? When were they taken out? How much is on them?
Caller: No, you need to tell me which ones you have.
He was having some fun with this.
Me: What do you mean??? I don’t have any! You made me believe you were giving me one, but now you say there’s already cards in my name! I’ve been scammed! Someone has stolen my identity!!! (Give some moans, wails, cursing, etc ..)
Caller: You need to tell me the ones you have, I don’t have time for this.
He was really laying it on thick!
Me: YOU? YOU! YOU don’t have time for this?! You’re telling me I have credit cards in my name, that I’m the victim of identity theft, my life is over! OVER! EVERY moment of my life, everything I have saved will go to getting this taken care of! (More sobbing noises) You HAVE to give me this list! You’re the one who says I have credit cards, you HAVE to tell me!
Caller: *keeps trying to speak, they get frustrated, flustered, will get rude or obnoxious (like I care scammer) but I just keep pleading for the list and sob & wail.*
Eventually they hang up.
Did this 3 times and never have gotten another of this type of scam, though others in my household have.
It’s great to do to get out some frustration or just to have some fun scamming the scammer!”
Reddit users shared their thoughts.
This person had a lot to say.
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This Reddit user shared their thoughts.
Another person spoke up.
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And this individual shared a story.
They played around…
And they found out!
These jokers won’t be calling him anymore!
Well, this is one way to handle a phone scammer!