Has Anyone Received These Calls Before?

myheartsabattleground
myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
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-fake id calls-

me: Hello
caller: Ernest?
me: I'm sorry he's (dead / out / wrong number)
caller: it's Christine, is Ernest there?
me: I just said no.
caller: I'd like to talk to Ernest
me: What's the nature of your call?
caller: I must talk to Ernest. It's Christine.
me: NO
caller: I'm sorry for wasting your time, have a nice day.

This goes on at LEAST 2-3x a day.

The names used were just generic, because I'm switching between MFP and Sims3 :)

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  • drgmac
    drgmac Posts: 716 Member
    edited October 2014
    Automated voice: Hello, you have received a collect call from
    Recorded human voice: Carl
    Automated voice: from a correctional facility. Will you pay for the call?
  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    I can't think of the name Carl without
    Carl.png
  • Miss_1999
    Miss_1999 Posts: 747 Member
    myheartsabattleground wrote: »
    -fake id calls-

    me: Hello
    caller: Ernest?
    me: I'm sorry he's (dead / out / wrong number)
    caller: it's Christine, is Ernest there?
    me: I just said no.
    caller: I'd like to talk to Ernest
    me: What's the nature of your call?
    caller: I must talk to Ernest. It's Christine.
    me: NO
    caller: I'm sorry for wasting your time, have a nice day.

    This goes on at LEAST 2-3x a day.

    The names used were just generic, because I'm switching between MFP and Sims3 :)

    Ok, here's a REALLY simply solution. If this is going on 2 to 3x's a day, the next time they call, whomever they're asking for- you need to say- "Speaking", and find out what they want. I'm nosy like that. If they keep calling, don't think I wouldn't be whomever they wanted, and then I'd give them the mind-you-know-what of the year. And, God forbid, it's someone really in trouble, you could actually help them.

  • whitehorse67
    whitehorse67 Posts: 101 Member
    Sounds like a collection agency...they will never give up, even if you tell them it's the wrong number....
  • SuninVirgo
    SuninVirgo Posts: 255 Member
    whitehorse67 wrote: »
    Sounds like a collection agency...they will never give up, even if you tell them it's the wrong number....

    It does....see if that's the case. There are rules in Canada at least where they are not allowed to harass
  • mikeshockley
    mikeshockley Posts: 684 Member
    MooninCancer wrote: »
    whitehorse67 wrote: »
    Sounds like a collection agency...they will never give up, even if you tell them it's the wrong number....

    It does....see if that's the case. There are rules in Canada at least where they are not allowed to harass

    There are rules like that in the states as well, but it doesn't stop them.

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