The most upset I've ever made a telemarketer was after answering the call, he delivered a long sales pitch. When he finished, I replied: "Hello?" He talked some more. And when there was finally silence, I once again said: "Hello?" as if I couldn't hear him. I don't know why that makes people so angry, but he was LIVID. He swore and screamed at me, to which, I answered: "Hello?" Also, when someone gets angry at me face to face or on the road, and they cut loose with colorful words and threats directed at me, I respond with: "What?" They go to the trouble of repeating the entire tirade, to which I once again reply: "What?!?!" They finally figure out that I'm just trying to annoy them further, which makes them even more angry. One guy was so upset, he was spitting out his car window, while growling at me... right in front of his girlfriend. She was horrified that I turned him into this monster that she had never seen before. I finally got close, and said: "What?!?!" I enjoy it sooooo much. Am I evil?
No, you're wonderful! I do the same thing to phone scammers. The best are the "tech support" ones, where I play like I'm dumb enough to fall for their garbage but somehow keep messing up. "Click what?" "Okay I clicked it. ... Now what?" They'll want me to read code numbers and I'll read them alternately fast and slowly (which is infuriating to these people for whom English is not their first language). It's like I can hear their blood pressure going up as they waste 20-30 minutes and slowly get nowhere.
You have just explained a very strange set of calls I had a few years ago. I was close to retirement and I had a secession of calls from a company who claimed to be using a government scheme to help small businesses . I explained I was not interested in promoting or expanding the business but the calls continued until they told me they could get me a load of equipment for free and asked me do I want it. I was suspicious and said no . He told me I could have it for free and resell it. I knew at this point it was a scam and I said no. I could not figure out what the scam was but now I know thank you.
A friend I used to work with told me if a salesperson (or Bill collector), calls he would give the phone to his 3 year old Daughter and tell her to talk to the nice man.
I saw this video when it first came out, and am very glad that I did. Three days ago I got one of these "can you hear me?" calls. I told the young man "It's interesting that you ask that. I recently saw a video talking about a scam where people ask you this very question." Would you believe the little bastard hung up on me?
"Hello?" "Can you hear me?" "Oh hi!" "Can you hear me?" "Well I just replied to you" "Ok, so you can hear me?" "Well obviously" "So you CAN hear me?" "If you ask me that again I'm hanging up."
When they ask me that question, I just say "No, can you hear me?" We do this a few times and then they hang up. I've also used words like go, proceed, continue, shoot, it's your dime.
@@cnault3244 And they can't accuse you of having too big a carbon footprint, unlike smoke signals, so Greta will never show up on your doorstep wagging her finger.
Brushing up on my flag waving communication. Working on a patent to attach colored cloth to wind turbine blades just need to get night talking figured out.
I'm so grateful for this advice Steve. I'm elderly and was brought to be a very polite English lady, even to strangers... until I watched this well over a year ago and was shocked how easily I could be scammed! No more Mrs Nice Girl!!!!!!! At first I just scribbled a note and put it next to the phone. It worked, but as an artist I had a better idea than a tatty bit of paper so I painted a big beautiful forest canvas with a big hidden 'NO' in the branches and hung it on the wall behind my phone table... out of habit, it's still the first thing I look at when the phone rings, and have never said 'yes' to a stranger's voice since. (Added bonus, 4 of my friends asked me to make them a hidden message painting and I just got a new commission for another) Thank you Steve!
I always find it humorous that cops can track a cellphone down to a few feet to track a petty thief or small time drug dealer to "get a bust" but the government with all its power never can seem to find these guys and do something about them... shows you who's protecting whom.
WaynesWorkVlog, specialized Indian call centres have scammers targeting Canadians for millions in profits yearly. Lots of us get these calls almost daily. On UA-cam I watched 2 hackers destroy the operations of a call centre in minutes. Yup, who’s protecting whom.
That's because these scammers don't use the same type of phone services you are used to dealing with. They are using a type of VOIP and counter measures to make it extremely hard to find them. A criminal using a cellphone has any number of methods of being tracked.
Perpetrators last line of defense "that doesn't prove I dialed the number". Unless you have a witness that actually saw an individual dialing that number at the time, phone companies will ONLY "inquire". No further action.
@@davidbeaulieu4815 I figure they have an episode on just about everything known to man, at this point. But, no, I've never heard of the one on timeshares.
I hear voices in my head. They scream at me all day every day but I never listen, I just keep killing and killing, no matter how loud they scream. (NO ! STOP. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG) Shhhuuttt Uuuuuppppp
I start screaming at them “Where are my drugs? You said you would have them yesterday! People are waiting! I’m tracing the call and when I find you are I am going to beat your ass!” They always hang up. I wonder why.
@@djfassler I do something similar, only not as specific. I say "Do you have it?" in a creepy angry voice. Whatever they say I repeat "Do you have it?". Followed by "If you don't have it by tomorrow your family will die" I never get a repeat call
Hey Steve, Im a retired cop in Winnipeg Canada. I love the info that you provide to the public. Your podcasts are also very helpful to those who watch. As with the exception of a few minor tweaks your laws are very similar in application to ours. Please keep up this fantastic public advice.
They were doing this scam 20 years ago when I was running my business. One time they said let us send you a free sample, once the “free sample” was used up they started demanding an outrageous amount for payment. We quickly learned to not accept any free samples.
And I say that to anyone either calling me or hailing me in a shopping mall. I always say “I don’t accept anything free. You have a good day” and walk away. There ain’t no free lunches.
Never ever say the word "YES" in a phone converation with someone you don't know. It can and will be recorded, and inserted into a different question. I've been telling people this for years. "YES" is legal, "Ya, OK, Sure etc are not legal.
Thanks so much for adding massive legitimacy to a subject I shared with my Mom (about a year ago) and the two renters who reside with her, and who also take/make their phone calls (and also answer incoming calls for my Mom as a courtesy to her) from my Mom's (the only in house landline) phone. Keep the videos coming, please. Cheers!
@KELLI2L2 It's still illegal and they do catch some, but most are not based in the US. It's mainly the phone companies' fault for running legacy systems with tons of vulnerabilities.
I got one of those at my business. “Can you hear me?” ...I can, how can I help you? This went back and forth until the scammer screamed at me I don’ t need your help, I’m trying to scam you. I hung up. But a month later my bank account was hit for $495 by bogus check from a well known third party scammer. Thankfully I caught it in time. I knew what they wanted me to say but when I wouldn’t play along they got pissed.
Robo-caller: “Can you hear me?” Me: “No, can you hear me?”... Thanks again Steve, for another enlightening - and somehow entertaining - video, with bad news.
I recently reported a scam call to the FTC. It was a heavy Filipino accent telling my SS# was used for fraudulent accounts and there was a warrant out for me in El Paso, TX etc, etc.
You are getting a printer at a price that is less than it costs to make, so what do you expect. Epson have a more expensive line called Ecotank where you by ink in a bottle at a reasonable price.
It's called a "razor blade business model". The scam was invented in the early 1900s by King Camp Gillette who came up with the idea of giving away the razor handle, and selling the blades at an inflated price to the lifelong customer.
I've tried to sell them extended warranties on their car insurance and on their air conditioning units for their house doesn't work but still it's always good for a laugh
I keep getting calls from numbers that match the first 6 digits of my phone number. They're trying spoof being one of my friends by being on the same cellular carrier.
Happens to me all the time. So you tell them that you will be right over in your underwear but you have to hurry bc your spouse wont be home for 2 hours.. then hang up... lol
How about this one? More times than I can count I've seen on my caller ID showing on TV for incoming call showing MY phone number, and my first thought not to answer it. Ten to twenty minutes later they call again spoofing my number and my name. When I tell people about that I tell them I'm not talking to that asshole! Never fails to get a laugh.
I'm replying on 2/7/2021 and I have not received one of these calls in perhaps a year, so I guess that this one has run its course. I had not heard of it when I got my first call, and I kept saying "I can hear you". After it asked "can you hear me" for the second time, I hung up. I got one other call like that. I am STILL getting the car warranty scam. Recently I told one of them, "can't you think of something more original?"
I remember when this was going on here a few years ago. Was working at a music festival that summer and we had a lot of calls coming from abroad regarding international performers. Made answering the phone interesting and had to be creative with your answers until you could verify who you were talking to.
Or there was the time when someone called me and said "we understand you've been involved in a car accident that was not your fault." I had a flash of inspiration and said "Yes, but it's ok- I was the only survivor. I made sure of that." She couldn't get off the line fast enough.
I had one trying to tell me he was from the IRS and I owed something like three grand.... Mind you, I was 31 years of age, still today have a zero credit score and the would be agent didn't know all my credentials. I heard his distinct accent, you know the one. That microsoft customer support accent or your cell carrier customer support rep type and grilled him on who I was to him on paper (asking what my ssn was, my home address, and the like). All he had was that wasn't important but that he knew these answers - although wouldn't answer when I asked - and I needed to mail him a check. I told him if you're the IRS, you know my address right? Then send me a bill. Nothing now for two years. I have a zero credit score.... I pay cash for everything.... I have zero connection to the IRS save my pay stubs which always have a return, never a deficit to be owed. If you're going to steal from me you'll need to take it out of my wallet personally
Now that I am retired it's my favorite pass time Answering the phone and playing dumb or telling them my Boss is going to fire me and crying on the phone.
Must admit I have taken a few calls for fun - (retired IT security) kept someone on the line for over 70 min's - personal best. Answering Detective Weston doesn't tends work to keep them on the line I have found.
Retirement is great , isn’t it ? I find myself doing the same thing. And when I’m bored with it , I answer “ U.S. Marshal’s Office , Fraud Division .. “ that usually stops the calls for a while. Lol.
This scam has been pretty common down here in Australia for quite some time... cheeky sods, I will admit messing with telemarketers, cold callers and scammers is rewarding LMAO 🤣
We (personally) don't even have a landline anymore, ever since we got cable in our area and didn't need the crappy copper cables for internet anymore. Not having a landline phone really seems to slow them down. I've yet to get a scam call on my mobile yet! Mind you...I do have blockers on it, so that prolly helps as well. :P
Sometimes it’s nice having a Wisconsin accent. “Yep, yeah, uh-huh, mm-hmm, and sure”. Even Judge Judy got irritated by a Wisconsin defendant when he never answered yes!
Mr. Lehto, I love your channel. You are a true American- true logic and common sense. Educating the public and making money from you tube. Ha! Bet you are a hoot in " real life"!
I respond "This is detective Frank, please hold. Yes, Sargent, are you sure it is murder? Okay. What is your name and how do you know the person you are calling"? They usually hang up before I can say I am joking. I also tell them I am hard of hearing if I forget the detective spiel. I am one of those who will try to keep a scammer or telemarketer on line for a long time, until they finally realize that I am playing them, or they start cussing at me. Being retired I need to do something. This is most fun with those professing I have a virus in my Microsoft software, I do not use Microsoft unless I have to. I am also a programmer so I can lead them down a garden path for awhile.
@@bff1316 I constantly get emails purporting to be from Microsoft saying there's something wrong with my Windows. I don't run Windows. I did once get a scam phone call from some guy who claimed he was 'in' my computer right now, I just kept him talking for some minutes till I got bored and asked him what operating system I was running? He kept dodging the question and eventually hung up abruptly.
I got a call one evening around supper time- a perky sounding young woman says, “Good evening Sir, I’m Clarice, with XYZ Company...” In my best Hannibal Lector voice I replied, “Hello Clarice...” she completely freaked out and hung up on me. Still laughing about that one!
LOL! Steve you are the best! You're cracking me up. I have been watching your channel for a few years, I really appreciate the many valuable tips here.
When I was in phone sales, we used to be required to hear the buyer say ‘yes’, ‘okay’, or ‘alright’, so I’d recommend being careful with these words also. Supposedly, they can be used to also (falsely or truly) demonstrate one’s consent on a recording that may or may not be spliced together. Yes, Okay, Alright
Happened to me a couple of times when someone at the office said "Yes" to something. I told the scammer to issue a call tag and have UPS pick up the shipment or I would begin billing them warehouse fees for storing their product. Worked every time.
Steve, I just came across your channel, and I find your advice and stories are good and entertaining. Keep up the good work, and thanks for your content.
Carroll Shelby... I answer scam calls so I can have a good day. I mess with them, and NEVER admit anything in the affirmative. I am at no risk of ever saying “yes”, not even if they ask for me by name. Hanging up is for people too afraid of getting caught in a scam.
Rich Diddens similar... “is this Hal?” Answered by “depends on who you are”. I have always had fun playing with phone solicitors or scammers. I am a very sceptical person when people call me, they have a HUGE hurdle to jump before I lower my guard. I always answer. Its a fun game for me, way more fun than sifting thru voice mails to delete them. My theory, if I delay them enough maybe one person wont get called and scammed that afternoon.
A few years ago I heard while on hold they listen to see if you are angry 😡 or waiting patiently. 🤗 If angry they answered your call before the happy callers. 😴 I yelled at the phone🤬 while on hold they quickly transferred to a supervisor and then answered. I responded in a normal voice. They were suprised, and asked why I was upset. Why do you ask me that question? They admitted to listening in and being ready to calm an upset caller. I stated no time to waste on hold, so I hacked the Q! 😏
A few years back I used to live in Australia and knew this bloke who was sorta a bit of a larrikan. As a sort-of joke, he legally changed his last name to "Bastard" (at the time, a legal name change under state law was only about $70). Back then when phoning government departments and corporations like big phone companies, early versions of voice analysis were used, so when first calling, and asked to speak his first and last name, saying "Bastard" apparently put him in the "angry client" category and he got served more quickly also ! If anyone asked how he ended up with that name, or if he specifically wanted to sound more polite, he just pronounced it out like "Boo-shard" and claimed that it was an old French family name !
I figured that out years ago , I believe my wait times were shorter and often had to apologize when connected as i was in mid curse . " that's ok , sorry for the wait " .
This is why I never give out information on the phone unless I make the call. Also why I answer the phone "Telemarketers should die screaming, hello" 9 out of 10 times it is dead air then click.
I had a scammer call me and tell me that my Social Security Number had been suspended. I live in Canads, lol. I pressed 1 to talk to an "agent" and the first thing they asked was my name. I said, "You called me". The "agent" asked a couple of times and I gave the same answer every time. They just hung up. Lmao
In Australia i keep getting calls that my tax file number has been suspended for suspicious purchases and that the police chief was on his way to arrest me unless i replied to them. I must be pretty special if the Chief of police is personally coming to arrest me lol.
Steve. I kept getting a call about a Google business listing. I asked several times for them to stop calling me, to no avail. I sued them and we settled for $1000 plus court costs. They won't stop unless it costs them something.
I remember back when I did temp work reception, there was a scammer who called in saying that he was from a shipping company who had a package to deliver to the office, but he was going to need the DUNS number for the company I was temping at. I just put him on hold until he hung up, as even if I'd known said company's DUNS number, I wouldn't be just giving it out on a whim as it's a business' equivalent to an individual's SSN for credit reporting and loans.
All we have to do to eliminate these scams is to mandate that any recording must be properly notarized, proven, and documented to be free from editing or otherwise must be ruled inadmissible in court. Make edited recordings falsely presented as accurate and unaltered evidence in court to be proof of perjury with a mandatory ten year sentence. We should also ban all unsolicited telemarketing. No one wants to be bothered by these charlatans anyway.
I turned 65 this last year and I got hundreds of Medicare supplement calls. I finally let them get to the point where they say, " our records indicate that you are turning 65 soon..." I then interrupt and yell into the phone," DO YOU MEAN YOU INTERRUPTED WHAT I WAS DOING TO TELL ME THAT I AM GETTING OLD!" Then I hang up. The guys at break time crack up when I do that.
"Can you hear me?" "No, I can't hear you." "Can you hear me now?" "No, I can't hear you now." "...but you can hear me ask the question?" "Yes." "Hah! Gotcha!" "DAMMIT" Don't try to think that you're smarter than you think you're not.
There is a very easy fix for that scam. There should be a mandate that the word yes is not acceptable for a verbal agreement but instead the entire phrase, '' I accept the offer for... "
This has actually been going on in one form or another for decades, especially against businesses. Before there was computer audio editing software, there was cut and splice. Courts were initially very reluctant to agree with defendants sued by fraudulent companies that edited voice recordings due to ignorance or disbelief on the part of judges that one could actually edit a voice recording. The legal system also encourages this type of behavior due to the expense of defending against a lawsuit, even frivolous cases.
Steve, check this out. When I get a call from a caller asking me "May I speak to Michael Ramos?" I ask "Who is this?" They say "We are calling abut your medicare." I say "So what?, Who is this?" "My name is Gary and we are contacting you about your medicare." I never applied for medicare. So I say "Before I can speak to you I need to record this call in addition FOR SECURITY PURPOSES before I talk and I need your Full Legal name, your birthdate and either a DL# or ID number." I normally get "We just want to ask you about your medicare" I respond "Since you don't want to provide me the information required I cannot speak to you." I hang up..
So it is just a recording? then reply with a record and obvious not you, yes, get the product and when they prduce the audio tell em that's from a movie.
I have a recording of the tones and message that landlines play for a disconnected number. Most people don't remember that message or the 3-tones that go with it but telemarketers and bots recognize the tones. They hang up and remove your number from their system.
Slamming happened to me once, by the phone company that used to have the black logo on a yellow background. (They are now absorbed into the pink company that's owned by the German Post Office.) I still will not have any business with them because of that one incident.
In the states I recommend registering your phone on the government’s national do not call registry. It greatly reduces the number of scam calls. It doesn’t eliminate them but a huge reduction on the a amount of calls.
@@shannonrundquist The bricks to construct a bank in Vernal Utah were mailed. It was cheaper than freighting the bricks a few hundred miles. Each brick was individually wrapped - maybe 15000 of them.
Many years ago the manager of the small engineering company I worked for got a call during which the caller asked if we used XYX power company, he replied yes and they responded we are ABC power, if you switch to our services we can save you a lot of money. He told them no we are happy with our company. Two weeks later we got a call from our power company stating they had released service to ABC power as per our recorded request to that company. It took getting our lawyer involved to fix things, oh and thier rate was about 40% higher.
We also need laws to protect the phone company because people think they are selling phone numbers to scammers. Have you not been awake in the last 10 years? Have you ever heard of random robo dialers?
I had this happen years ago. I ended up getting a bill for a website. I called and they played the recording of me saying "yes." I had answered "yes" in the original call when they asked "is this ABC real estate?" I asked them for the web address and looked at the site. It was a generic site and didn't even spell real estate correctly in the domain name. I told them it was a scam because we already had a website and I designed it. I told them to go ahead and sue me. Never heard from them again. Since then, I never say "yes" even if they want to confirm something simple. I didn't fall for the copier scam either after that.
This is a transcript of a recent robocall: BOT: "Hello, this is Mark, a Homeowner's Advocate calling on a recorded line. Can you hear me ok?" ME: "No, Mark, I cannot hear a word you're saying on your recorded line." BOT: "Great!"
I have a tumor and hear multiple voices a day and I hate when people exaggerate their mental health symptoms in front of me. I have to get a MRI to establish if I have been coming down with real touretes syndrome. People make fun of me and it's not appropriate at all. I might have other brain conditions undiscovered by medical science.
And before that register existed, relentless bit law abiding companies had their own "do not call" lists. Angry customers would tell them to take them off their list. They would say OK. But that was a trick answer, since you were not on that list to begin with. Only if you told them to put you on their list would they quit calling.
I used to get the call that said "We are your copy machine supplier and are checking to see if you need any supplies. What copy machine do you have so I can see if it's the same in our files?" I would ask what their file said and they would hang up.
I run a business I have an answered the phone in five years. You listen to the message it’s a long one tells you what to do and if you need to talk to me it’s text only. Best thing I ever did now I can take all my weekends off and no scamming.
I called my cell phone company, had my Voice mail cancelled. If I do not know the number, I decline it. And they can not leave me A BS voice message either.
I have a digital voice recorder, they can leave all the messages they want. In fact I do not answer the phone, and if you know me, you will leave a message, otherwise you will never get me. Though I am now tempted to 'answer' like the spouse did one day, when they called and said "De IRS has lawsuit for against you". She called the 'agent' and told them she was a certified public account for the State of California, and that 'you are breaking the law, they can arrest YOU for fraud'.
I’m a network administrator and I often have call our satellite offices about computer issues, leaving a message to call me back. I got a call last week where the caller opened the call with “is this” followed by my first name and last name. When I said yes, he just said “thanks, bye” with a creepy laugh. I shudder to think what this scammer is up to, but he already had my name and office phone number, so it can’t be good. If this happened at home or on my cell phone, I’ just hang up, but not when I’m asking people to return my call in my official capacity. Thanks for letting people know this is happening.
Steve, I was going to say that scam calls can be great stress therapy. I love to keep them on the line for as long as possible while tactfully telling them where to go, how to get there and what to do with themself upon arrival. When asked my name i usually give an arcane version of satan just for excretia & giggles.
@@dalek.6171 Oh your lucky, they got me for a Broken Water Hammer. Damned if I know how they knew I had just broke it. But that's ok, cause I just purchased a case of 'Water Slugs" to shoot from my .49 Cal Desert vulture, it's come in the mail.
I go through the trouble of having an app that records each and every phone call on my phone. Advice is given to me by someone who gives advice on how to work on your sales/marketing skills but seems rather useful for this as well. Also, they will simply edit in the word 'yes' with any voice they feel like if it's close enough. They probably care very little about getting you to say yes.
This happened to a companyI used to work for, they would be sent register paper, e.t.c. to different locations, then overcharge us for the products they sent. Quickly, home office sent out word to us to not open these boxes, and preceded to sue them.
The most upset I've ever made a telemarketer was after answering the call, he delivered a long sales pitch. When he finished, I replied: "Hello?" He talked some more. And when there was finally silence, I once again said: "Hello?" as if I couldn't hear him. I don't know why that makes people so angry, but he was LIVID. He swore and screamed at me, to which, I answered: "Hello?" Also, when someone gets angry at me face to face or on the road, and they cut loose with colorful words and threats directed at me, I respond with: "What?" They go to the trouble of repeating the entire tirade, to which I once again reply: "What?!?!" They finally figure out that I'm just trying to annoy them further, which makes them even more angry. One guy was so upset, he was spitting out his car window, while growling at me... right in front of his girlfriend. She was horrified that I turned him into this monster that she had never seen before. I finally got close, and said: "What?!?!" I enjoy it sooooo much. Am I evil?
No, you're wonderful! I do the same thing to phone scammers. The best are the "tech support" ones, where I play like I'm dumb enough to fall for their garbage but somehow keep messing up. "Click what?" "Okay I clicked it. ... Now what?" They'll want me to read code numbers and I'll read them alternately fast and slowly (which is infuriating to these people for whom English is not their first language). It's like I can hear their blood pressure going up as they waste 20-30 minutes and slowly get nowhere.
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@@nikkimcdonald4562 Hello?
How many people are you pissing people off on the road? Ever consider that you might be the problem?
what?
You have just explained a very strange set of calls I had a few years ago. I was close to retirement and I had a secession of calls from a company who claimed to be using a government scheme to help small businesses . I explained I was not interested in promoting or expanding the business but the calls continued until they told me they could get me a load of equipment for free and asked me do I want it. I was suspicious and said no . He told me I could have it for free and resell it. I knew at this point it was a scam and I said no. I could not figure out what the scam was but now I know thank you.
A friend I used to work with told me if a salesperson (or Bill collector), calls he would give the phone to his 3 year old Daughter and tell her to talk to the nice man.
I love this: "If someone is trying to sell you something and they came to your house, or called you, chances are you didn't need it."
Except that kid that sells the clean everything sauce and drinks it. Definitely need that.
If you’re not in my contacts your call will be going to voice mail period.
Good for you, but when you're running a business if you do that you lose customers and money.
i changed my ringtone to silence and made different ringtones for people i know so my phone only makes noise if i know the caller
You're passing up millions of dollars in opportunities. Haha.
*I'm sorry, but the person you called has a voice mailbox that has not been set up yet... Goodbye.*
@@need100k I do not have a business but if I did I would have a good answering machine or a secretary.
I saw this video when it first came out, and am very glad that I did. Three days ago I got one of these "can you hear me?" calls. I told the young man "It's interesting that you ask that. I recently saw a video talking about a scam where people ask you this very question." Would you believe the little bastard hung up on me?
"Hello?"
"Can you hear me?"
"Oh hi!"
"Can you hear me?"
"Well I just replied to you"
"Ok, so you can hear me?"
"Well obviously"
"So you CAN hear me?"
"If you ask me that again I'm hanging up."
When they ask me that question, I just say "No, can you hear me?" We do this a few times and then they hang up. I've also used words like go, proceed, continue, shoot, it's your dime.
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"I can hear you."
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It's time to get rid of all phones and go back to ham radio. And smoke signals.
hmmmm ham...
@ more for me.
@@cnault3244 And they can't accuse you of having too big a carbon footprint, unlike smoke signals, so Greta will never show up on your doorstep wagging her finger.
or rotary ha. I had to explain that to my 12 and 8 year olds lol.
Brushing up on my flag waving communication. Working on a patent to attach colored cloth to wind turbine blades just need to get night talking figured out.
I'm so grateful for this advice Steve. I'm elderly and was brought to be a very polite English lady, even to strangers... until I watched this well over a year ago and was shocked how easily I could be scammed!
No more Mrs Nice Girl!!!!!!!
At first I just scribbled a note and put it next to the phone. It worked, but as an artist I had a better idea than a tatty bit of paper so I painted a big beautiful forest canvas with a big hidden 'NO' in the branches and hung it on the wall behind my phone table... out of habit, it's still the first thing I look at when the phone rings, and have never said 'yes' to a stranger's voice since. (Added bonus, 4 of my friends asked me to make them a hidden message painting and I just got a new commission for another) Thank you Steve!
I always find it humorous that cops can track a cellphone down to a few feet to track a petty thief or small time drug dealer to "get a bust" but the government with all its power never can seem to find these guys and do something about them...
shows you who's protecting whom.
WaynesWorkVlog, specialized Indian call centres have scammers targeting Canadians for millions in profits yearly. Lots of us get these calls almost daily. On UA-cam I watched 2 hackers destroy the operations of a call centre in minutes. Yup, who’s protecting whom.
Too busy drug running and child trafficking.
That's because these scammers don't use the same type of phone services you are used to dealing with. They are using a type of VOIP and counter measures to make it extremely hard to find them.
A criminal using a cellphone has any number of methods of being tracked.
Perpetrators last line of defense "that doesn't prove I dialed the number". Unless you have a witness that actually saw an individual dialing that number at the time, phone companies will ONLY "inquire". No further action.
@@janetteniles4396 what kind of made up bullshit... did you hear this on one of your murder mystery soap operas???
I’ve just recorded your voice saying yes, and now you’ve agreed to a lifetime of timeshare
Dammit!!!!
Reminds me of that South Park episode about agreeing to Apple terms.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 you do know there's an episode of South Park that is actually about timeshares right?
@@davidbeaulieu4815 I figure they have an episode on just about everything known to man, at this point. But, no, I've never heard of the one on timeshares.
RV timeshare
I thought you were talking about the voices in my head.
Don't say yes to those either.
I hear voices in my head. They scream at me all day every day but I never listen, I just keep killing and killing, no matter how loud they scream. (NO ! STOP. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG) Shhhuuttt Uuuuuppppp
Oh, I NEVER answer them!
My voices in my head are okay, they help my problems go away and never bother me again.
SWEET!
Nothing good comes over the phone. Otherwise you'd be calling them.
Exactly. Who orders anything over the phone in 2021? Victims, and nobody smart.
Love IT!! Your announcer with that smooth, beautiful voice couldn't say the last part without breaking up. She is great.
Good secretary is a blessing.
Excellent information
We need a class action lawsuit against the phone companies for allowing their system to be used fraudulently for felonious activity.
Remember Napster?
I usually make crazy talk, "Are you wearing underwear and why not?", "How old is your mommy?" etc. They've always hung up quickly.
oor I have said "do you wanna play a game?" In a creepy voice lol.
I ask if they are naked.
Like I am.
Play an internet dial up. They stop calling
I start screaming at them “Where are my drugs? You said you would have them yesterday! People are waiting! I’m tracing the call and when I find you are I am going to beat your ass!” They always hang up. I wonder why.
@@djfassler I do something similar, only not as specific.
I say "Do you have it?" in a creepy angry voice. Whatever they say I repeat "Do you have it?". Followed by "If you don't have it by tomorrow your family will die"
I never get a repeat call
Hey Steve, Im a retired cop in Winnipeg Canada. I love the info that you provide to the public.
Your podcasts are also very helpful to those who watch. As with the exception of a few minor tweaks your laws are very similar in application to ours.
Please keep up this fantastic public advice.
Never admit you can hear them is the plan I used decades ago with my parents....
They were doing this scam 20 years ago when I was running my business. One time they said let us send you a free sample, once the “free sample” was used up they started demanding an outrageous amount for payment. We quickly learned to not accept any free samples.
And I say that to anyone either calling me or hailing me in a shopping mall. I always say “I don’t accept anything free. You have a good day” and walk away. There ain’t no free lunches.
Never ever say the word "YES" in a phone converation with someone you don't know. It can and will be recorded, and inserted into a different question. I've been telling people this for years. "YES" is legal, "Ya, OK, Sure etc are not legal.
Thanks so much for adding massive legitimacy to a subject I shared with my Mom (about a year ago) and the two renters who reside with her, and who also take/make their phone calls (and also answer incoming calls for my Mom as a courtesy to her) from my Mom's (the only in house landline) phone. Keep the videos coming, please. Cheers!
Telemarketers targeted elder folks in Finland using this method. They were registered companies but were soon closed by cops.
Yes. This is just very illegal in places with sane laws.
@KELLI2L2 It's still illegal and they do catch some, but most are not based in the US. It's mainly the phone companies' fault for running legacy systems with tons of vulnerabilities.
I got one of those at my business. “Can you hear me?” ...I can, how can I help you? This went back and forth until the scammer screamed at me I don’ t need your help, I’m trying to scam you. I hung up. But a month later my bank account was hit for $495 by bogus check from a well known third party scammer. Thankfully I caught it in time. I knew what they wanted me to say but when I wouldn’t play along they got pissed.
Robo-caller: “Can you hear me?”
Me: “No, can you hear me?”...
Thanks again Steve, for another enlightening - and somehow entertaining - video, with bad news.
Or just, "How can I help you?"
I recently reported a scam call to the FTC. It was a heavy Filipino accent telling my SS# was used for fraudulent accounts and there was a warrant out for me in El Paso, TX etc, etc.
I received one of these and went off with 10yrs of millwork and 30yrs military career. They hung up and never called again.
I always answer " Sheriff's Department!"
xD i love that!
There is actually a problem with doing that as you are representing yourself as them.
@@joebledsoe257 Not really. It's not the same as presenting yourself to someone as a law enforcement officer. You would never be prosecuted for that.
6:15 Aren't toner/printer cartridges already scams? Like the entire business model was conceived as one big overpriced scam.
Laser printers aren't so bad. It's those ink jet things that will rob you blind
They're not ink cartridges. They do have scammy things around them, but those scams are manufacturer based and inkjets are again worse about them.
You are getting a printer at a price that is less than it costs to make, so what do you expect. Epson have a more expensive line called Ecotank where you by ink in a bottle at a reasonable price.
@@DogsBAwesome I had an Epson inkjet printer once. It did plenty to convince me that inkjets were horrible.
It's called a "razor blade business model". The scam was invented in the early 1900s by King Camp Gillette who came up with the idea of giving away the razor handle, and selling the blades at an inflated price to the lifelong customer.
I've tried to sell them extended warranties on their car insurance and on their air conditioning units for their house doesn't work but still it's always good for a laugh
Once I admitted that I could hear the extra terrestrial aliens I was forced to go inpatient. How right you are.
I keep getting calls from numbers that match the first 6 digits of my phone number. They're trying spoof being one of my friends by being on the same cellular carrier.
Happens to me all the time. So you tell them that you will be right over in your underwear but you have to hurry bc your spouse wont be home for 2 hours.. then hang up... lol
You just figured that out? I don't think you should be trying to educate anyone if that's where you're at.
@@tcolondovich2996 I was just making an announcement of the kinds of spam calls I'm getting.
How about this one? More times than I can count I've seen on my caller ID showing on TV for incoming call showing MY phone number, and my first thought not to answer it. Ten to twenty minutes later they call again spoofing my number and my name. When I tell people about that I tell them I'm not talking to that asshole! Never fails to get a laugh.
Love this law advices. Free education. Thank you for the time to investigate then report it. Excellent channel
Love the lady. I always listen to the very very end. Thanks.
I'm replying on 2/7/2021 and I have not received one of these calls in perhaps a year, so I guess that this one has run its course. I had not heard of it when I got my first call, and I kept saying "I can hear you". After it asked "can you hear me" for the second time, I hung up. I got one other call like that. I am STILL getting the car warranty scam. Recently I told one of them, "can't you think of something more original?"
I remember when this was going on here a few years ago. Was working at a music festival that summer and we had a lot of calls coming from abroad regarding international performers. Made answering the phone interesting and had to be creative with your answers until you could verify who you were talking to.
Now we have channels on youtube where people spend 3-4 hours taking scammers for a ride.
Or there was the time when someone called me and said "we understand you've been involved in a car accident that was not your fault." I had a flash of inspiration and said "Yes, but it's ok- I was the only survivor. I made sure of that."
She couldn't get off the line fast enough.
Lmfao
I had one trying to tell me he was from the IRS and I owed something like three grand.... Mind you, I was 31 years of age, still today have a zero credit score and the would be agent didn't know all my credentials. I heard his distinct accent, you know the one. That microsoft customer support accent or your cell carrier customer support rep type and grilled him on who I was to him on paper (asking what my ssn was, my home address, and the like). All he had was that wasn't important but that he knew these answers - although wouldn't answer when I asked - and I needed to mail him a check. I told him if you're the IRS, you know my address right? Then send me a bill. Nothing now for two years. I have a zero credit score.... I pay cash for everything.... I have zero connection to the IRS save my pay stubs which always have a return, never a deficit to be owed. If you're going to steal from me you'll need to take it out of my wallet personally
Now that I am retired it's my favorite pass time Answering the phone and playing dumb or telling them my Boss is going to fire me and crying on the phone.
Dan Ayen I play a siren sound with police talking in the background. I keep yelling Can’t hear you I am talking to the cops!!!
@@dio3744 I love it. I might even try that thanks for the idea.
@@dio3744 Maybe you should say, " I din't kill him, (her), I'm still on probation! Let me go, I'm innocent"
Must admit I have taken a few calls for fun - (retired IT security) kept someone on the line for over 70 min's - personal best. Answering Detective Weston doesn't tends work to keep them on the line I have found.
Retirement is great , isn’t it ?
I find myself doing the same thing. And when I’m bored with it , I answer “ U.S. Marshal’s Office , Fraud Division .. “ that usually stops the calls for a while. Lol.
This scam has been pretty common down here in Australia for quite some time... cheeky sods, I will admit messing with telemarketers, cold callers and scammers is rewarding LMAO 🤣
We (personally) don't even have a landline anymore, ever since we got cable in our area and didn't need the crappy copper cables for internet anymore.
Not having a landline phone really seems to slow them down.
I've yet to get a scam call on my mobile yet!
Mind you...I do have blockers on it, so that prolly helps as well. :P
Sometimes it’s nice having a Wisconsin accent. “Yep, yeah, uh-huh, mm-hmm, and sure”. Even Judge Judy got irritated by a Wisconsin defendant when he never answered yes!
Mr. Lehto, I love your channel. You are a true American- true logic and common sense. Educating the public and making money from you tube. Ha! Bet you are a hoot in " real life"!
Then: "Can you hear me?"
Me: The jobs done but there's blood everywhere!
That actually worked for a friend. Alt line "OK, fine I did the job for you, what do I do with the body".
Scammers response "Oh shit, "CLICK".
@Don Lee - well, as long as they were drawn, and not real guns.
I respond "This is detective Frank, please hold. Yes, Sargent, are you sure it is murder? Okay. What is your name and how do you know the person you are calling"? They usually hang up before I can say I am joking.
I also tell them I am hard of hearing if I forget the detective spiel.
I am one of those who will try to keep a scammer or telemarketer on line for a long time, until they finally realize that I am playing them, or they start cussing at me. Being retired I need to do something. This is most fun with those professing I have a virus in my Microsoft software, I do not use Microsoft unless I have to. I am also a programmer so I can lead them down a garden path for awhile.
@@bff1316 - Oh are you the one that does those Videos? :wink
@@bff1316 I constantly get emails purporting to be from Microsoft saying there's something wrong with my Windows. I don't run Windows. I did once get a scam phone call from some guy who claimed he was 'in' my computer right now, I just kept him talking for some minutes till I got bored and asked him what operating system I was running? He kept dodging the question and eventually hung up abruptly.
I got a call one evening around supper time- a perky sounding young woman says, “Good evening Sir, I’m Clarice, with XYZ Company...” In my best Hannibal Lector voice I replied, “Hello Clarice...” she completely freaked out and hung up on me. Still laughing about that one!
145 episodes already! Steve: when do you find time to practice law??
LOL! Steve you are the best! You're cracking me up. I have been watching your channel for a few years, I really appreciate the many valuable tips here.
When I was in phone sales, we used to be required to hear the buyer say ‘yes’, ‘okay’, or ‘alright’, so I’d recommend being careful with these words also. Supposedly, they can be used to also (falsely or truly) demonstrate one’s consent on a recording that may or may not be spliced together.
Yes, Okay, Alright
Scamming, no matter what model, is just too easy. People will buy anything from anyone 🤣
As I was listening to you I got another scam call, I truly hate them 😡🤬🤬🤬!
Happened to me a couple of times when someone at the office said "Yes" to something. I told the scammer to issue a call tag and have UPS pick up the shipment or I would begin billing them warehouse fees for storing their product. Worked every time.
That was great advice, I love your collection of old microphone's.
Steve, I just came across your channel, and I find your advice and stories are good and entertaining. Keep up the good work, and thanks for your content.
If someone asks "can you hear me" answer with "I can hear you". Then you might get "are you there?" Just reply "I am here".
@@carrollshelby8690 Not as fun as asking them if they know how to hide a body.
Carroll Shelby... I answer scam calls so I can have a good day. I mess with them, and NEVER admit anything in the affirmative. I am at no risk of ever saying “yes”, not even if they ask for me by name. Hanging up is for people too afraid of getting caught in a scam.
@@halkael2317 "Is this Hal?" "This is he."
Rich Diddens similar... “is this Hal?” Answered by “depends on who you are”. I have always had fun playing with phone solicitors or scammers. I am a very sceptical person when people call me, they have a HUGE hurdle to jump before I lower my guard. I always answer. Its a fun game for me, way more fun than sifting thru voice mails to delete them. My theory, if I delay them enough maybe one person wont get called and scammed that afternoon.
@@carrollshelby8690 That's no fun. The idea is to make them not want to call back.
The other day I got a call from my number. Haha
Your number was "Cloned" likely !!
Same thing happened to my brother. LOL Yeah,,,,
Yeah. I get emails from myself, too.
Should have answered, it was your future self calling with important information regarding your children.
I have already received calls from 000-000-0000 and also from 666-666-6666.
A few years ago I heard while on hold they listen to see if you are angry 😡 or waiting patiently. 🤗
If angry they answered your call before the happy callers. 😴
I yelled at the phone🤬 while on hold they quickly transferred to a supervisor and then answered. I responded in a normal voice. They were suprised, and asked why I was upset.
Why do you ask me that question?
They admitted to listening in and being ready to calm an upset caller.
I stated no time to waste on hold, so I hacked the Q! 😏
A few years back I used to live in Australia and knew this bloke who was sorta a bit of a larrikan. As a sort-of joke, he legally changed his last name to "Bastard" (at the time, a legal name change under state law was only about $70). Back then when phoning government departments and corporations like big phone companies, early versions of voice analysis were used, so when first calling, and asked to speak his first and last name, saying "Bastard" apparently put him in the "angry client" category and he got served more quickly also ! If anyone asked how he ended up with that name, or if he specifically wanted to sound more polite, he just pronounced it out like "Boo-shard" and claimed that it was an old French family name !
I figured that out years ago , I believe my wait times were shorter and often had to apologize when connected as i was in mid curse . " that's ok , sorry for the wait " .
I always say "Sheriff Department Fraud Division, who's calling" always followed by a click.
This is why I never give out information on the phone unless I make the call. Also why I answer the phone "Telemarketers should die screaming, hello" 9 out of 10 times it is dead air then click.
I had a scammer call me and tell me that my Social Security Number had been suspended. I live in Canads, lol. I pressed 1 to talk to an "agent" and the first thing they asked was my name. I said, "You called me". The "agent" asked a couple of times and I gave the same answer every time. They just hung up. Lmao
In Australia i keep getting calls that my tax file number has been suspended for suspicious purchases and that the police chief was on his way to arrest me unless i replied to them.
I must be pretty special if the Chief of police is personally coming to arrest me lol.
Steve. I kept getting a call about a Google business listing. I asked several times for them to stop calling me, to no avail. I sued them and we settled for $1000 plus court costs. They won't stop unless it costs them something.
I remember back when I did temp work reception, there was a scammer who called in saying that he was from a shipping company who had a package to deliver to the office, but he was going to need the DUNS number for the company I was temping at. I just put him on hold until he hung up, as even if I'd known said company's DUNS number, I wouldn't be just giving it out on a whim as it's a business' equivalent to an individual's SSN for credit reporting and loans.
My God. The level of disgusting in this scam is absolutely despicable! I really wish the very worst life possible for the people doing this.
I tell all of them that they will be reborn as untouchables .
All we have to do to eliminate these scams is to mandate that any recording must be properly notarized, proven, and documented to be free from editing or otherwise must be ruled inadmissible in court. Make edited recordings falsely presented as accurate and unaltered evidence in court to be proof of perjury with a mandatory ten year sentence. We should also ban all unsolicited telemarketing. No one wants to be bothered by these charlatans anyway.
Congratz on passing 100k subs! Love your content!
I've had them ask for me personally, and then ask if it was me.
I turned 65 this last year and I got hundreds of Medicare supplement calls. I finally let them get to the point where they say, " our records indicate that you are turning 65 soon..." I then interrupt and yell into the phone," DO YOU MEAN YOU INTERRUPTED WHAT I WAS DOING TO TELL ME THAT I AM GETTING OLD!" Then I hang up. The guys at break time crack up when I do that.
"Can you hear me?"
"No, I can't hear you."
"Can you hear me now?"
"No, I can't hear you now."
"...but you can hear me ask the question?"
"Yes."
"Hah! Gotcha!"
"DAMMIT"
Don't try to think that you're smarter than you think you're not.
At some point everybody is going to slip up and say yes lol
@Don Lee That's what I meant, I don't answer either. If it's that important you'll either text or leave a voicemail.
Nancy Reagan just say NO! That applys to phone calls from unknown numbers.
There is a very easy fix for that scam. There should be a mandate that the word yes is not acceptable for a verbal agreement but instead the entire phrase, '' I accept the offer for... "
This has actually been going on in one form or another for decades, especially against businesses. Before there was computer audio editing software, there was cut and splice. Courts were initially very reluctant to agree with defendants sued by fraudulent companies that edited voice recordings due to ignorance or disbelief on the part of judges that one could actually edit a voice recording. The legal system also encourages this type of behavior due to the expense of defending against a lawsuit, even frivolous cases.
Steve, check this out. When I get a call from a caller asking me "May I speak to Michael Ramos?" I ask "Who is this?" They say "We are calling abut your medicare." I say "So what?, Who is this?" "My name is Gary and we are contacting you about your medicare." I never applied for medicare. So I say "Before I can speak to you I need to record this call in addition FOR SECURITY PURPOSES before I talk and I need your Full Legal name, your birthdate and either a DL# or ID number." I normally get "We just want to ask you about your medicare" I respond "Since you don't want to provide me the information required I cannot speak to you." I hang up..
This is also used by prisoners who, while in prison, as "do you accept the charges for...a call from a certain person."
When they ask 'Can you hear me' just say "Not very well". Let them waste their time.
Literally, 1 minute ago i got a call that i declined but got a transcript in text message and it said "hello, can you hear me" twice😂
*Eastside Low Bottoms shit !*
That's funny. Last week, i got a voicemail saying the same thing: "Can u hear me ? Can u hear me ?"
Sneaky bastards !
I just got a pizza that had pepperoni in the text of, "CAN YOU TASTE ME?"
So it is just a recording? then reply with a record and obvious not you, yes, get the product and when they prduce the audio tell em that's from a movie.
I have a recording of the tones and message that landlines play for a disconnected number. Most people don't remember that message or the 3-tones that go with it but telemarketers and bots recognize the tones. They hang up and remove your number from their system.
This was an old phone scam from the 1980’s for when they wanted to “slam “you and switch your phone provider. Happened constantly!
Slamming happened to me once, by the phone company that used to have the black logo on a yellow background. (They are now absorbed into the pink company that's owned by the German Post Office.) I still will not have any business with them because of that one incident.
@@GraemePayne1967Marine DHL is in the phone business now?
@@NiceMuslimLady Nope. T-M (last time I checked) was owned by the German Post Office.
In the states I recommend registering your phone on the government’s national do not call registry. It greatly reduces the number of scam calls. It doesn’t eliminate them but a huge reduction on the a amount of calls.
Steve , your a lawyer . You can get away with telling a scammer anything .
Thank You , We must Remember every single time
What do you mean I can not mail a building? I was planning on doing that on Monday.
yes, what is that message about?
Shannon Rundquist listen to the every end. The voice makes a comment.
@@shannonrundquist The bricks to construct a bank in Vernal Utah were mailed. It was cheaper than freighting the bricks a few hundred miles. Each brick was individually wrapped - maybe 15000 of them.
Many years ago the manager of the small engineering company I worked for got a call during which the caller asked if we used XYX power company, he replied yes and they responded we are ABC power, if you switch to our services we can save you a lot of money. He told them no we are happy with our company.
Two weeks later we got a call from our power company stating they had released service to ABC power as per our recorded request to that company.
It took getting our lawyer involved to fix things, oh and thier rate was about 40% higher.
We need laws preventing the phone companies from selling our numbers to all these scammers.
We also need laws to protect the phone company because people think they are selling phone numbers to scammers. Have you not been awake in the last 10 years? Have you ever heard of random robo dialers?
@@SaintsPurgatoryfirms definitely sell information, but I agree that it’s almost certainly not the phone company.
I had this happen years ago. I ended up getting a bill for a website. I called and they played the recording of me saying "yes." I had answered "yes" in the original call when they asked "is this ABC real estate?" I asked them for the web address and looked at the site. It was a generic site and didn't even spell real estate correctly in the domain name. I told them it was a scam because we already had a website and I designed it. I told them to go ahead and sue me. Never heard from them again. Since then, I never say "yes" even if they want to confirm something simple. I didn't fall for the copier scam either after that.
"Can you hear me?"
”No."
Rexx best answer!!!
"Are you refusing our offer?" "No."
"Do you want a refund for the service you just agreed to?" "No"
This is a transcript of a recent robocall:
BOT: "Hello, this is Mark, a Homeowner's Advocate calling on a recorded line. Can you hear me ok?"
ME: "No, Mark, I cannot hear a word you're saying on your recorded line."
BOT: "Great!"
Revenge: open the call, say nothing, full volume radio or tv into the phone.
*JUST HANG UP ! ! !* ☝🤓
I have a tumor and hear multiple voices a day and I hate when people exaggerate their mental health symptoms in front of me. I have to get a MRI to establish if I have been coming down with real touretes syndrome. People make fun of me and it's not appropriate at all. I might have other brain conditions undiscovered by medical science.
When someone asks can you hear me now my reply is speak louder I can't hear you. I just keep repeating this phrase.
Thank you for this buddy, really appreciate what you do!
The" do not call registry" served the scammers more than the scammed. If you put your name on it you could be assured to get more calls that before
@@topherthe11th23 just like many government programs it's all hype
And before that register existed, relentless bit law abiding companies had their own "do not call" lists. Angry customers would tell them to take them off their list. They would say OK. But that was a trick answer, since you were not on that list to begin with. Only if you told them to put you on their list would they quit calling.
Thank you Steve.
When talking about his secretary, I thought he said “brilliant lover”
🤣🤣🤣
(It was “brilliant, I loved her”)
I used to get the call that said "We are your copy machine supplier and are checking to see if you need any supplies. What copy machine do you have so I can see if it's the same in our files?" I would ask what their file said and they would hang up.
your robot has gone rogue. Hilarious, thank you.
I run a business I have an answered the phone in five years. You listen to the message it’s a long one tells you what to do and if you need to talk to me it’s text only. Best thing I ever did now I can take all my weekends off and no scamming.
I called my cell phone company, had my Voice mail cancelled. If I do not know the number, I decline it.
And they can not leave me A BS voice message either.
It's TIME CONSUMING dumping the message banks at 30+ bogus calls per day!
I have a digital voice recorder, they can leave all the messages they want. In fact I do not answer the phone, and if you know me, you will leave a message, otherwise you will never get me. Though I am now tempted to 'answer' like the spouse did one day, when they called and said "De IRS has lawsuit for against you". She called the 'agent' and told them she was a certified public account for the State of California, and that 'you are breaking the law, they can arrest YOU for fraud'.
Bob H.
They always say they are sending the police to arrest me. I tell them I’ll wait and ask for a time when they might arrive.
I’m a network administrator and I often have call our satellite offices about computer issues, leaving a message to call me back.
I got a call last week where the caller opened the call with “is this” followed by my first name and last name. When I said yes, he just said “thanks, bye” with a creepy laugh. I shudder to think what this scammer is up to, but he already had my name and office phone number, so it can’t be good. If this happened at home or on my cell phone, I’ just hang up, but not when I’m asking people to return my call in my official capacity. Thanks for letting people know this is happening.
Steve, I was going to say that scam calls can be great stress therapy. I love to keep them on the line for as long as possible while tactfully telling them where to go, how to get there and what to do with themself upon arrival.
When asked my name i usually give an arcane version of satan just for excretia & giggles.
The longer you keep them on the line, the fewer calls they're going to be able to make.
George Petaki!
@@billyhills9933 mute and hold :)
good information Steve, thanks. I love that sinking Titanic on your bookshelf
I wish I knew this before I got stuck with 144 cases of Acme widget grease.
They got me for some Pneumatic blinker fluid.
@@TomCooper I just need your credit card # and I'll overnight you that grease. Sorry. Please add your S.S.# to verify. And checking account.
@@dalek.6171 Always go with a reputable source for your blinker fluid: ua-cam.com/video/bmHzD7gDfdo/v-deo.html
@@dalek.6171 Oh your lucky, they got me for a Broken Water Hammer. Damned if I know how they knew I had just broke it. But that's ok, cause I just purchased a case of 'Water Slugs" to shoot from my .49 Cal Desert vulture, it's come in the mail.
Jared1701 😝😝❤️😝
I go through the trouble of having an app that records each and every phone call on my phone. Advice is given to me by someone who gives advice on how to work on your sales/marketing skills but seems rather useful for this as well. Also, they will simply edit in the word 'yes' with any voice they feel like if it's close enough. They probably care very little about getting you to say yes.
This sounds like a rule from some horror movie. "They can't hurt you if you don't admit you know they're there."
This happened to a companyI used to work for, they would be sent register paper, e.t.c. to different locations, then overcharge us for the products they sent. Quickly, home office sent out word to us to not open these boxes, and preceded to sue them.
I am so jealous of your Chrysler Turbine model!