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I'm surprised that more legitimate businesses don't use registered Caller ID. Spam and scam calls are getting more and more prevalent so more and more people are simply not going to answer legitimate calls.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Who picks up if they don't know the number? I do, just because im dealing with loving recruiters right now and they are all lovely enough to not use a registered caller id I really dont like recruiters.
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Feb 10, 2021 07:33
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I always figure that if its important they'll leave a message. I try to convince my mum to ignore unknown numbers but she always picks up and then hangs up immediately, which just puts her on a list I'm sure.
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Feb 10, 2021 07:34
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Caesar Saladin posted:I always figure that if its important they'll leave a message. I try to convince my mum to ignore unknown numbers but she always picks up and then hangs up immediately, which just puts her on a list I'm sure. I detest playing telephone tag with people and either getting stuck in a queue or diverted to voicemail when I try to ring back.
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Feb 10, 2021 08:19
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I figure if it's important enough they will email me.
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Feb 10, 2021 08:29
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When I was job seeking I felt like I had to answer every time my phone rang. My phone does have a "potential fraud" alert thing on it which helped me dodge a few scam calls but yeah they're definitely ramping up here lately. Jokes on me though cause my new job requires me to have a phone and the drat thing is constantly ringing and beeping with emails from people wanting me to answer their questions 
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Feb 10, 2021 08:53
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Lolie posted:I had my first SMS scam message last week. It was so pitifully obvious that it was a scam message that they should be embarrassed. They're intentionally bad. They only want to fool the absolute dumbest people so they don't waste any time grooming people who might figure out the scam later on. They still make bank regardless.
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Feb 10, 2021 09:10
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Holy poo poo pub trivia regulars are insufferable. They all seem like the type to nurse a single drink all night but feel justified in ruining my dining experience to do so.
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Feb 10, 2021 09:12
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Who picks up if they don't know the number? Easiest way to tell if it's a scam caller is to just answer but not make any noise, if it's dead silent it's an auto dialer and you can hang up (unless it hangs up first). 6th tattoo down, (4th Simpsons) some real spicy parts on the back of the arm, worst one so far as far as peak pain.
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Feb 10, 2021 11:03
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Bill Posters posted:They're intentionally bad. They only want to fool the absolute dumbest people so they don't waste any time grooming people who might figure out the scam later on. They still make bank regardless. Their primary market, boomers, if anything seem more receptive to a badly worded typo addled suspicious message
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Feb 10, 2021 11:33
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Feb 10, 2021 11:36
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Bill Posters posted:They're intentionally bad. They only want to fool the absolute dumbest people so they don't waste any time grooming people who might figure out the scam later on. They still make bank regardless. I kept getting ones purporting to be from Powercorp and Optus, but I've never used either company so that was pretty fun. Had to install an app to stop them calling because I couldn't do it through Android, probably because of how they spoofed their ID. A co-worker's parents who are well into their 80s and have never owned a computer and still have a landline get constant calls about problems with their Windows installation and internet connection. Never get a landline. The amount to scam calls they apparently get a day is insane. Like, about 30 calls. Most in the evening when they're trying to have tea. Also, a landline apparently cost around $60 a month. For something which only does phone calls. loving scam to rip off the olds. And my condolences to everyone who can't just block all this poo poo. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Feb 10, 2021 |
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Feb 10, 2021 15:37
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I like to start out with "ok my mastercard number is:" followed by a few numbers tailing off into swears or recipes or just a radom line from a book within reach. sometimes they have a giggle, occasionally you get a venter.
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Feb 10, 2021 23:16
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I try to make any incoming phone call as uncomfortable as possible for the person calling me
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Feb 10, 2021 23:24
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Carlos Lantana posted:I like to start out with "ok my mastercard number is:" followed by a few numbers tailing off .... https://youtu.be/xk7oZNhZdbQ
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Feb 10, 2021 23:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS52Lj3HOrI
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Feb 11, 2021 02:04
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Isaac posted:I try to make any incoming phone call as uncomfortable as possible for the person calling me Ive called you so many times over the years and you never answered
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Feb 11, 2021 04:25
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Muk Dumpster posted:Ive called you so many times over the years and you never answered Unlikely
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Feb 11, 2021 04:45
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Maybe the mistake you made was calling from a work phone, so of course Isaac is gonna wonder why the Condobolin Civil and Construction Co is calling him one week and the Bundaberg Natrad is calling the next week
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Feb 11, 2021 05:32
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Isaac posted:I try to make any incoming phone call as uncomfortable as possible for the person calling me "let me just put my brother on" [pause] "hello?" repeat until they lose sanity
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Feb 11, 2021 05:38
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Made the mistake of calling a work contact from my personal phone once, and then the oval office was calling me every other day and got the shits when he couldn't get me at 8pm at night. Boss got involved cause he was one of our bigger clients and politely told him to call the main number for IT support. Speaking of phones one of the estimators got the absolute shits this morning and threw his phone as hard as he could on the ground. Told the boss he 'dropped it' because he got lucky that it just broke the screen rather than shatter into a billion pieces. Ahhhh phones gently caress em
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Feb 11, 2021 06:58
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My hand-held poo poo posting device occasionally chimes at me and voices come out of it. It's all very confusing.
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Feb 11, 2021 09:15
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I got a cheapo smart watch that vibrates Set my phone to silent, watch vibrate if ring Pure bliss
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Feb 11, 2021 09:48
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New Adam Curtis documentary is out.
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Feb 11, 2021 10:13
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Oooo he got interviewed on the Blindboy podcast this week but I'm yet to listen to it 
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Feb 11, 2021 10:23
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:New Adam Curtis documentary is out. Who is Adam Curtis?
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Feb 11, 2021 11:38
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I absolutely love selling govt solar panels to people trying to flog govt solar panels to me
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Feb 11, 2021 11:55
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Every telemarketer is nvj
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Feb 11, 2021 12:11
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NVJ is the backup for the triangle player in the wiggles backing band
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Feb 11, 2021 12:15
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Nonviolent J is the taxi driver that tells you the EFTPOS machine isn't working so you'll have to pay cash.
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Feb 11, 2021 12:18
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Non-violent J is outward bound for Vallipo Bay, shipping as the second mate's assistant halyard hitch specialist and deputy capstan greaser.
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Feb 11, 2021 12:46
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Jestery posted:I got a cheapo smart watch that vibrates
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Feb 11, 2021 12:54
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Nvj is an apprentice tandoori oven technician at the Calamvale Miss India
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Feb 11, 2021 12:57
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Nonviolent J is the taxi driver that tells you the EFTPOS machine isn't working so you'll have to pay cash. This old trick is losing its edge now that you can (honestly, even!) retort that you only have your phone on you.
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Feb 11, 2021 13:09
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When is there gonna be another Big Lez Show spinoff
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Feb 11, 2021 13:20
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I don't even get humans trying to scam me over the phone. I just get Microsoft Sam trying to tell me that my Telstra service is about to be disconnected and I need to press 1.
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Feb 11, 2021 14:04
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Infinitum posted:When is there gonna be another Big Lez Show spinoff I want more Big Lez, gently caress the spinoffs.
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The Kins posted:I don't even get humans trying to scam me over the phone. I just get Microsoft Sam trying to tell me that my Telstra service is about to be disconnected and I need to press 1. I typically get someone from Mexico trying to reset my email password, so I get alerts on my phone every now and then saying "Is this you?" Like how do you not have geolocking on something like that. Other fun ones are people tagging you in google doc spam trying to get you to open it. Humphreys posted:I want more Big Lez, gently caress the spinoffs. Yeah it'd be nice.
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McSpergin posted:The scam callers have been real active lately. Got the shits and decided to answer and tell them "nice try oval office, I know this is a scam, don't call me back and go get a real job oval office" then hang up I recently got a call from someone claiming to be from my bank's fraud team. It was juuuuuust plausible enough to keep me on the line, googling everything they said as they said it. At the point at which they tried to convince me to install a remote access app on my phone I told them it was highly improbable that my bank's fraud team would ask me to do that, particularly as the caller in question had not in fact stated the name of my bank at any time during the call. He took a punt on NAB and I told him I do not now nor have I ever had an account with NAB, at which point the call disconnected. To be sure I called my bank and asked them if anything suspicious appeared to have occurred, and set a password question they promised they would ask over the phone before commencing any future calls with me. OTOH I got a text from a random number last year telling me centrelink would be calling from a blocked number and that I should answer it. Basically everything about the process screamed scam. Eventually it turned out Centrelink really was trying to get in touch to refund my robodebt. loving government is lagging behind the scammers in the 'trying not to look like a scam' department.
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The Kins posted:I don't even get humans trying to scam me over the phone. I just get Microsoft Sam trying to tell me that my Telstra service is about to be disconnected and I need to press 1. Why don't they mix it up a bit instead of always wanting you to press 1? We all know that irl you need to go through at least 3 menus to get to a person.
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