How To Torture Telemarketers With One Word

How to Torment a Telemarketer I see in your records that you've been having trouble with your credit, is that the case? Yes. Do you want to improve your credit score and get out of debt? Yes. Great, well then I can help do that. And how much debt would that be? Yes. Sure. Would that be over $20,000? Yes. Do you currently have a job? Yes. And in that job are you making over $35,000 per year? Yes. Fantastic. And are you a resident of New York state? Yes. Great. Perhaps you could just recite the last four digits of your Social Security number so I can make sure we have it in our records. Yes. Many people are not comfortable giving out their Social Security number, so perhaps you'd like to verify the number through a cell phone. Would that be all right? Yes. Well let me get you started then, it's 917-312- and the last four numbers are... Yes? If I was going to say "I need you to answer yes or no to the following questions." You are interested in our debt consolidation program? Yes. You are a resident of New York state? Yes. You're also a moron? Yes. Ah, good, just checking. I wanted to make sure that we had that on record. Yes!

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Length: 1min 26sec (86 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 25 2012

Reddit Comments

[u/BoSquared]

The "IRS" once called me and said I had a huge debt that needed to be collected and gave a number for me to call.

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I called it and after some back and forth I asked the lady (who was foreign) what IRS stood for. She said she knew what it meant, called me dumb, and hung up.

[u/Bacon_Bitz27]

Why does the flair say "DO NOT DO THIS. Info in Comments" ?

Where is this info?

[u/PoxyMusic]

I used to telemarket for Bear, Stearns in the '80s. I didn't have to sell anything, I just had to get certain people on the phone, then transfer them to a broker. Paid by the hour, and nobody really tracked your performance.

One day I found gold; a phone number that just answered, and held the line open. If you just held the phone up to your ear with a dial tone, it would go BEEP BEEP BEEP after 30 seconds and that's obviously not tenable.

With this number, I could then read a book, and move my lips in case anyone was watching. I kept that number for months until it finally stopped working.

[u/DurbanPoisonedErrday]

I’ve started answering as Hubert. The lonely bitter old man who just wants to talk about his wrench collection.

[u/nameless_thirteenth]

I once got a call from a number that came up as Washington, DC. A gentleman with a thick Indian accent informed me that I was eligible for government grants, but I had to claim them in 24 hours or the offer would expire. I asked him for name of his organization to which he said “the United States government” and when I asked for the address to his building he gave me a slew of numbers before hanging up.

[u/AlexHeyNa]

I once had fun with a telemarketer/scammer, and went along with what they were trying to sell me. We got to the point where he asks me for my credit card information, and I said "Do enough people actually fall for this that you can make a living off of it?"

His response?

"Go fuck your mother." click.

[u/Gynthaeres]

Kudos to the person for answering "yes" to the last question. Too many people would break the streak in an attempt to not sound stupid, which ruins the joke IMO.

[u/Mandre_]

I usually answer in Spanish with my accent in full swing pretending like they were given the wrong number. Usually works pretty well if I'm being honest

[u/MechaJackson1017]

The real troll is to make them hold on every 20 seconds for like 5 seconds and when they layout their speech only reply with "hmm hmm" or "sure tell me about it", keep them unsure that you listened to what they said.

After 5 full minutes of that, reply their next question with "I want my name out of your calling list".

It's fun and works in Europe.

Edit: Provided the call is recorded.