Lol!

[pwd72s]

Phone rings..

Me: "Hello"

Caller: "Hello?"

Me "I hear you."

Caller: "Hello Grandpa, how are you?"

Me: (laughed) "How much money do you need and what jail do you need to get out of?"

Caller: Click.

How the hell do these scammers know the ages of the households they are calling?

BTW, our daughter has no children.

[GH85Carrera]

I got a similar call. I have no kids, and obviously no grand-kids. I was pretty sure anyone calling me grandpa was not a legit call. I let them tell me the long tal of how they were on vacation in Italy and got arrested on trumped up charges. I just started laughing and said I told you not to leave the the city, much less the country. You are supposed to be on house arrest and now they will send the US Marshalls to come drag your ass back to US prison. I hope you rot, and I hung up.

[mepstein]

My 84 year old father got the same call. Caller said he was my son and needed help. Was in a traffic accident so he sounded different with fat lip. My dad - who would do ANYTHING for my kids was suspicious so he asked the caller the name of our family dog. Caller got upset at my dad but obviously had no idea what the dog's name was. My dad hung up without another thought.

[GothingNC]

Luckily my Mom is aware of the scam calls and loves messing with the scammers when they call.

On a side note - All of the staff members in my office received an automated message from a scammer at the same time today to their direct line, about 60 employees.

Could not figure out what it was about since it was a lady speaking Chinese.

[red-beard]

My parents have 3 grandchildren, 2 girls and one boy. The girls are mid-20's and the boy is 11. They have had this scam call.

[LWJ]

My folks got it as well. They were confused but didn't cough the cash.

[Brando]

My grandmother received a similar call. It was the Mexican Police saying they wanted $6,000 in gift cards to let me out of jail. My grandmother told them to get a life and they were scum.

Gotta love Grandma when she has no F***s to give.

[legion]

Got one about six months ago at 3:00 in the morning...

Me: Hello?

Caller: Hey man....So......I got ah-rest-ed...............and I need you to bail me out.......

Me: Wow....we go way back man.

Caller: Yeah man.

Me: And we've done some crazy stuff.

Caller: Yeah man.

Me: And you know me pretty well...

Caller: Yeah man.

Me: So you know that I would NEVER......EVER...BAIL YOUR ASS OUT.

[click]

[Bill Douglas]

I usually have a little bit of fun with these people. Including the ones from microsoft phoning to fix my computer.

Me "I'm pleased you called. I want you to buy some insurance off me. Just one dollar." "Just tell me your bank account number and I'll take the dollar out myself - you don't need to do anything."

Then a bit later Me "JUST TELL ME YOUR F***ING BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER YOU *****."

This seems to put them off. I don't know why, insurance for one dollar seems a pretty good deal to me.

[ZOO]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

How the hell do these scammers know the ages of the households they are calling?

BTW, our daughter has no children.

Well, you did ANSWER a land line. So it’s a reasonably safe bet that you are “of a certain age”.

[wdfifteen]

Phone rings..

Me: "Hello"

Caller: "Hello?"

Me "I hear you."

Caller: "Hello Grandpa, how are you?"

Me, "THANK GOD YOU CALLED! I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN"T GET UP! I'VE BEEN LYING ON THE FLOOR FOR 3 DAYS!"

[Geary]

True story: My machinist called me from a German hospital late yesterday, asking if I'll purchase a plane ticket home to the US for him .. His explanation involved being roofie'd by a Ukranian hooker, and loosing everything but his passport .. how he ended up in the hospital I have yet to learn. Anyhow .. his text from late last night that he was checking in at the aero, so all is apparently well ;^ )

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by ZOO

Well, you did ANSWER a land line. So it’s a reasonably safe bet that you are “of a certain age”.

Could be true. We do have a cell phone, a simple flip phone from trac phone. Only turn it on when we're out and about. Probably wouldn't have bought it except no pay phones these days. $100 worth of minutes lasts us more than the year the minutes good for. I call it our $8.33 per month plan.

Funny..I just got one of those "apple" calls. My apple computer had been compromised. Hey, Microsoft calls often. Oh, and a sheriff should be showing up to arrest me, the IRS is after me, and I need to buy final expenses insurance.

Didn't congress claim they had cracked down on these people?

[Hugh R]

I only have a cell phone, if I don't recognize the number, I don't answer, if they leave a legit sounding message, I MIGHT call back.

[GH85Carrera]

My cell is my business phone. I answer any call, it might be a client.

Had a call recently that was likely Chinese, I have no idea what dialect. I started talking like the Swedish chef on the Muppets.

[WolfeMacleod]

Last call I got like this that I messed with was "Publisher's Clearing House" telling me I'd won millions.

I asked the guy if I called PCH, they'd confirm that I'd won. He said yes, but there was no need.

So I called Publisher's Clearing House on my landline, put them both on speaker, and then them argue it out.

Call came from Jamaica, mon.