Soo, this scammer called my dad

[tulipsandroses]

He tells my dad that a vehicle was found registered to him, his ID was found in it, and there was blood in the vehicle. He tells my dad, we don't know what happened, but it looks like it could be bad and you may be in trouble. You need to send us money blah blah blah.
Then he asks my dad, so Mr. can you confirm your location for us?
My dad says, I'm in your bedroom and I'm coming to get you, how do you think all that blood got in. the car?

Scammer quickly hangs up

[Phoenix61]

1. I like your dad! nt

[2naSalit]

2. That's funny!

[Srkdqltr]

3. wow he is fast. !! Impressive.

I usually tell them to go do something anatomically impossible.

[multigraincracker]

4. Scamming the scammers.

Great fun. When I get a number I don’t know I answer the with “Detective Cracker, what have you got?”.

[birdographer]

9. OK I am stealing that

We get so many telemarketer calls a day-- I would say at least 6 to as many as 10. I might do that from now on. I have been thinking lately about punking them in some way.

[multigraincracker]

10. If they don't respond right away,

in a softer voice say “trace this one Bob”. You get a quick hang up.

[lagomorph777]

30. Sweet!

[lastlib]

15. I like "FBI, Salyer speaking."

They hang up QUICK!

[SeattleVet]

32. I answer, "North Precinct, fraud division"

They usually can't hang up fast enough, and I almost never get another call from that one!

[TNNurse]

5. Tell your dad he is my hero.

[padfun]

6. I get that one often.

Sometimes I cop to it and/or tell them I am in the witness Protection Program and go talk to my handler.

Lately I've been telling them that Drugs are legal in Oregon and Texas (I know but it confuses them.) and that I want my 22 pounds back.

Either way, they hang up quickly.

Another one is to tell them that their Hindi accent is nice. They hang up right away.

[William Gustafson]

7. this is always a goo one to pull too......

[niyad]

8. I adore this!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

19. OMG!!!

I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard.

[KS Toronado]

21. Funniest thing I've heard all week.

[Sogo]

22. Thanks for posting....

I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time!

[lagomorph777]

31. Dayum! He's good!

[grantcart]

34. Priceless

[JoeOtterbein]

11. Great for your Dad. But for the record. Dads all over the USA...

...have been doing similar to scammers for years!

LOL!!!!

Thanks for posting only one of our old tricks!

P.S. Keep having fun!

[Srkdqltr]

12. My dad would say "city morgue, you stab 'em we slab 'em".

With no caller ID it was funny.

[musette_sf]

13. haven't heard that one for years

also "You kill 'em, we chill 'em".

[lastlib]

16. I answered a call like this in college....

Our dorm had a community phone just outside my door, so I got to answer it a lot when it rang. One day, being in a funky mood, I picked it up when it rang and used that line in a funked-up voice.

It was my mother.

I didn't tell her for thirty years.

[TlalocW]

14. Oh, I get so many scammers calling me - I like to play with them

My favorite time was keeping one on the line for around 30 minutes trying to figure out my credit card number which I kept misreading. He actually went and got his "manager," and this conversation took place.
Manager: Yes, sir, I understand we're having some problems.
Me: Yep. Number doesn't seem to want to go through.
Manager: And may I have your name please?
Me: Last name is Keyface (I spell it).
Manager: Thank you, sir. And your first name?
Me: Don.
Manager: Thank you sir. So I'm talking with Don Keyface?
Me: Yes.
Ten seconds of silence then... Fuck you!
Me: Figured it out did ya? Man, I've never kept anyone on the phone for as long as I did you idiots.
More cursing.

Recently, I had someone with a thick Indian accent call me with a scam that I've been called several times before for.
Scammer: Hello, sir. My name is Brad, and I'm calling in regards to your credit card account. Can you verify the name on the account?
Me (putting on a slight 'hick' accent): Sure can, Brad. My name is Sanjay Patel.
Ten seconds of silence then... Fuck you!

TlalocW

[AllaN01Bear]

28. i have a buddy who was a reserve policeman and he just loves messing with them.

our city police do same when they get 1. a friend got stung by a scam and the county mounty said they get them all the time at their hq.

[cannabis_flower]

36. You know

I actually have some friends who have Texas accents and foreign sounding names. One of them is named Bindu, but she was born in Dallas and I have a friend named Ziad who is Lebanese but moved to Beaumont, Texas when before he was 10. I imagine there is a Sanjay Patel somewhere with a hick accent.

[TlalocW]

37. Oh, I don't doubt it

However, the vast majority of this particular scam comes from places in India so their choosing names like Brad, etc. to try to... allay the fears of Americans or whatever (?) is humorous, so my choice of name was sure to piss them off.

TlalocW

[TruthAlwaysWins]

17. MORE MORE MORE!!!

These are so entertaining!!!

[fierywoman]

18. I live in Redmond, WA. The place is crawling with Microsoft techies.

I love the stories they tell about scamming the Microsoft scammers -- also they know so much more techie language than the scammers and they play with them.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. i saw this awhile ago and his answers were great.

" i want to talk to your supervisor, uh uhhhh , that would be captain black or capt white or capt scarlet . ( those were names from a tv show called capt scarlet and the mystrons . scared the h out of me when i was a kid .

dont mess with the dad .

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

25. When get the "can you verify your address/Social Security Number"

I'd answer "what do you have, and I'll tell you if it's correct". That leads to a quick hang-up

[AllaN01Bear]

27. if they dont respond with my security questions that only they know ,, click.

but many times i get the robo calls and click.

[BobTheSubgenius]

23. That is just GREAT!

Your dad has a very particular set of skills!

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

24. Brilliant! 😂🤣😂

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

26. I once had a telemarketer make the mistake of asking how I was

I replied, "Well, the arthritis isn't too bad today; and I had an excellent bowel movement this morning. But the voices in my head are getting louder and harder to ignore, and my psychiatrist thinks he should increase the medication ..."

At that point he hung up.

[lagomorph777]

29. The call is coming from inside the house!

[twodogsbarking]

33. Got the extended car warranty lady once

and kept asking her what make of car. She kept reading the script until she broke and called me an asshole. Good times.

[wnylib]

35. I get the extended car warranty letters

with a number to call. I gave up my car a few years back to save money on maintenance and insurance. I can borrow or rent one if I need to, and I live in a city where I can use public transportation. But, I don't tell them that until I've kept them on the phone as long as possible. I'd think they would catch on and take me off of their mailing list, but they haven't yet.

[csziggy]

38. Got that one and I asked which car they were calling about

She responded "Prius." At that point we had two Prius so I asked which one. She didn't know and I wouldn't tell her which ones we had. After taking her round and round for about twenty minutes, I got bored and told her that she could call me back if she ever got the detailed information on which car she was making the extended warranty.

Another time they said they could offer an extended warranty on any of our cars. I got all excited and said "OOH! You can give me and extended warranty on my 1999 GMC Suburban?" They hung up and have not called back.

[twodogsbarking]

39. I've asked people about their career choice

and if they shouldn't look for another job. Poor suckers.

[csziggy]

41. Oh, that's a good one!

Way back in my college days I got a call from some random guy trying to get me to sign up with his brokerage. I asked him why would I ever trust my money to somebody so desperate for clients they were making cold calls. He hung up. I wish I had taken note of hjis name - who knows, he could be a senator by now!

[zanana1]

40. I always say...

"I know you have a hard job, but I don't speak English". And hang up.