Possible Scam

[ThrustTugKeith]

I was phoned yesterday by a guy(supposedly from Houston Texas) claiming to offer me reductions in credit card debt down to 6% ,if I qualified. To "qualify" he wanted certain info over the phone....IF YOU GET ONE OF THESE CALLS.....HANG UP !!!!!!

Be safe....

Scott

[smart_racer]

There is alot of Scam-Artist out there...I guess they find to hard to make a honest $

[steveciambrone]

Definite Scam and I give all callers like this the same treatment, Click.

Steve

[der kapitan]

My land line as well as my cell phone are both on the do-not-call registry for several years now, and I still get calls like these. Most of them are scam artists.

You can usually tell right away, when they don't show up on caller I.D., or if you ask for their number, and they have an excuse why they can't give it to you.

Like Steve says, hang up---.

[Ghost 2501]

{rinnnnng} "hey you just won...." to which i say ":censored:" and hang up, same goes for double glazing reps

[Kmot]

I go by my middle name. When someone calls asking for me by my first name, I immediately know it is no one I want to talk to. :p

[Tug Guy]

What I always do when a call like this comes in is I wait for them to start their spiel then I ask" Do you have a credit card number?" I repeat it as often as necessary until I get their attention. Usually I get replies like, What?, No, What do you need that for? To which I tell them my time is worth much more than theirs and unless they are willing to pay me to talk to them they can remove my name from their list and hang up. I have yet to get my first CC number. I haven't received any calls in a while now. :D

Don

[Ghost 2501]

you old clever sea dog don :)

[Massey]

RINNNNNNNNNNNNG RINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG

Me. "Hello?"

Them "Yes May I speak to the decision maker of the house hold?"

Me. "Yea sure one second", I had the phone to my 3 year old

3Yr old. "HIIIII!!!" .....
HIIIIIIIIII!!
Uh... hu....
ok....

Here Daddy he wants to talk to you"

Me "Yes?"

Them "Um we would like to talk to the decision maker of the household."

Me "Oh ok"... Hands phone back to child

3yr old. "HIIIIIII....
Here daddy he wants to talk to you again.

Me " yes?"

Them "sir we would like to talk to an adult that is responsible for the decision making of your house."

Me "Well sir since all the decisions we make in this house revolve around my son then he is the decision maker of the house. If you want I can put you back on the phone with him....

Them "*CLICK*"

That was an actual conversation about 10 years ago to a telemarketer. Another thing I do is, I let them get into their spiel a little then I ask them if I owe them any money? The usual reply is "no". Then I ask why are you calling me? Most of them will continue to promote whatever it is that they are selling again. Rinse and repeat till the telemarketer hangs up. 6 rounds is the longest I have gone with one.
I also used to sell AMWAY stuff so when a telemarketer would call I would try to sell them stuff too. That actually worked once I made $40 he made $0.

Massey

[steveciambrone]

I have a friend who starts talking dirty to them. Cheap entertainment.

Steve

[green-boat]

One time I got a call from a telemarketer and happened to have a PB&J sandwich in my hand. I smeared some of the PB&J on the reciever and set it on the floor for the dog. I can only imagine the sounds that he heard on the other end.

[Kaskazi]

When I click on the CAVEAT EMPTROR thread, it closes my browser. Why does it think I am a telemarketer?

Seriously - anyone know how to fix this? I really would like to read the thread!

[Ghost 2501]

its in several places, modelwarships.com. modelboatmayhem.com rcgroups scaleboats and sub forum

[Ghost 2501]

well i have sometimes had the telesales staff, to which i have been known to put on a fake foreign language

"so sowwy me no seak Ingwish!"

the other one is in the case of double glazing sales staff "sorry we're tennants, speak to the council!"

they soon hang up!

[Punkie]

I wait till the double glazing salesman finishes his spiel then tell them about my "home" I have a phone line at my home mooring.

[der kapitan]

I wait till the double glazing salesman finishes his spiel then tell them about my "home" I have a phone line at my home mooring.

Hey Punkie,

Oh my, is that a canal narrow boat turned homey? Great!

[der kapitan]

With caller I.D., and the national do-not-call registry, I don't get many telemarketers to torment anymore. What I do still get though, are these "survey" people with little questionnaires, usually about verifying my business address, etc.

They almost always have a foreign accent for some reason, and it's difficult to understand them, as if they're talking with a mouthful of marbles. Do any of you get these kind of calls?

Then there are the door-to-door people that still come on occasion. I have no doorbell, so they have to knock, which ticks off the dog---.

Small sign on door: "Trespassers will be killed and eaten"

[smart_racer]

I do not get embarrassed telling the phone salesperson...I cannot understand you...at-least hire a person who can speak clearly, so you can understand them!

[TugboatTom]

Bah! Hang up on any telemarketer! What do they offer thats any good anyways? No wonder there are so many openings for that job. Who the heck wants to annoy people for a living? And who actually buys anything from them? And then I get those darn door to door sales people. They drive my dogs nuts!

[Kmot]

double glazing salesman
Okay, what is this? Window salepesople? Calling to sell you new windows?

[Punkie]

Hey Punkie,

Oh my, is that a canal narrow boat turned homey? Great!
1:1 scale narrow boat. 40 feet long 7 foot wide,a three cylinder isuzu diesel in the back and a gorgeous paint job. Loads of them on british waterways, quite a community going.

[Punkie]

Okay, what is this? Window salepesople? Calling to sell you new windows?
Yes they phone you at home and try to persuade you to have a salesman come round and sell you new windows and doors, or if that doesn't interest you they will try and sell you a conservatory.

[keith S]

Always liked the ones trying to sell me windows, roofing and siding. For fun, would let them get their speil out and when they asked where to come for the estimate, I gave them the address and appartment # and told them to contact the landlord. :D :D That always seemed to piss someone off. Didn't get as many calls after a while.

[der kapitan]

Always liked the ones trying to sell me windows, roofing and siding. For fun, would let them get their speil out and when they asked where to come for the estimate, I gave them the address and appartment # and told them to contact the landlord. :D :D That always seemed to piss someone off. Didn't get as many calls after a while.

Hee hee---. :D Ah Keith, that's neat! Nothing like turning the tables and wasting THEIR :censored: time for a change---. :p

[der kapitan]

1:1 scale narrow boat. 40 feet long 7 foot wide,a three cylinder isuzu diesel in the back and a gorgeous paint job. Loads of them on british waterways, quite a community going.

I'd always seen them for years in the British travel magazines, but it wasn't until we went to England on a theater tour that I got to see some of the real
things up close. They certainly do paint them up, murals, scrollwork, etc.

[keith S]

Hee hee---. :D Ah Keith, that's neat! Nothing like turning the tables and wasting THEIR :censored: time for a change---. :p
Never fails, call about the time I am getting ready to eat dinner or glue something. :censored: ;)

[Ghost 2501]

i wander how they would sell kew gardens a conservatory?

derkapitan, narrow boats, (not barges!!!) are upto 70 ft in length, and it seems that as a casual bystander, no 2 are alike.

[Tug Guy]

I couldn't think of a better home than this. Cast off when the urge hits and move on to better weather.

Don

I wait till the double glazing salesman finishes his spiel then tell them about my "home" I have a phone line at my home mooring.

[MILLERTIME]

When telemarketer call, I say hold on and give the phone to my 83 yr. old
mon. She likes to talk on the phone.

[Roger in France]

I reply to these cold callers, "Excuse me a second, I must turn the radio off to hear you clearly". Then I leave the phone hanging for a while. Hopefully it costs them a bit on their phone bill!

Also, because I live in France I can also adopt a strong English accent and say, "Pardon, je suis anglais, je ne comprend pas".

Roger in France.

[der kapitan]

Guys, it seems that they always call at about the time you're having dinner, so that they can disrupt your privacy. I have gotten into the habit of not picking up the phone from 5 PM until about 7PM. If it IS important, I can return the call, as the number is recorded on caller I.D.

[rlboats2003]

I have choosen not to let the telephone rule my free time. We have caller ID and if the telephone number ringing is from someone I dont know I don't answer the phone. This is my time to eat or glue parts or watch a movie on the TV. If it is important, leave a message, and I will be happy to get back to those who called. I have to answer a phone at work but not at home.

Many people feel that that is a bad attitude, but would a caller rather be talking to some one who chearfully gets back to them in 15 minutes or some one upset for being interrupted right in the middle of their supper or modeling.

This is a major source of irratation at home with my wife, but I am tired of running up the steps only to find out that some kid called for my stepson and he is at the other parent for the week end, and 10 minutes latter get a call from the same kid asking if he is home yet. About that time, I ask the q-tip question and something about cleaning the :censored: out of your ears or don't you understand what weekend means.

Just my point of view, Love the narrow barage - could use one of them in the slip next to the sailboat would never have to come home during the summer.

Happy Modeling,
Rich

[Kmot]

Rich, I am with you. I have an answering machine, and it also has caller ID. Although, many calls just show Private Caller. In any case, I never answer the phone, unless I recognize the caller. My wife on the other hand, cannot let the phone ring no matter what time of day or night or no matter what 'activity' is happening at the time. She just cannot let the phone go unanswered. She just picks it up anyway. :rolleyes:

[tim slocum]

The satelite dish people are the worst.I get a call every day!Most of the time its a prerecorded message,but sometimes I get a "real" person.Ive told them I cant have a dish where I live(trees too tall)but the last time I told them I got another call about 30 mins later!I also get tons of written ads from them in the mail.I wonder how much money they spend on people that CAN'T even purchase there product?!

[green-boat]

Tim,

Get on the Mo. no call list, it stops a lot of the calls. I have it and I don't get any of those calls.

[der kapitan]

No matter how you do it, one or two of these calls can still upset your dinner hour.

1.) do not answer the phone during your prime time. If it's someone that you know, they will either leave a message or a trackable number. "Private call, or "out of area"
are usually solicitations.

2.) If you do pick up, be courteous until you get his or her phione number. You will need this to submit your complaint. If you get jerked around on getting that number, hang up. At this point, you can use any number of expletives to regale the caller, as he or she is obviously illlegitimate in the eyes of the law.

When I get an obstinate caller with aggressive and bullying tendencies, I get his vitals, and call the local chapter of the Outlaws, which for the uninformed, is an internationlal group of gentleman cyclists. After a visit from them, the calls stop immediately---.

I rode with this group in the late 1960's and into the mid 1970's. Lots of action, and quite a bit of excitement---.

[Kmot]

rode with this group in the late 1960's and into the mid 1970's. Lots of action, and quite a bit of excitement---.


Pictures of your scooter? :)

[der kapitan]

Pictures of your scooter? :)

Kmot, I wasn't into cameras too much back then, so not much survived. Looking back, I wish that I had taken some photos of a LOT of things. This was a time when we all thought nothing would ever change, and that we were immortal---. ;)