Heather called again about reducing my credit card debt! I was beginning to feel a little rejected, she has not called me since April. I pushed 1 to talk to a real person but either their system or my phone was not working and the system did not seem to be registering my key press and system timed out and hung up. So, I was only able to keep the line tied up for 44 seconds. This time they displayed a number on my caller ID with the first five digits matching my telephone number (Spoofing a neighbor’s telephone call). This is the first time they did this making me think a new company is using this recording.
+3
pb
Another Robo call about credit card interest rates” I pushed one to talk to someone (my objective is to waste as much time of theirs as I can). I was transferred to a guy with maybe an Indian accent who asked “how are you today” I said I am fine. He asked several questions about my credit debt (I have none) and I answered yes to all his questions. He then wanted me to give him my credit card number and that is when I said that my objective was to waste as much time of his that I can. He hung up. I kept them occupied for 2 minutes. If everybody could tie them up for only 2 minutes they would go out of business. BUT remember do not give them any valuable information!!
+2
TormentingTelemarketers
| 4 replies
I'll do this, too. Longest I've kept one busy is about 30 minutes. You can gain extra time by waffling on giving them the credit card info, giving them fake info. I actually got through their "validation" once and got to some credit servicing company (and filed an FTC complaint against them) by giving them enough credible info from my "credit statement" that they let me through.
I recently had one where they guy was a little more hesitant, since he'd apparently had a quite a few people intentionally waste his time, and tried to end the call quickly, but I was able to social engineer him enough to keep him on the line for another 5-10 minutes. They do try to avoid time wasters, so this does negatively impact them. The fact they are getting wary to this is encouraging to me. It means more people are fighting back.
I get the same thing. It's 4 rings and a hang up. I'm guessing they are spoofing calls from our area code and the first 3 digits. 4 rings and a hangup is a scammer anyway. Let 'em ring!
-4
Cal
| 2 replies
I get spoofed number calls a lot and they are using numbers from churches around town, obviously spoofed, friggin at&t needs to block spoofed numbers , let them get a recording that the number they are calling has been disconnected when ever they spoof.
Um, if AT&T were to somehow magically know what number has been spoofed, the innocent owner of that number will be one having their number blocked, not the scammer spoofing the number.
0
Mike B
Lately I've noticed they use my own number with the last four digits moved around, so it looks familiar when they call.
In some cases, I think they do try to do that. If the number is under their control and currently not assigned to a customer, I've seen the CallerID come back with "SPAM CALL". Unfortunately, with today's telephony, there's legitimate reasons why a church (or other company) may use a service which appears to spoof their number, so blocking isn't so simple.
Just a note about "neighbors telephone call". Most all of the telco equipment used that made a neighbor"s telephone number predictable, has been scraped out. (It was called "terminal per line") If you moved back then you couldn't take your number with you. Now even fixed telephone co numbers can be ported to VoIP lines. With VoIP service you can take your phone number with you anyplace in the world that has internet service.
It the call was short, you'll probably get another shot at it, depending on how the autodialer is set up. I've had several hang up on my, too. Sometimes I think it's just laziness of the operator, too. I guess just don't sound quite as gullible!
Reply to topic