SCOsazOBY

For a few months now i have been receiving all sorts of strange numbers ringing me on different days and times.
I have answered a few and tried to find out who they are and what they want but can never understand them

Anyway i am getting bored now I want some ideas as to how i can play them back at their own game.

1) answer the phone and pretend i am a burgler just passing through the house (no mate ive just broken in, can you ring off so i can nick the phone aswell)
2) try to talk like an old lady (i cant hear you love you'll have to talk louder my hearing aid is faulty)

The funnier the better, thanks in advance

Bubba po

Are you sure it isn't the other hull Chavs?

SCOsazOBY

Lol no its not them they aint got any credit on their phones

scooby_matt

scooby_matt

Echoing what they just said turns up a few good results.

Crazy Chick

Answer the phone saying 'You have got through to the residence of WPC/PC (whatever surname)' and that should scare them off.

I did that years ago when I was younger and someone answered the phone like that - I never did it again.

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

talk dirty to them

shaunywrx

When they start waffling on, just interupt them and say you're pc whoever from whatever county police force that applies, and demand to know who they are and where there ringing from, as you've just been called to the house as (insert your name here), has just been found hanging from the bannister rail, and had left a suicide note saying he had taken his own life, because he could'nt handle the constant barrage of unsolicited phone calls from Indian call centres at all times of the day and night, that should make them think twice before ringing you again.

SWRTWannabe

When we were getting lots of annoying phone calls, I did consider winding up the caller, recording the calls and making a website of it. However, we just registered with the TPS instead. Boring!

A few ideas I had up my sleeve :

1) The burglar one
2) Trying to sell to the sales guy
3) Leaving them "on hold", going back to the phone every minute saying "I'll be with you in a tick"
4) Making out they had called a secret government number and "would you like double glazing" was the code word for "fire the nuclear weapons"

Have fun!

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

I once had some indian woman ringing up trying to sell sickness cover,asked her to hang on a minute while i got my wallet and left her hanhing on the end for half an hour. she was still there when i hung up

HowiesPreza

a long hard blast of a whistle - that normally ensures they don't call back

Recaro

Strange. Think I've received some of these.

Had it last Sunday, they rang, i answered they just kept making strange noises/language. I couldnt understand.

They kept ringing. I left them on hold, I didnt bother answering. They just kept ringing. They stopped after a while, havent had another thank god.

Do you know the number?

astraboy

my favourite thread.
you get the numbers come up on your phone?
you can have lots of fun if you do.....
astraboy.

astraboy

Get some business cards printed up with the number printed on.
Go to red light district.
Hand out to the brasses saying "Call me anytime"
astraboy.

astraboy

alternatively, if you dont want to go hand to hand with the brasses, get some cards printed up with "18 year old A levels specialist" and the numbers printed up on them. Then visit a few phone boxes armed with some blue tac.
astraboy.

astraboy

phone up the numbers and say this:
"This is the phone engineer, there is a fault with your line, anyone who calls you will be electrocuted when the call connects, we will call you when the fault is fixed, thank you"
Then call back about 2 minutes later. When the call connects scream
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" and slam the phone down.
astraboy.

astraboy

call the number repeatedly, preferably from different numbers.
Each time, as for a guy called Jack. Do it in different ways, so the guy dont realise its for you each time.
After about 30 or so calls, call them up again and say
"Hi, this is jack, are there any messages for me?"
astraboy.

astraboy

print up flyers (about 5000 or so for 90 quid is the going rate) advertising a massive illegal rave. Namecheck as many big name DJs as possible and put the location on the flyer.
Not only will they get loads of phone calls from glue sniffing no hopers looking for the rave, but the local police might want to "have a word" too.

astraboy.

scooby_matt

Is this a hobby of yours by any chance?

SJ_Skyline

AB is our resident guru on the art of revenge

T4molie

LOL I think AB is in his element on this one

MikT

Was fed up with constant calls from a well known double glazing company and eventually lost it. Let the poor girl go through the whole lot, windows, doors, kitchen, bathrooms, conservatory and told her i was interested in a conservatory.

After she took details and arranged an appointment she asked if i had any questions and i said "can you build them on stilts as we're in a first floor flat?". She replied with "i don't think that was called for" but shut up when i pointed out that she was the one who called me and should have done her homework to see if we were suitable for a conservatory!

The possibilities are endless.

Goochie

I had silent calls from a number in the autumn, googled the number and found I wasnt the only one.

It would call 7-10 times a day and was silent when we answered.

Rang BT and gave them the number, they looked at the logs and barred the number for us. Then another one started calling from the same area code!!

We moved house (not because of the calls ) 2 weeks after that and had the line disconnected

Kiwi

If we get any calls we give the phone to our 4 year old little boy and let him talk to them until they go away !

SCOsazOBY

PMSL astraboy you are a professional

Havent had any today so im just hoping i get some tonight as i like the poliewoman/suicide one

Yeah i have the numbers appear on my phone before i answer but i aint ringing any of them back it will cost a fortune.

Burt

answer the phone as the credit control department for the phone company and tell them if they don't pay the £500 they owe on the phone the next step is the bailiffs. Tell them everytime they dial out on that phone they will only get through to the credit control department.

Burt

Get the same annoyance from junk mail so started sending junk mail back to them i.e. a completed survey for double glazing goes to readers digxxt etc...the only thing is you don't get to see there face when they open it...

richardg

yep, try;
1) "you sound nice - what are you wearing?" or just
2) "how's the weather in india [george]?"

both seem to work pretty well for me