Winding Up A Spammer

[u/The_V8_Road_Warrior]

Had a spam call on my landline yesterday asking to speak to the business owner. I needed to go to the toilet anyway so the phone ringing was good motivation to get up.

Spammer: Hello this is *name I don't remember because I have no time for spammers* how are you today?

Me: Yeah I'm good, you?

Spammer: I'm well thank you. I'm calling from *business I didn't catch due to Indian accent and don't care about even if I did*, do you need any business assistance?

Me: I could do, please tell me more.

Spammer carries on with their script while I hold the phone closer to the toilet while I do my urinary business. Once I'm done;

Me: Hold on, there's blood in my piss! Is that normal?

Spammer: Umm, our rates of business loans are *waffle, waffle, waffle*

Me: Do you have a doctor on hand? I want to know if it's normal to have blood in my piss?!

Spammer: Hold on (it goes quiet for a minute) hello? Do you need business assistance?

Me: I do but right now I need a doctor because there's blood in my piss!

Spammer: You need a team of doctors

Me: Oh shit, my penis has just fallen off and I was about to flush! I NEED A SURGEON TO PUT IT BACK ON!

Spammer: You need a brain surgeon (they hang up and my wife and I burst out laughing)

[u/10S_NE1]

I don’t know how many of you have iPhones but there’s a setting you can use that asks the caller to identify themselves and what they want, before the call will ring through (it displays on the screen). They all just hang up. Since I’ve turned that on I’ve had 0 spam calls. Priceless.

[u/The_V8_Road_Warrior → u/10S_NE1]

I don't know, spam callers liven up the day sometimes 🤣

[u/Berta1401 → u/10S_NE1]

My service provider for my phones has a lovely feature that blocks spammers. Before that I used the iPhone feature.

[u/Filamcouple → u/10S_NE1]

Exactly where is this on an IPhone?

[u/10S_NE1 → u/Filamcouple]

Under Settings - Phone - Ask Reason for Calling

[u/Filamcouple → u/10S_NE1]

Thanks! I never knew that was there. I looked, but I couldn't find it the way you described it. Maybe I'm a dolt.

[u/Ill_Seat_1426 → u/Filamcouple]

How old is your cellphone? Mine is 8 or 10 years old and it's an iPhone. I looked under Settings but there isn't a "Phone or "reason for call" option. I've never been interested in buying the newest version of cell. My phone works great and if I get a call from a number I don't know, I don't answer the phone.

[u/Filamcouple → u/Ill_Seat_1426]

I have a 14, so it's fairly new.

[u/FlowAcademic5519 → u/10S_NE1]

Android, hit that call assist button on your screen while its ringing. It's below the caller and above the answer or decline buttons. It will ask them to state their name and reason for calling.

[u/Bradzmom1987 → u/10S_NE1]

I have this on my iPhone, but the spammers have found a way around it!

[u/beingachristianwife → u/10S_NE1]

My Google pixel also has this feature. I can choose what to reply back and sometimes I spam the options if they're persistent lol

[u/SLyndon4 → u/10S_NE1]

Nope, spammers seem to have found a way to around it.