Post by scrumpy on Feb 2, 2012 18:59:20 GMT
Most people, when they see the dreaded international number trying to ring you on the phone, ignore it.
I was just the same until i had my knee op. The sound of the phone ringing gave you the incentive to prise yourself away from the sofa to answer it. And every call seemed to be from these people tucked away in Bombay.
So to relieve the boredom i started answering them.....they were the only people i talked to during the day
At first i just listened for a while before putting the phone down but now i have a bit of fun with them and wait to see how long it takes for them to put the phone down on me
Which of course means taking the mickey out of them. So i always answer the phone with my Peter Sellers impersonation, which is half way between the goons and inspector Clouseau.
And then it is playing along with them
Now the most popular scam is the one where they ring up to say your computer is infected.
"What", i say, "what is wrong with my computer. Is it catching. Can i catch it. Is it a virus?
After a little delay my Indian friend says it's not a virus, it's the next stage down, and he must come onto my computer to fix it.
"Not a virus i say, you mean it's a cold. Shall i give it some paracetamol"
At which stage the phone goes dead. But they'll be back
Now i've just got off the phone to someone wanting to know about any outstanding loans and it ended up with me trying to sell them my million pound yacht before they hung up.
So next time you have a phonecall, please don't ignore it. Have some fun like i do
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I was just the same until i had my knee op. The sound of the phone ringing gave you the incentive to prise yourself away from the sofa to answer it. And every call seemed to be from these people tucked away in Bombay.
So to relieve the boredom i started answering them.....they were the only people i talked to during the day
At first i just listened for a while before putting the phone down but now i have a bit of fun with them and wait to see how long it takes for them to put the phone down on me
Which of course means taking the mickey out of them. So i always answer the phone with my Peter Sellers impersonation, which is half way between the goons and inspector Clouseau.
And then it is playing along with them
Now the most popular scam is the one where they ring up to say your computer is infected.
"What", i say, "what is wrong with my computer. Is it catching. Can i catch it. Is it a virus?
After a little delay my Indian friend says it's not a virus, it's the next stage down, and he must come onto my computer to fix it.
"Not a virus i say, you mean it's a cold. Shall i give it some paracetamol"
At which stage the phone goes dead. But they'll be back
Now i've just got off the phone to someone wanting to know about any outstanding loans and it ended up with me trying to sell them my million pound yacht before they hung up.
So next time you have a phonecall, please don't ignore it. Have some fun like i do
I
;D
......my best achievement to date is to tell them to hang on while I get OH.......and just leave the phone on the table......these are calls I know are from Italy...or Timbuctoo..... 
;D 
they call me just once and after that I think they make a note that a crazy person answers at this number and leave me alone. Sometimes I'd speak in Japanese and it makes them horribly confused 