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Cazikins

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I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« on: July 01, 2017, 12:54:06 PM »
I've started to get unwanted nuisance phone calls again on our land line from somewhere in India, & as polite as I can be - I tell them I am not interested!!

But they keep phoning back  >:( >:( so now when I get one I start speaking in a foreign language. A bit of French, German, Italian even a bit of Croatian. Not sentences just the odd word like gutentag, vas costa das, grus got, zut alors madam, nein, bitte shun, hvala.

The first time I tried it the man asked if I could speak English & I said nein..... he then hung up

It's a lot of fun too.

Cazi xx
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Mbrown001

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2017, 12:58:12 PM »
Brilliant Cazikins


 :rofl:

Do you use made up words too
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CLKD

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2017, 01:04:28 PM »
Could we have some words phonetically please  ;D
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dulciana

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2017, 04:12:33 PM »
Great idea - must try it!
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cubagirl

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2017, 05:21:45 PM »
I'd be unlucky enough to get someone who is fluent in many languages.  ;D If I don't recognise the number I don't answer. 
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TheWorstWitch

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2017, 02:08:32 PM »
I keep them talking. For as long as possible. Asking lots of questions, querying what they're telling me, you name it. After a while they start wanting to escape - probably because they're over their time limit for the call....I keep them talking for a bit longer. Oddly enough while it takes a bit longer at the first go, they never call back a second time...

I also enjoy the "We're calling in connection with an accident you've had" ones - I immediately tell them to supply me with the details of who has told them I've had an accident - and also their company name again, in full please. Again, they usually hang up PDQ and I never hear from them again.  :)
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CLKD

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2017, 02:21:56 PM »
I've said "OH! I must have had a really bad accident as I can't remember any of it!" gone ........
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Roseneath

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2017, 01:12:04 PM »
We get loads of cold calls. I said wait a minute and just took the phone to the toilet and flushed it the other day.  I am plucking up courage to find a cheesy song next time..something from the Sound of Music maybe. Any suggestions welcome?
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CLKD

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2017, 02:41:42 PM »
It was a recorded message last night regarding oven cleaning - "I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair"?

Cold calling is illegal in the UK.  "We are on the telephone preference service" usually gets rid of them.  Singing is a great idea - hello, goodbye, auf wiedersen ..........
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Cazikins

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2017, 11:39:51 PM »
Quote from: CLKD on August 03, 2017, 02:41:42 PM

Cold calling is illegal in the UK.  "We are on the telephone preference service" usually gets rid of them hello, goodbye, auf wiedersen ..........

It may work if they are calling from the UK but no good if they are calling from India.
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CaroleM

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2017, 10:56:49 AM »
I spent time in Kenya during my teenage years.  Maybe I need to brush up on my very limited Swahili.  Or maybe the Russian 'O' level I took.  However, knowing my luck.........

DH has discovered that telling cold callers at the door or on the phone that we rent our home works, they tend to disappear quickly.   We don't rent, but the callers don't know that.  I did take one particularly insistent caller at the door who was selling double glazing, the we didn't need any, even our garage and potting shed are double glazed.  He didn't believe me.  He soon did!  We didn't put it in, it was already in situ when we bought our bungalow ;D
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CLKD

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2017, 01:04:20 PM »
It's 'your computer has a problem Madam' week - so my reply is "I don't have a computer" which brings stunned silence then a click.  :D
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CaroleM

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2017, 04:19:24 PM »
CLKD, if you would like the phonetic alphabet I can give it to you.  Must admit, it does confuse callers. Phonetically spelling our surname can be interesting, not doing so can lead to some very rude spelling! ::)
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Wrensong

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2017, 06:18:40 PM »
I've waited through so many crackly renditions of the Four Seasons while in endless queues, I like to get my own back by taking unwanted callers to the CD player, where I put Vivaldi on & leave the phone there.  OH says he finds two little words tend to do the trick very nicely.  The second one being "off".  To those who don't know him, he can be a menacing-sounding Scot, so I can vouch for the effectiveness!
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ariadne

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Re: I've found a way to stop nuisance phone calls.
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2017, 07:09:05 PM »
I've found BT Call Protect very good. It's free if you already have Caller Display. BT have already added known nuisance callers to the Blocked list and you can add your own either by viewing online the numbers that have called you or immediately after answering one by pressing 1572 and blocking the last caller.

In response to the accident calls, I still like the " Oh yes, I did have a very serious accident. I was decapitated"

Ariadne xx

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