Spam Callers

The comments on this video are so good, I had to share!

@bobcattepes – I answer the phone on these “Eastern Utah Search and Rescue, please state the nature of the medical emergency.” I either get hung up on, or they push it, and then finally, stating, “You sound confused with a possible concussion We are tracing your location now. Help is on the way. Do you want rescue by a helicopter or 4×4?” No one has ever gone on past that.

@jonathanmurray2986 – I once answered a telemarketer caller in Spanish so they transferred me to a Spanish translator. Once I got to that line I started speaking in German and they transferred me again. Then I started speaking Russian so they transferred me again. Once I got to the Russian translator and went back to Spanish they just gave up.

@UbiDubiumQWB – My favorite one was when the spammer asked to speak to “the person in the house who makes the decisions.” I immediately went and got my four-year-old chatterbox of a daughter, who made lots of decisions, and told her that the call was for her and that she should tell the person on the phone all about her day. She was happy to do that, must have yammered on for ten minutes, and I sat by the whole time, trying to keep my laughter silent, and hearing the spammer repeatedly ask for my daughter to put her mother back on the phone!

@ldsmusician – My husband was out hunting this fall when he got a scam call. Mid-conversation, he yelled “Put the gun down!”, tossed the phone down in the field, and fired his rifle. He says he’s never had a caller hang up faster.

@dawnchanguit5536 – My husband speaks French. One time, he said to a scam caller, β€œDo you realize that you called Paris, France?” In French. We live in Florida πŸ˜‚

@lisacartwright2402 – I literally witnessed an older lady on the city bus get a scam call and she answered with ‘city morgue’

@johnlennon8653 – Got a scam call years ago. I’m a trucker so I held my phone against the air horn and let it blast.

@svendaems1979 – If a scammer calls me I give the phone to my parrot.

@themillshome6644 – My mom once had a spam caller and when she got the chance to talk, she said, “i am so glad you called, I have been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.” πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

@grumpywolf17 – Mom got a call from β€œher grandson”. She got all excited and said β€œI have a grandson?!” They hung up pretty quickly and we laughed. Mom had only granddaughters. She really wanted a grandson.

@jayceecee8651 – I used to hand the phone to my youngest son with a lego catalog. Proud of him. He kept them on the phone for 40 mins. πŸ˜‚

@DathanRider – I had a scammer call me I put my phone in a metal bowl upside down and started banging on the bowl

@WillLaPuerta – My favorite was when I told her to wait a moment and I’d be right back, set the phone down on the table, and walked away. Ten minutes later I very gently pick it back up – holding my breath – and I hear “I don’t know, he said he’d be right back!” I set it back down and walked away again.

@PurpleKatHobbies – What’s been an old family favorite is speaking in our native tongue about selling or buying cows πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚and it’s the most funniest thing ever

@davidpumpkinsjr.5108 – I used to answer these calls by saying “Antonio’s Pizza. Would you like to try out new Mushroom Madness Calzone?” Then continue to pitch pizzas, sandwiches and pasta dishes until they gave up.

@cinnamonrollypoly – When I get scam calls, I always bring the topic around to my fictional mushroom farm. It’s gotten to the point that the moment I bring it up, they hang up on me πŸ˜‚

@Big_Red_13 – A spam caller called me and I acted like they had called another spam call center. Dude was hysterical, he asked me what kind of hooks do we use, where I work, and how did we get the numbers that we call. It was very informative for me. πŸ˜‚β€

@Navyuncle – I’ve had scammers tell me that they are coming to arrest me. I always tell them to come ahead. I’m insured by Smith and Wesson, policy number 357 for false arrest. They generally hang up.

@gorjlg – I get the Medicare scam calls. They ask if I have parts A and B. I tell them I have parts F and O.

@matthew-005 – I once accused the man on the line of being the alien who is stealing my thoughts and then acting like I knew his alien identity and was going to expose him to the government.

@Kipsicle – I got one about a free flight years ago, and I told them I was on the no fly list. I haven’t gotten a scam call since.

@Navyuncle – My brother-in-law once got a call from someone trying to sell him windows for his house. He kept them on the phone for over 20 minutes asking nonsense questions. I think he actually negotiated a selling price of around $5000.00. When he got to the part where they were going to get his address, he said ” I have one more question.” Can these be paid for with food stamps? Dead silence. They hung up and never called again.πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

@muleman1701 – I used to mess with the spammers by answering in Klingon. Never spam call a Trekkie that can curse in Klingon.

@christinebravomom5711 – My favorite was a girlfriend who had a repeat porn caller. She left her Bible by the phone and, next call, she began reading from the Gospel of John. He hung up immediately and never called again.

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