The same company has been harassing for the better part a year now wanting to buy a property I don’t own. I have filled a DO NOT CALL registration, I have blocked their numbers multiple times, I have told them to stop calling and to remove my name from their list, and now I’m getting maybe 1 or 2 calls a day and multiple texts.

  • wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    this is the way. i had to break it to my friend recently, these scam callers don’t have a DO NOT CALL list. they just have a list where they call you more.

    i got my cell number decades ago. for many years i would get calls for a Sabrina. i explained to them many times over the years, i don’t know anyone by that name and i’m not interested. every time, they’d wait about 6 months and the calls would start up again. about a year or two ago i was in the shop working, and got a call. i decided after that moment that i was Sabrina and i was interested in whatever it was they were selling.

    a few days later, i got a call, told them i was Sabrina, was down for whatever services they had. i managed to get the person to give me the address they had listed, under the guise of confirming it. before the end of the week i had 3 different roofing contractors scheduled, all to show up at the same time, same day.

    my only regret was that i couldn’t be there to watch the drama unfold. when they called back later i told them i had no idea what they were talking about.

    in the year and a half since that incident, i have received no more calls for Sabrina.

    moral of the story, sometime the best answer isn’t the honest one.

    • rdyoung@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I’ve known to text them back some very very NSFW images. That tends to put a stop to it (until the next batch of wannabe flippers gets that number).

      • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.worldOP
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        7 months ago

        I sent one a sex hotline number and actually tricked the guy on the other end. Still didn’t stop them.

      • Wahots@pawb.social
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        7 months ago

        I love zipping up the craziest furry porn I can find into a .zip folder, telling them that my bitcoin wallet code is in there, and then watched the poor assholes unzip the file and starting the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I suppose I could start bundling malware, but I really like the psychological effects of hardcore CBT furry hyper airplane porn better. Memories that will last a lifetime :)

    • edric@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      That’s cool, but I kinda feel bad for Sabrina, who likely had no idea they were trying to contact her instead of you.