Had one who said he was calling from my bank,about some suspicious activity on my account,said thank you I'm in my bank now can i speak to you face to face.
My dad answers scam calls with, " this is detective Smith with the Houston police department fraud division. How can i help you? " They hang up instantly! Lol! 😅
Just an FYI to Canadians as of the December 2024 timeframe. Perhaps more specifically, in British Columbia. It is safe to say that ALL Canadians at one point or another, get these scammer calls. I got a call from what appeared to be the primary area code, and it was from BELL CANADA. I though I would pick up the phone this time. An automated message started explaining that the lines were being upgraded in our area and to make the necessary appointment arrangements to press #1 .....which I did.....only because I was curious. Bell Canada does not have lines in B.C. We are serviced by TELUS. A guy came on the line. He had a foreign accent ...NOT French-Canadian. He began to repeat the message that had already started. I interrupted him and asked him what he wanted. He then hurriedly told me they were changing from copper to fiber-optic and I repeated asking what he wanted. He then asked if I had a computer or laptop which I replied "both". He then told me to go to one of these to log-on. I asked him "what for?" and he advised they needed to do some upgrading ....which made no sense ....so I asked him where he was calling from, because BELL is located back east in Montreal. The line went dead. This call was at the very beginning of December, about two weeks ago. I got another call yesterday, from BELL CANADA, with the local area code, exactly the same as two weeks ago. It was early in the morning and wife was still sleeping, so I picked it up and hung up immediately. I thought I might try to contact Bell Canada "locally" and found there is no local Bell Canada, even though there is supposed to be local tech center. The Bell website does NOT provide any obvious ways to directly contact them. There are many obstacles they set up that does NOT provide any direct phone number ....IN CANADA. There were some local "outlets" that did not open till 10:00AM. So after spending about a half hour trying to find a phone number locally, I waited till 10:00AM. When I was finally able to call these local numbers, they in fact turned out to be retail stores only ...and they were NOT Bell Canada. They were a retailer called Nexgen ...and the people were not 99% useless , they were 100% useless. I asked for the number to the "Tech Center" which when dialed, sent me over to the Philipines. I actually tried numerous other ways to connect up with technical people and ended up completely failing. So I thought I might try the Bell website "chat" option ....and after the usual automated questioning, I put in the word "fraud" and got an actual number to someone in this "fraud" category. I got a fellow who seemed to already know how difficult it is for ANYONE to actually speak to a person at Bell. As we initially talked, he was already looking for my Bell account from my telephone number and couldn't find anything.....because I am NOT a Bell customer. I very briefly summarized my concern with this scam reaching people who are unable to realize what is actually going on and following these instructions, thinking this is something they need to do. the Bell guy fully understood and fully agreed with me. We had a pleasant chat. He advise he would entering this information into their system ...which is all he can do .......... AND HE SUMMARIZED THE SCAM WILL SIMPLY CONTINUE ALONG, VERY LIKELY EVENTUALLY REACHING VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO WILL IN FACT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS .............AND APPARENTLY NO ONE AT BELL IS TRYING TO STOP THIS SCAM ....OR ANY SCAM. .
Brilliant! I had fun with these calls at one time and came up with a list of responses (made with the help with someone from a call centre). My favourite was to record an hour of the most boring music possible and then, when a scammer called, I said ‘I just have a call on the other line, would you mind waiting?’ Then I would play an hour of the music down the phone. It ties up their line for that hour.
Call centre pop 'music' is the worst of all and is so badly edited to improbable fractions of a bar and if intersperse it with the other tedious guff of recorded robots saying "your call is important" and the rest then so much the better.
I do this all the time to keep them on the line as long as possible. I ask them to speak up because it's a bad line, ask what they're wearing, if they start with how are you today? I give them a list of ailments. My favourite is senile mode, do I know you? Oh, thank you for reminding me my washing machine insurance has expired, then read out a made up card number. My record is 20 minutes.
Personally I’m very proud of my way of getting rid of scammers. When they ring and say something like “hello I’m xxxxxxx from xxxxxxx, am I speaking to Mr xxxxxxx” When I answer “yes” They hopefully say “how are you today” My answer is, and I have to be very quick so they don’t get a chance to interrupt “I’m very well thanks, thanks for taking the time to ring and ask, goodbye” and immediately hang up, my finger I poised ready over the off button as I’m speaking. Strangely they never ring back!
Hilarious. 😂 I answer yes to every question till the scammer puts the phone down. I am going to try your approach.. Brilliant! Really made me smile this morning.
Hi from New Zealand, Thanks for your wonderful, witty site,I absolutely love it, your quick thinking and responses are a real gift to you. All the best for Christmas and the new year.
Sharon for the win with "scam..... in?" Showing my age and where I'm from, but I was hoping your cockatoo would chime in with "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." 🙂
Nice! I had a phone on the wall next to my toilet in the ensuite and I used to be entertained for ages while _taking care of business._ Better the scammers bothered my an IT professional rather than vibrating weilding ladies. Good fun.
Best yet; many other vids are very clever but they drag on and on and who really wants to waste so much time. Loved the vibrator bit simply because the scammer didn't seem to register what was going on.
Whooo Hoooo...that was golden.... thanks for the laugh. I wonder if there is such thing as a WiFi vibrator..... this opens up a whole opportunity for these guys. 🤣
I knew a guy who said that he was very Interested, but wait someone is at the door.. an hour later the scammer hung up and he must have been put on a do not call list. He didn't get any more calls
Brilliant breakfast time viewing! Sometimes, I do similar (though not the vibrator bit!). Other times, ask them to hold on whilst I go to the loo, and I pour water into it for long time baby! Sometimes, I leave them listening to Metallica or Man O War. The best response came when I told them that I am an intsrnet security professional; instant hangup. I want to the virtual machine trick. It rattles them when you reappear with the exact same desktop. O2's Daisy had me laughing until I wept. If they call on your mobile, check to see if they really have hung up when they say they have. I have 2 mobiles, but the landline will do, though there is usually a charge for dialling a mobilenetwork. Happy New Year to all.
I had a scammer phone me up last year, it was one of those accident chasers, he said is that Mr xxxxxxx, I said yes and he said I believe you have just had an accident I said yes, then congratulated him for being so quick as the accident had only happend today, he then said for security purposes I need to confirm what type of accident you had. I said that I was in the house alone and had been trying to reset the trip switch on my fuseboard as the power had went off. I said I never realised I had the phone volume up full and when he phoned me it was so loud that I had got a fright and shit myself ! He laughed and hung up.
I told one scammer who told me my laptop and phone had been compromised and they needed to access the devices to stop it, that I was illiterate and didn’t own a laptop or phone. They clearly didn’t get it as she started to get quite aggressive when I kept repeating ‘but I’m illiterate’. She put the phone down in the end…
I have been getting calls about buying my home. Today i told him that i would prefer he buy my awful neighbors home..i did not stay on the line to hear his response
I always answer unknown #'s with "Hi you're lucky caller #5, what is your answer please?" They usually hang up thinking they've reached a radio station's contest line. But I actually had 1 that tried to fake her way through it, and asked what was the question again. to which I replied "You know the rules, no repeating the question; you're stalling. Now what is your answer?" She hung up Lol
Haha! Not entirely surprised they hung up so fast they hate being called out. Nice work 😅… p.s. I like you even more now that I know you’re a bird lady 😌❣️
I haven't buy anything in amazon so I don't remember the phone number I used back them, so I call in order to open a new account and I hear that accent on the other line and I told him that he sounds like a scammer and I hang up
I ask them if they have a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and if They would let me pray for their salvation. They vanish like Dracula when he sees the sunlight.
A friend of mine kept a copy of the gospel of St John next to the phone, and would just start reading it... His ambition was to get at least to 3:16, but sadly they always rang off before the end of the first chapter.
i make dance costumes so when someone calls on the land line i always ask them " well you phoned me, so I assume you are after a dance costume, do you also need a dance belt with that," Dance mums will know a dance belt is a must for their boys jingely bits to stay in place and not get damaged. some giggle others just slam the ph down
I act as if no one spoken to me in weeks and want to talk to them, chat about the weather and my incontinence 😂
one can dump one's trauma on them..
..all the horrible shit no one else wants to hear..
Just loved watching that, and "slipping the vibrator in" was pure genius. Brilliant😂😂
Phrasing!
I didn’t see her slipping it in! Amazing!
That would be nice,
This woman likes a laugh.
Hats off to you!! X
I love how you're also training your cockatoo at the same time. I expect eventually he will know how to handle these calls
Best comment! 🤣🤣
Vibrator...i spit out my water over that one. Hahaha 🤣😂🤣
I know. "....and my vibrator...."
I was waiting to hear “phone, laptop, vibrator” and I wasn’t disappointed!
not sure how to connect a vibrator to my router
And the bird will be squawking that phrase for days!
OMG THAT COMMENT WAS 😅BRILLIANT‼️💙
As long she takes her dentures out first, she can do owt.
Scam calls have become the modern day dirty phone calls. Sooooo many callers, so much fun. 😂
No Beekeeper needed here 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Well done!
Vibrator, the best laugh I have had all day.
Had one who said he was calling from my bank,about some suspicious activity on my account,said thank you I'm in my bank now can i speak to you face to face.
Love this lady. Getting ideas of what to say to these scammers. What I’ve said so far is very run of the mill.😂😂😂
My dad answers scam calls with, " this is detective Smith with the Houston police department fraud division. How can i help you? " They hang up instantly! Lol! 😅
My dad answered "Hensons Mortuary. You stab em we slab em" He did that for years. Mom didn't think it was funny.
That was an epic mic drop, well done Sharon. 🙃🤣😂🤣 Have a fabulous morning, afternoon or evening 🐨🦘🇦🇺
Hilarious! Thanks for keeping them busy so they aren’t scamming others
Just an FYI to Canadians as of the December 2024 timeframe. Perhaps more specifically, in British Columbia. It is safe to say that ALL Canadians at one point or another, get these scammer calls. I got a call from what appeared to be the primary area code, and it was from BELL CANADA. I though I would pick up the phone this time. An automated message started explaining that the lines were being upgraded in our area and to make the necessary appointment arrangements to press #1 .....which I did.....only because I was curious.
Bell Canada does not have lines in B.C. We are serviced by TELUS.
A guy came on the line. He had a foreign accent ...NOT French-Canadian. He began to repeat the message that had already started. I interrupted him and asked him what he wanted. He then hurriedly told me they were changing from copper to fiber-optic and I repeated asking what he wanted. He then asked if I had a computer or laptop which I replied "both". He then told me to go to one of these to log-on. I asked him "what for?" and he advised they needed to do some upgrading ....which made no sense ....so I asked him where he was calling from, because BELL is located back east in Montreal. The line went dead.
This call was at the very beginning of December, about two weeks ago. I got another call yesterday, from BELL CANADA, with the local area code, exactly the same as two weeks ago. It was early in the morning and wife was still sleeping, so I picked it up and hung up immediately.
I thought I might try to contact Bell Canada "locally" and found there is no local Bell Canada, even though there is supposed to be local tech center. The Bell website does NOT provide any obvious ways to directly contact them. There are many obstacles they set up that does NOT provide any direct phone number ....IN CANADA. There were some local "outlets" that did not open till 10:00AM. So after spending about a half hour trying to find a phone number locally, I waited till 10:00AM. When I was finally able to call these local numbers, they in fact turned out to be retail stores only ...and they were NOT Bell Canada. They were a retailer called Nexgen ...and the people were not 99% useless , they were 100% useless. I asked for the number to the "Tech Center" which when dialed, sent me over to the Philipines. I actually tried numerous other ways to connect up with technical people and ended up completely failing.
So I thought I might try the Bell website "chat" option ....and after the usual automated questioning, I put in the word "fraud" and got an actual number to someone in this "fraud" category. I got a fellow who seemed to already know how difficult it is for ANYONE to actually speak to a person at Bell. As we initially talked, he was already looking for my Bell account from my telephone number and couldn't find anything.....because I am NOT a Bell customer.
I very briefly summarized my concern with this scam reaching people who are unable to realize what is actually going on and following these instructions, thinking this is something they need to do. the Bell guy fully understood and fully agreed with me. We had a pleasant chat. He advise he would entering this information into their system ...which is all he can do .......... AND HE SUMMARIZED THE SCAM WILL SIMPLY CONTINUE ALONG, VERY LIKELY EVENTUALLY REACHING VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO WILL IN FACT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS .............AND APPARENTLY NO ONE AT BELL IS TRYING TO STOP THIS SCAM ....OR ANY SCAM.
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Brilliant! I had fun with these calls at one time and came up with a list of responses (made with the help with someone from a call centre). My favourite was to record an hour of the most boring music possible and then, when a scammer called, I said ‘I just have a call on the other line, would you mind waiting?’ Then I would play an hour of the music down the phone. It ties up their line for that hour.
Call centre pop 'music' is the worst of all and is so badly edited to improbable fractions of a bar and if intersperse it with the other tedious guff of recorded robots saying "your call is important" and the rest then so much the better.
Brilliant Sharon keep up your good work. LOL at the videos. PS what a gorgeous cockatoo !
I do this all the time to keep them on the line as long as possible. I ask them to speak up because it's a bad line, ask what they're wearing, if they start with how are you today? I give them a list of ailments. My favourite is senile mode, do I know you? Oh, thank you for reminding me my washing machine insurance has expired, then read out a made up card number. My record is 20 minutes.
35 minutes, his final words were, “I curse you from the bottom of my heart”
Nice one. Sharp lady with a great sense of humour.
When the call and say' this is YOUR bank security calling' ask them 'what bank are you calling from ??, they won't hang around too long.
Hands down funniest video of the day 😂😂😂😂
Haha. That was priceless Sharon :)
It's always Indian people... Lol😂
Love this lady!
He'll never get his pass code now!
Personally I’m very proud of my way of getting rid of scammers. When they ring and say something like “hello I’m xxxxxxx from xxxxxxx, am I speaking to Mr xxxxxxx” When I answer “yes” They hopefully say “how are you today” My answer is, and I have to be very quick so they don’t get a chance to interrupt “I’m very well thanks, thanks for taking the time to ring and ask, goodbye” and immediately hang up, my finger I poised ready over the off button as I’m speaking. Strangely they never ring back!
They don't know what phone number they are calling
And advise them you are recording the phone call 'for training purposes. '
Keep them coming youre so funny with them..🎉
This is just downright awesome!
Sharon, how DARE you know his email when he didn't even give it to you? You, lady, are a SCAMMER! 😂🥰
Hilarious. 😂 I answer yes to every question till the scammer puts the phone down. I am going to try your approach.. Brilliant! Really made me smile this morning.
Please do not answer yes to any question a scammer asks because they can record it and use it as permission to access your accounts.
Very funny
I was hoping you had taught the cockatoo to say “Hello, Security”
Hi from New Zealand, Thanks for your wonderful, witty site,I absolutely love it, your quick thinking and responses are a real gift to you. All the best for Christmas and the new year.
Absolutely BRILLIANT
Oh my gosh, I needed a laugh!!!
Brilliant!!! Well done 💚🍀
"Phone, laptop & vibrator".....the coffee I was drinking is allover the backsplash in my kitchen😂😂😂😂
You’re braver than me. Keep up the good work.
Sharon for the win with "scam..... in?" Showing my age and where I'm from, but I was hoping your cockatoo would chime in with "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." 🙂
This seems to be a major industry in India and the Indian authorities do nothing!!!!
They are in on it.
Nice one Sharon! Loved it. Made me laugh. I often keep them on too..lately they have given up on me….
PMSL, Well done great job - how on earth did you manage not to laugh?
I impersonate a Police officer whenever they call, they really hate Law Enforcement.🤣🤣 Most go off on a psychotic rant before hanging up.😁😁❤❤❤
I also answer " Fountain Acres Police Department, canI help you?
well done sharon keep up the good work on your videos
BRILLIANT!! CHUCKLING SO LOUD HERE!
Nice! I had a phone on the wall next to my toilet in the ensuite and I used to be entertained for ages while _taking care of business._ Better the scammers bothered my an IT professional rather than vibrating weilding ladies. Good fun.
Hilarious 😂best laugh this new year so far that I’ve had 😂😂😂
Best yet; many other vids are very clever but they drag on and on and who really wants to waste so much time. Loved the vibrator bit simply because the scammer didn't seem to register what was going on.
There was a pause tho. 😂
Catches them every time asking for the Security code you set up last time they was on the phone 🤣😂🤣
Whooo Hoooo...that was golden.... thanks for the laugh.
I wonder if there is such thing as a WiFi vibrator..... this opens up a whole opportunity for these guys. 🤣
You have to be careful who you give the password. Someone might turn it on unexpectedly.
@@danielking2944 🤣🤣🤣 A hacker... not knowing what he has hacked into 😂😂😂
As soon as you tell a scammer who they are, they fly away.
Well done.
I love the bit about the vibrator, Well done!
So far - so good - not had any such calls but i think as a chap i would gleefully use the vibrator one ..! Just to see..?
I knew a guy who said that he was very Interested, but wait someone is at the door.. an hour later the scammer hung up and he must have been put on a do not call list. He didn't get any more calls
Brilliant breakfast time viewing! Sometimes, I do similar (though not the vibrator bit!). Other times, ask them to hold on whilst I go to the loo, and I pour water into it for long time baby! Sometimes, I leave them listening to Metallica or Man O War. The best response came when I told them that I am an intsrnet security professional; instant hangup. I want to the virtual machine trick. It rattles them when you reappear with the exact same desktop. O2's Daisy had me laughing until I wept. If they call on your mobile, check to see if they really have hung up when they say they have. I have 2 mobiles, but the landline will do, though there is usually a charge for dialling a mobilenetwork. Happy New Year to all.
Nice one!!! i always keep them on the phone for as long as i can
I had a scammer phone me up last year, it was one of those accident chasers,
he said is that Mr xxxxxxx, I said yes and he said I believe you have just had an accident
I said yes, then congratulated him for being so quick as the accident had only happend today, he then said for security purposes I need to confirm what type of accident you had.
I said that I was in the house alone and had been trying to reset the trip switch on my fuseboard as the power had went off.
I said I never realised I had the phone volume up full and when he phoned me it was so loud that I had got a fright and shit myself !
He laughed and hung up.
My friend asks them 'which accident are you calling about?'
@@AWP-ww3cj I've used that one too. My other one is that my concussion was so bad I don't remember anything, can you remind me about the details.
Awesome! That was hilarious 🤣
You are great. I am learning from you. Have been scammed before and don’t want it to happen again.
Superb stuff 😂😂..Wait until he finds out pairing love beads via bluetooth is a real pain the the A** 😁
@@harmoniefaerielove 😂😂😂
This was wonderful. Thanks for sharing it!! I needed a good laugh today.
I'm impressed you knew his email address 🙂
I told one scammer who told me my laptop and phone had been compromised and they needed to access the devices to stop it, that I was illiterate and didn’t own a laptop or phone. They clearly didn’t get it as she started to get quite aggressive when I kept repeating ‘but I’m illiterate’. She put the phone down in the end…
OWNED!!! WELL DONE!
Well done Sharon, what fun!
You’re wonderful Sharon.
Have a happy New Year. 😊
Thank you for today's laugh.
I tell them "Look at yourself. You could have been a doctor or engineer. But NOOOOO!" Your family is so proud of you.
Most of these are from third world countries. They don’t have the chance to become doctors, engineers, etc.
Brilliant Sharon I may have to try that one myself 😂😂
Thank you for sharing this with us! And I think you're having more fun than the law allows:) 🙏🏼😉
I have been getting calls about buying my home. Today i told him that i would prefer he buy my awful neighbors home..i did not stay on the line to hear his response
Brilliant! If i actually ever answer my phone when I don’t recognize the incoming number I’m going to try that!
Then, they'll know yours is a viable number. Best not to answer.
Well done! 👏🏼 😂
I always answer unknown #'s with "Hi you're lucky caller #5, what is your answer please?" They usually hang up thinking they've reached a radio station's contest line. But I actually had 1 that tried to fake her way through it, and asked what was the question again. to which I replied "You know the rules, no repeating the question; you're stalling. Now what is your answer?" She hung up Lol
Love it! You are awesome!!
Lol nice one 😂.I just keep them waiting. Telling them I'll just get the owner of the Internet.
Brilliant ❤
You’re LOTSA fun!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Haha! Not entirely surprised they hung up so fast they hate being called out. Nice work 😅… p.s. I like you even more now that I know you’re a bird lady 😌❣️
Why don't you let the Parrot talk to him😂😅
Brilliant well done 👏😂
I haven't buy anything in amazon so I don't remember the phone number I used back them, so I call in order to open a new account and I hear that accent on the other line and I told him that he sounds like a scammer and I hang up
Well done ❤
I always string them along until they ask for accounts etc, then ask them to verify my account number. Love the silence from the other end
Priceless!
I'm glad you caught that before they hacked your vibrator.
Right frigging on!
Very funny… but now I won’t sleep tonight 😂
I ask them if they have a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and if They would let me pray for their salvation. They vanish like Dracula when he sees the sunlight.
A friend of mine kept a copy of the gospel of St John next to the phone, and would just start reading it... His ambition was to get at least to 3:16, but sadly they always rang off before the end of the first chapter.
That was funny! Good job.
I gave this a like; I'm sorry I can't give it the other 9 you truly deserve, and thank you.
Go girl, go! Big grin on my face....
Just love it !!!
i make dance costumes so when someone calls on the land line i always ask them " well you phoned me, so I assume you are after a dance costume, do you also need a dance belt with that," Dance mums will know a dance belt is a must for their boys jingely bits to stay in place and not get damaged. some giggle others just slam the ph down
LOL I loved the idea of the internet-connected toy!
2 amazing birds
I am all forbes your channel sharon!
I had one of these parasites on the phone for 37 minutes and then he hung up on me. :-( Broke my heart.
Well done!!
Good Lady 😂
Vibrator..........lol, she's a character this one.
Well done!