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Title: Bloody telesales
Post by: Andy B on 27 October 2010, 14:32:49
I've just answered the phone and the conversation went ......

me - hello
her - silence ...... call centre noise in the background
me - hello
her - is that Mr Andy B  (heavy Indian accent)
me - speaking
her - can I speak to Mr Andy B
me - this is Mr Andy B
her - hello, my name is Christine
me - I don't believe that your name is Christine
her - I'm phoning about your computer
me - No, I think that you're misleading me by calling yourself Christine when it's quite obvious that you're not called Christine
her - thank you bye!

Was it something I said????  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 October 2010, 15:08:49
Maybe she meant Christine as in the car? (you know - liability, pain in the @rse).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/ChristineSoundtrack.jpg/220px-ChristineSoundtrack.jpg)

Kevin
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: majesticlarge on 27 October 2010, 15:18:37
Yes this is a group in India that is calling people to say there computer has a virus and that they have been told by your internet security provider to get rid of it by you letting them take over your computer for 5 mins while they fix it, and they fix it by taking all your details bank passwords etc.... they tried it on with my mum she passed the phone to me and im sure after phoning england they wasn't expecting the french i used to tell them to go forth and multiply....
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Vamps on 27 October 2010, 18:15:26
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Yes this is a group in India that is calling people to say there computer has a virus and that they have been told by your internet security provider to get rid of it by you letting them take over your computer for 5 mins while they fix it, and they fix it by taking all your details bank passwords etc.... they tried it on with my mum she passed the phone to me and im sure after phoning england they wasn't expecting the french i used to tell them to go forth and multiply....

Yep, they tried it on here a couple of days ago..... >:( >:( >:(  Sounded plausible, but I simply informed them that they must be stupid If I was going to give any information to them under any circumstances....or words to that effect..... :D :D
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Mysteryman on 27 October 2010, 18:31:44
There is no reason for anyone to ring me outside of my friends/relatives. I do everything online and I have anonymous call reject.
Anyone that rings and asks "Can I speak to.........", I just say "NO!" :)
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Andy B on 27 October 2010, 18:52:34
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....."Can I speak to.........",  ....

 ...... STMO123 because his long lost Uncle Bob has just croaked & left him £££Squillions  ::)  ::)  ::)
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Danny on 27 October 2010, 22:41:44
i love these computer telesales calls  ;D

everytime they say "we're calling about your computer" i reply "OH MY GOD have you found it????"

they have no idea how to reply to that
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Andy B on 27 October 2010, 23:00:31
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i love these computer telesales calls  ;D

everytime they say "we're calling about your computer" i reply "OH MY GOD have you found it????"

they have no idea how to reply to that

Far too  subtle when English isn't your first language  ::)
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Amigo on 28 October 2010, 19:30:48
Had the proverbial door caller earlier this week, never found out what he was touting, he did'nt get the chance to tell me.
   They don't get any joy here...parasites. >:(
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: plym ian on 29 October 2010, 11:24:55
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i love these computer telesales calls  ;D

everytime they say "we're calling about your computer" i reply "OH MY GOD have you found it????"

they have no idea how to reply to that

or tell them "is it about those indian porn sites again" ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: hoofing it on 29 October 2010, 13:06:59
In my house we usualy answer it and leave the phone at the t.v so they can enjoy dora the explorer or pepa pig.(my daughters fav tv programs) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Teebee on 29 October 2010, 13:31:08
Allow me to amend your script for future use  ;D

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I've just answered the phone and the conversation went ......

me - hello
her - silence ...... call centre noise in the background
me - <hangup>
:y
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Kevin Wood on 29 October 2010, 13:35:09
me - hello
her - silence ...... call centre noise in the background
me - <mute phone and leave off the look, tying up one of their outgoing lines for a few minutes>

 :y

Kevin
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: CaptainZok on 29 October 2010, 13:37:34
How about this?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

It's a script you can use to baffle their script. ;D
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: tunnie on 29 October 2010, 13:58:46
not hanging up is a good one, as they often cannot cancel calls themselves. One good one at Uni, as it was long time Uni house got loads of random calls. We got the Arnold Schwarzenegger board, basically a huge collection of sounds from his films, him saying, yes, no, what? - All those kind of things controlled from an application.

Answer phone on loud speaker, place next to PC speaker! Hardest part is masking your laugher!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxYao1kkKI


Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Danny on 29 October 2010, 21:57:43
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i love these computer telesales calls  ;D

everytime they say "we're calling about your computer" i reply "OH MY GOD have you found it????"

they have no idea how to reply to that

Far too  subtle when English isn't your first language  ::)

well i'm from wigan, so english isn't my first language either!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Andy B on 29 October 2010, 22:39:09
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well i'm from wigan, so english isn't my first language either!! ;D ;D ;D

Aye! Wiganese is hard furt get tha yed round.  ::) ::)  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bloody telesales
Post by: Lazydocker on 29 October 2010, 22:56:05
I like the Debt Reduction firms...

... I just tell them I've got too much money and they don't know what to say ;D ;D ;D