[guide.chat] scams
- From: "Kevin Burgin" <kevin.burgin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:44:12 +0100
Hi all
I have a hobby which I call Cold Caller Baiting.
For example, if I suspect that the person knocking at the door is a Jahova
witness I put an album on loud called Margo Smith's favourite Yodalling Songs.
They don't like that. The album should be banned by the Genaveeva Convention
but I did win it as the booby prize in a competition.
or something like that.
About six years ago now, One morning I received a phone call from one of those
call centres trying to sell you car insurance. Unfortunately for the lady
concerned she had caught me on a bad day. I had not slept well and I was
grumpy as hell. I was very rude to her.
So when she phoned and started her her patter instead of saying I am blind and
I don't own a car I agreed to go through the survey all the time giving false
answers like:
"Do you have a current driving licence?"
"Yes."
"Do you own a car?"
"Yes."
"What make?"
"A BMW."
Flirt! Flirt!
"What is the insurance number?"
And I kept up the false answers through it all until she came to the end. Then
she asked:
"Is there any other details you think you should put in at this point before I
put your assessment through and we will see if you can qualify for the ten per
cent off your current car insurance?"
I said: "Yes, I do not own a car because I don't have a driving licence and I
don't have a driving licence because I am totally blind. And now that I have
wasted your time for the last fifteen minutes you can F*** off."
Its the only time I know of that the cold caller slams the phone down on the
potential customer in a temper.
But she brightened my day.
Kevin
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