On the off-chance that someone who kept their out-of-town cell number after they moved, needed my volunteer help, even though I knew it'd probably be a spoofed number, I said hello. It had an "international" weak, poor quality of sound. The kid said, with a typical Mumbai Mafia accent, "Hello?" I said hello. He said "hello?" I said hello a second time. He said "hello?" I said hello a third time, and just listened. I wasn't gonna say "yes" to anything, in case it was another in a recent spate of "yes scam" calls we're all getting. He said "hello, I'm calling from (unintelligible fake business name) about your computer..." I really couldn't believe anyone still uses that scam! I said "oh honey, that's so old, there isn't anyone on the entire planet that doesn't already know that scam, I can't believe you're still trying to use it" and he disconnected. I could hear all the other busy little cockroaches working the phones in the background, in this noisy, crowded boilerplate room. Honestly, it really is such an old scam, it's hard to believe people still fall for it, though I know they must or these insects would already be using a different scam. Sad.
On the off-chance that someone who kept their out-of-town cell number after they moved, needed my volunteer help, even though I knew it'd probably be a spoofed number, I said hello. It had an "international" weak, poor quality of sound. The kid said, with a typical Mumbai Mafia accent, "Hello?" I said hello. He said "hello?" I said hello a second time. He said "hello?" I said hello a third time, and just listened. I wasn't gonna say "yes" to anything, in case it was another in a recent spate of "yes scam" calls we're all getting. He said "hello, I'm calling from (unintelligible fake business name) about your computer..." I really couldn't believe anyone still uses that scam! I said "oh honey, that's so old, there isn't anyone on the entire planet that doesn't already know that scam, I can't believe you're still trying to use it" and he disconnected. I could hear all the other busy little cockroaches working the phones in the background, in this noisy, crowded boilerplate room. Honestly, it really is such an old scam, it's hard to believe people still fall for it, though I know they must or these insects would already be using a different scam. Sad.