Calls from these jerks come at least once a day.....telling me it's my "last chance" to lower credit card rates. If these morons came knocking at the door every day, they could be arrested for trespassing and/or harassment. Why can they get away with doing it by phone???
Same credit card scam, they call every few days. How can I make them NOT hangup? They seem so touchy and hang up at the drop of a hat. Perhaps I don't sound gullible enough? Here's a sample: "This is Cardholder Services. Do you owe more than $2000 on your credit cards?" "I certainly do. How can you help?" {click}
How can I make my voice sound more like a victim? I'd like to waste these crooks' time as much as possible.
If you hang up, don’t answer or block the originator’s calls, they just move on, changing numbers now and then to get past the blockers. If we run, the 'Terrorists' win...If you want it fixed right, DIY...
Here's one fun and satisfying method aimed at the "Lower your interest rate" scum:
1) Agree that you have over $2000 in CC debt at over 9% interest.
2) Had to 'find’ my CC - took a few minutes. The had to find my statement - darn, where is it...?
3) Read the numbers (bogus - but write them down so you can repeat) slowly. When asked to repeat because the numbers don't work, read slowly back again, but change a 3 to an 8 (darn, don't have my glasses...).
4) Repeat until you sense impatience on the operator's part. Just before they hang up (this timing is a real art), read them, the 1-800 number on the back of the card – oddly, mine reads "1-800-National Do-Not-Call Registry".
This last time I had them on the phone for 14 minutes - this is close to a record, but I keep trying to best my previous time. GREAT SPORT!
The "Gummint" created the DNCR, but didn't give it any teeth. It is up to all of us to bite the telemarketers where it hurts by wasting their time, and, maybe more importantly, make them suspicious that every sucker they talk to could be a punker. When they start hanging up on REAL suckers, then their business model has failed...