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This is funny.
And she was at work when they called
Good advice at the end
I'm glad she picked "Have a little fun with them."
IronLionZion
(45,446 posts)So serious we can't tell you what they are, but we're sending officers to arrest you right now.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)She lives at the police station
IronLionZion
(45,446 posts)people have to do what they have to do
rpannier
(24,329 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)because calls like this can be frightening for some people, especially elderly people who may be confused. Maybe I'm too serious, but nothing about this is fun. They wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't working. Very sad
cab67
(2,993 posts)He had Alzheimer's, and until my mother and uncle got power of attorney, he lost a lot of money.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)marble falls
(57,097 posts)was pretty gone he lived another six or so years. My grandmother lived another eight or ten more.
He had boxes of rail road stock. It brought a fraction of what he paid for it, he'd been buying since the 1920's.
It wasn't an easy sell.
rainin
(3,011 posts)PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)right. They are the utter scum of the earth, and will leave you destitute and then laugh about it.
rainin
(3,011 posts)acceptable in their eyes. Perhaps, they have deep-seated hatred for the "other" and we fit the profile.
Sentath
(2,243 posts)Personally I like the ones where they lock the scammer out of windows and or bios.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)"Hang up on them or have a little fun" ... I would choose the latter.
It would be great if everyone these people called had enough free time to tie up their lines for 10 minutes or so. They'd give up after just one frustrating afternoon.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)He literally dedicates a lot of time in screwing with scammers