How do you deal with those annoying phone calls from India?

[artme]

A mate of mine has a friend who places an order for curry!

My son asks for their number to confirm things and then says he will inform thE Federal Police!

Others simply say #@&^%%*

Unfortunately a mate of mine had a senior moment and fell for the con. Rsult was a costly virus on his computer!!

[opelblues]

apply for "No Call Register" and at the same time ask for call tracking, the first one doent cost but the second does, it is worth it i have not recived calls for 6 months

[DavidG]

Play as the old computer illiterate fool.
Have massive problems following their instructions. They say type .... you say that did not work.

Play along up to the point where they want you to connect to their web site giving them access to your pc and then burst out laughing and let them know that you know what they are doing all along. A few appropriate expletives may be used here.

Aim is to get 15 to 20 min of giggles and pure frustration for them.

[chrisb691]

Once I managed to understand that he was from 'Microsoft', and that 'they' had noticed that my computer had a virus that 'they' wanted to 'fix' for me. I told him he was a lying piece of s$$t, and to $@!& off..........and he did.

[NCArcher]

I try to get them to hang up on me. I managed to get one guy to yell at me that I was wasting his time and then slam the phone down. I was so pleased with myself.

[Chesand]

1. Place the phone in the nearest drawer and walk away
2. Ask them how their mother, father, children are. if you want to waste your time and theirs

[johnredl]

I try to get them to hang up on me. I managed to get one guy to yell at me that I was wasting his time and then slam the phone down. I was so pleased with myself.

Your evil!! Good work tho

[FenceFurniture]

and to $@!& off..........and he did.

Yes, but did he do it quickly, as in FOQ (not FAQ)? I'll second the no call register, it works a treat. 2 years ago when I was living in Sydney (and working from home) I used to get absolutely hammered with calls from all and sundry, not just India. One mob in Florida were relentless until I played along the game one night, and went through to the next level. "How does that sound?", "Oh yeah that's great, tell me more!". I used to work in Sales, and was taught by the best, so I have a pretty good understanding of things like answering a question with a question etc.

Anyway, through to the next level we went, and all up about 20 minutes before I told the idiot that I was actually just wasting her time because they had wasted so much of mine previously (I didn't have much to do at the time, and really wanted to aggravate them). I think I may have added an FOQ as well. Never heard from them again. One thing that used to really sheet me off was getting a call from them, I'd answer, and only to be put on hold! FOQ! NOW!

Cheers, FF

[FenceFurniture]

I also had this recording on the answering machine - got a few laughs it did! One telemarketer actually stayed the distance to leave a congratulatory msg for me - she loved it:

LISTEN UP! I am dead set sick of the Bombay Blitz. This phone will not be answered until you have announced who you are and what you want. If you are a telemarketer, Market researcher or anyone even vaguely similar you can bugger off quickly. This applies in particular those who do “not want to sell me anything” or want to use my name 6 times a minute. If you try to sneak through and trick me then I will blow a very loud whistle down the phone which will hopefully give you an ear ache. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Anyone else will be patient enough to announce themselves, and if I’m here maybe I’ll pick up.


It was recorded in a very hostile voice, becoming normal again at the end.

[fxst]

As I don't have any indian/asian friends or know people in those countries I just hang up. No frustation and back to eating my meal. Wasting 20mins of their time is wasting yours too. I would rather do something construtive. Yes I am on the do not call register and that works most times.
Why bother to jerk their chain when they only get $2 /hr or day whatever.
Pete

[Ashore]

Let them talk a bit then ask them if their wearing any underwear, tell them your not and ask if that excites them ,..............havent had one who didn't hang up

[Ashore]

As I don't have any indian/asian friends or know people in those countries I just hang up. No frustation and back to eating my meal. Wasting 20mins of their time is wasting yours too. I would rather do something construtive. Yes I am on the do not call register and that works most times.
Why bother to jerk their chain when they only get $2 /hr or day whatever.
Pete

They may only be getting $2 an hour but what about the poor older peninsioner that gets caught and has their bank account raided
They may only get $2 an hour but they know that the poor bugger they catch will get ripped off and they don't care

[pellcorp]

Let them talk a bit then ask them if their wearing any underwear, tell them your not and ask if that excites them ,..............havent had one who didn't hang up

I have VoIP only and don't get any of these calls - except for folks looking for ANZ bank. Apparently we have a recycled number that used to be an ANZ branch number. But I would love to try out your approach hilarious !

[Wood en I]

]Let them talk a bit then ask them if their wearing any underwear, tell them your not and ask if that excites them ,..............havent had one who didn't hang up[/QUOTE]


Man that is the best one I have ever heard. I cant wait for one of these maggots to call.

[HOOKED.UP]

This trick from a friend of mine.

Tell the caller you are really interested and ask them to hold for a second.
Put the phone on the bench/table and walk away.
This ties up their phone line I believe, till you hang up.

We hardley get any of these calls any more, so there must be a "hit" list of numbers not to call.

My best effort was being out of the hose for 6 hours. When I came back and picked up the phone, I could still here office noises. I just hung up.

I don't know if this still works as telephone technology is improving all the time.
But it is fun to pester them, as they pester us.

Paul.