Cold callers

[DerbyCore]

Just got off the phone with a foreign woman trying to convince me I had a virus on my PC. She was attempting to get me to check event viewer stating that I had spyware (which she stated was much worse than a virus) which was creating junk files slowing my computer down by 70% (In an attempt to get me to sign up to either a 2 year contract where they clean my computer on a daily basis)

After managing to confuse the woman on the line by stating a few facts about my computer and internet connection she got rather angry and hung up the phone


Me 1. Cold callers 0


So OCUK share your cold caller victories.

 

[Cosimo]

"Blah blah blah"
"**** off"

Us 2 Cold Callers 0

 

[Duke]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18140291

 

[SexyGreyFox]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18140291

This thread is about Cold Caller stories/victories though.

When a cold caller rings I used to string them along but now I immediately put the phone down.
I have literally spent hours on the phone messing about with them but now I get bored.
When they knock on the door I just tell them that my mum & dad aren't in which looks strange coming from a 52 year old.

 

[Skillmister]

When they knock on the door I just tell them that my mum & dad aren't in which looks strange coming from a 52 year old.

Hahaha

I used to love winding people up on the phone aswell but cant be bothered anymore.

 

[Mattitude]

Best thing to do if its a women

"You have a rather sexy voice"
"what you wearing?"

Free phone sex?

Us 3 Cold Callers 0

 

[Haggisman]

Them: "Hi, we'd like to offer you a new deal on your calls and line rental"

Me: "sorry, I don't have a phone"

Them: *silence while they try to figure out the logistics/how to answer that one*

Me: *click*

Us 4, Cold Callers 0

 

[PapaLazaru]

So worth a repost - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdoogjic4I

 

[Duke]

This thread is about Cold Caller stories/victories though.

I know, was pointing out he wasn't the first to get that call from a 'PC Support' company

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Hahaha

I used to love winding people up on the phone aswell but cant be bothered anymore.

The best one was a company called Toucan Telecom who had an office in Bangalore.
I went through every accent/character I could think of including an old soldier, 4 year old girl left home alone, a burglar upstairs in a house, somebody who has just murdered somebody and dozens more.
I started to answer the phone by saying "Hello, Toucan Telecom, can I speak to the person who pays the bills in your house please" and that would really confuse them.
One call I convinced the cold caller I was in the same office as him in Bangalore and had him standing on his seat shouting my name.
On my birthday I had the Bangalore office singing happy birthday to me while my guests in the back garden laughed.
It got to a point where they used to ring me for a chat and that's when I started to put the phone down.