October 8th, 2013, 11:28 am
Just had one of these Indian Event Viewer conmen on the 'phone. I tried to keep him on the line for as long as possible, thinking that the more he talked to me the less he could be scamming someone else. That started to get difficult so I tried to get him to talk about religion, eventually getting to the point that he would burn in the fires of hell for all eternity as a conman and something about snakes and orifices, and how his parents would be ashamed of their conman son (they'd hoped he would work in IT in a bank I said!) After 14 minutes he hung up on me.These days if I get a cold call and I'm not in a mad rush to get something else done I tend to keep cold callers on the 'phone for as long as possible. The aim of the game is to get them to hang up on me. In the past I've used a fake ringtone to ask them to hold while I answer the other call and just left them, I've turned the tables by trying to sell them something (usually the magazine!). Sometimes I just keep asking questions. I'm looking forward to trying flirting outrageously with them, having a sneezing fit or a heart attack (maybe not that one). I found that when I just hung up they tended to call back another time.What do other people do with these people?P