• KrakBamKrak@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    10 months ago

    I love keeping them on the phone as long as possible! It’s damn-near a hobby of mine.

    Today I got one I’ve never heard before. They were from the “Automobile Collision” Company that said they have money for me from my accident! I like free money…let’s do this!

    They transferred me three times up the chain…final one was their lawyer - that’s where the call dropped. Suffice it to say…I was disappointed to not hear the end.

    One of my favorites, in case y’all would like to use it - I claimed (in a Southern drawl) I was an Alligator Hunter…in Nevada. “Business is a bit slow…and I can’t go to the zoo no more.” Kept them on the line for 44 minutes…almost beat my record.

  • 2piradians@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    10 months ago

    I always block them right away. My idea is that any interaction flags you as ‘positive direct contact’ in their scumbag networks, making them likely to increase the spamming. I realize the act of blocking may in itself trigger this, if they track undeliverable contact, but idk what else to do.

    • Holzkohlen@feddit.deEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Why would blocking them trigger this? Should that not instead flag you as “not dumb enough to fall for our garbage”?

      • 2piradians@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        It could tell them there’s likely a live person receiving their bullshit, so continue spamming with other means.

        Bear in mind these are all just ideas I have about how they operate, based on nothing really. I try to imagine how spammers analyze data they receive to target us.

        Edit: In italics

  • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    The really infuriating ones are the ones coming from email addresses through my carrier’s email to text gateway despite having email to text blocked on every line on my account.