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[Ken T]

Like a lot of you, I get a fair amount of spam. Occasionally I respond with helpful messages like "s*d off" to encourage them not to contact me again. One such spam was from Lombard somebody or other offering me no doubt  amazin' things to do with my money.

I replied "Dear Sirs, S*d Off", and guess what I got a call from my natwest business manager this morning asking me what the message meant  How do you tell these people just to go away and not bother you again, can't they take the hint ?.


They pay people to do this,


Ken

[skyblue]

I tend to use  " will you just f**k off you t**t" never hear from them again for some  reason   

[millwall]

I tend to use  " will you just f**k off you t**t" never hear from them again for some  reason   

disgusting language  im offended   

[skyblue]

I tend to use  " will you just f**k off you t**t" never hear from them again for some  reason   

disgusting language  im offended   

 If I was to say it to you it would have to have a few other words added which I wont post on here   

[Ken T]

How the h*ll do you tell them to go away and never bother you again ?.

I once asked a US place for some software prices, ever since I have received spam offering all sorts of disgusting crap, yet there doesn't seem a way to stop it. Some offering medications from, I understand, a canadian place, where spam rules are much relaxed. Supposed I found some destructive viruses and sent them to the firm selling the rubbish, I would prob get done for denial of service or something.

Ken

[05omegav6]

They pay people to do this,

Sad but true. They even pay people in other countries to do this. 

To set the scene, I work all sorts of crappy hours, including nights, so react quite badly to being called four times a day, by some one in India (who claims to be in Brighton), about a late payment of £22 for a card that I cannot use. 

3 recent conversations that I had with Lloyds credit card people went something along the line of:

Call 1. 

- Hello, is that mr taxi al?
Yes.
- I'm calling about your credit card bill that was due today.
When i receive it i shall pay it.
- Right. you could make a payment now, over the phone...
I could also win the lottery and could be hit by a bus.
- I'm sorry, I don't understand. do you have a work number that we can take?
What so you can ring me six times a day instead of four?
- I'm sorry I don't understand.
It's quite simple really, I work nights, it's 11 am here and I've just told you I'll pay my bill when I get it, so stop wasting my time and yours. Good bye.
- I think he hung up.

Call 8, four days later.

- Hello, is that mr taxi al?
Yes.
- I'm calling about your credit card bill that is over due.
And?
- Well it's over due.
Right so you're phoning me in the middle of the day, when I've already told you that I work nights,
about a £22 bill for a card that I cannot use?
- er well the payment is due.
As is my sleep. for the final time, I'll pay my bill when it arrives. Wake me up again, and I'll not be so polite.
- He's hung up again.

Call 12, two days later.

- Hello mr taxi al.
Let me stop you there. I paid my bill this morning.
- I'm sorry we have no record of that.
Not my problem, I'm reporting you to the FSA for harassment, now Fcku off.

There wasn't a call 13.

King bankers

[mrgreen]

They pay people to do this,

Sad but true. They even pay people in other countries to do this. 

To set the scene, I work all sorts of crappy hours, including nights, so react quite badly to being called four times a day, by some one in India (who claims to be in Brighton), about a late payment of £22 for a card that I cannot use. 

3 recent conversations that I had with Lloyds credit card people went something along the line of:

Call 1. 

- Hello, is that mr taxi al?
Yes.
- I'm calling about your credit card bill that was due today.
When i receive it i shall pay it.
- Right. you could make a payment now, over the phone...
I could also win the lottery and could be hit by a bus.
- I'm sorry, I don't understand. do you have a work number that we can take?
What so you can ring me six times a day instead of four?
- I'm sorry I don't understand.
It's quite simple really, I work nights, it's 11 am here and I've just told you I'll pay my bill when I get it, so stop wasting my time and yours. Good bye.
- I think he hung up.

Call 8, four days later.

- Hello, is that mr taxi al?
Yes.
- I'm calling about your credit card bill that is over due.
And?
- Well it's over due.
Right so you're phoning me in the middle of the day, when I've already told you that I work nights,
about a £22 bill for a card that I cannot use?
- er well the payment is due.
As is my sleep. for the final time, I'll pay my bill when it arrives. Wake me up again, and I'll not be so polite.
- He's hung up again.

Call 12, two days later.

- Hello mr taxi al.
Let me stop you there. I paid my bill this morning.
- I'm sorry we have no record of that.
Not my problem, I'm reporting you to the FSA for harassment, now Fcku off.

There wasn't a call 13.

King bankers

man i feel the same way if i've done late shifts and then answer the phone in the morning (thinking it'S N.Z) and get some idiot blabbing to me in german that i should subscribe to his newspaper i am not so friendly, i am not a morning person and when you know you need your sleep for the next installment of shíte i learnt a few german expressions especially for them! i like technoligy but hate the invasion of privacy

[Chris_H]

Responding to spam is the worst thing you can do unless it's to de-register on a legit website.

Apart from anything else, using "Reply-to" may well send an email to a totally unrelated party which helps no-one except anarchists.

You need to look into a spam filter that you can train.

[russ0205]

Taxi al a man after my own heart top job mate, The problem is between the translation from indian to english they havn't got f*** 0**  in the phrase book.

 

[Mysteryman]

They pay people to do this,

Sad but true. They even pay people in other countries to do this. 

To set the scene, I work all sorts of crappy hours, including nights, so react quite badly to being called four times a day, by some one in India (who claims to be in Brighton), about a late payment of £22 for a card that I cannot use. 

3 recent conversations that I had with Lloyds credit card people went something along the line of:

Call 1. 

- Hello, is that mr taxi al?
Yes.
- I'm calling about your credit card bill that was due today.
When i receive it i shall pay it.
- Right. you could make a payment now, over the phone...
I could also win the lottery and could be hit by a bus.
- I'm sorry, I don't understand. do you have a work number that we can take?
What so you can ring me six times a day instead of four?
- I'm sorry I don't understand.
It's quite simple really, I work nights, it's 11 am here and I've just told you I'll pay my bill when I get it, so stop wasting my time and yours. Good bye.
- I think he hung up.

Call 8, four days later.

- Hello, is that mr taxi al?
Yes.
- I'm calling about your credit card bill that is over due.
And?
- Well it's over due.
Right so you're phoning me in the middle of the day, when I've already told you that I work nights,
about a £22 bill for a card that I cannot use?
- er well the payment is due.
As is my sleep. for the final time, I'll pay my bill when it arrives. Wake me up again, and I'll not be so polite.
- He's hung up again.

Call 12, two days later.

- Hello mr taxi al.
Let me stop you there. I paid my bill this morning.
- I'm sorry we have no record of that.
Not my problem, I'm reporting you to the FSA for harassment, now Fcku off.

There wasn't a call 13.

King bankers

With caller display, these should come up as 'International' if they are fron India. I either ignore them or just answer the phone with the speaker button and listen to them saying 'hello' for five minutes, while they listen to Corrie.
My international nuisance calls have actually stopped, so......

[bigegg]

Take a look at this:
http://www.truecall.co.uk/
they're blu*dy brill.

You can even record the call to put it on you-tube...

[tunnie]

the trick is to have fun if its a cold call... use something like this:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/arnold

Situation goes like this:

Caller: "Hello, can I speak with xxxxx"

You: "Sure, one moment"

* Load sound board, turn sound up, put phone next to your PC speakers, set phone to loudspeaker

Press, "yes1" button.

Prepare to split your sides laughing at a call centre droan speaking to Arney   

[05omegav6]

With caller display, these should come up as 'International' if they are fron India. I either ignore them or just answer the phone with the speaker button and listen to them saying 'hello' for five minutes, while they listen to Corrie.
My international nuisance calls have actually stopped, so......

You'd like to think so.

 These calls have all come up with a Brighton number. The people on the other end most certainly are NOT from Europe or the Americas. Or Africa for that matter. I suspect that they might have gotten wise to the " That's an international number so I'll not be answering that" ruse. :-/

Barstewards all the same.