People Share How They Deal With Scam Callers And Some Of Them Are Truly Creative

[@uol1051]

I pretend to be a hard of hearing old lady who thinks this must be Jesus calling.

[@L3V11ATHANX]

I love this comment.

[@Justanotherboredgirl]

😂😂😂😂

[@swepli]

I have to begin using these ideas for my own calls.

[@theblaze5530]

I got to try that lol

[@RedWizardFox]

Hahahaa

[@mrspontiac9174]

I used to get a lot of calls trying to sell me solar panels. I told them I wouldn't have them on the roof as they attract aliens. "What?" "They shine lights into outer space and attract aliens. I don't want to be probed"

[@cosmicren]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@veryconfused9768]

I am gonna copy it

[@mishtrong]

Those aliens are really rude. At leat use lube, it would be easier for both of us. Advanced civilization my ass.

[@ZomBunny]

10/10, that's up there with my mom when she was a kid telling a guy on the phone that they didn't need solar panels because they already had a nuclear reactor in their basement.

[@simpilot001]

Lmao

[@marinam.2293]

I used to get a lot of scam calls back when I still had a landline. I do a great "little kid" voice, that was always fun. 😄 "Mommy's taking a nap, she drank that whole big bottle again. Daddy? I don't know my Daddy, do you know him? Are YOU my Daddy?" Ahhh...good old days.

[@LIBqueen]

Epic!!

[@marinam.2293]

Haha, thanks! 😊

[@terriortiz3883]

Mine wasn't a scammer but rather a person selling cemetery plots. "Hello. I'm calling from Valhalla Cemetery...to which I immediately answered, "What? Did I die and nobody told me?" The next thing I heard was the phone hitting the floor followed by hysterical laughter. The caller told me he'd been working there for ten yrs and I was the first person he'd ever had respond like that.

[@marinam.2293]

Classic!!! "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to make people laugh hysterically!!" Thanks for that one, I definitely needed a good laugh today. 😂😄👍❤

[@dragongirl1021]

@@terriortiz3883 that had to be the funniest thing I have ever read

[@RubyCheetahCub]

I usually answer with "Psychic hotline, we've been expecting you" when I don't recognize the number. It's just silence for several seconds before they hang up.

[@rebeccareiger6351]

Oh my god, can I steal that one? Fucking hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@divyaganesh1585]

1st prize for creativity

[@rogerauger7766]

I answer such calls saying, "Hey, is Bill there? Prick owes me money!"

[@mikeg3439]

I like that one

[@andy3408]

Now that is a good one. Can’t wait to get a call now. 😂😂😂😂

[@lapraslazuli]

I had a friend in high school whose grandpa went through the entire process without turning on the computer.

[@kirtisrivastava1615]

😂😂😂😂

[@luminosity984]

What a legend

[@iron4517]

Lol

[@janedoe2661]

😂😂😂 you got me laughing at this one!

[@kathshaw4014]

My mom says for bank scammers you should know my password so why do you need it or I want to scam the scammers by repeating word for word what they say

[@sahitivenigalla7813]

When I was a little girl, I would wait for spam calls on my dad's phone, because he would constantly spam them back. Once, he flirted with a spam caller, who kept saying that he wasn't gay. My dad's response was asking if he was bisexual (the first time), pansexual (the second time), omnisexual (the third time). Eventually, the spam caller hung up.

[@sahitivenigalla7813]

Before hanging up, the caller cursed at him in Hindi, a language my father knows very well, and my father cursed back.

[@happylittlekyobashidragon42]

lit

[@cosmicren]

😆😂🤣

[@rpcsa8]

If that ain’t a ‘how the turns have tabled’ moment I don’t know what it is

[@abcdefoff3307]

@@sahitivenigalla7813 ur name is very pretty.

[@dshe8637]

When my daughter got a call about 'a recent accident that wasn't her fault', she told the caller all the totally true details about how her car was severely damaged. She explained how he had just jumped into the road in front of her as she was driving to work. There was no time to avoid him and he got hit full on. Daughter explained that she didn't think there was any point trying to sue him, because he hadn't survived. His body went under the car and jammed up under the grille, wrecking the engine. Wrote the car off. He emerged from underneath the side of the car and staggered for a few feet, before dropping dead in the bushes nearby. She told the caller that she knew he was dead because he didn't move when she kicked him. It was a relief that he hadn't suffered too much. She said she had called the police, but they replied they didn't need to attend since the body wasn't on the highway, causing a risk to other road users. The scammer was getting flustered and upset by now and accused my daughter of making it up. She assured her that every word was absolutely true. It really was too. Just that daughter didn't mention it was a deer she'd hit.

[@hi.dawnstar]

poor deer.

[@Ocro555]

I feel sorry for the deer and scammer

[@dshe8637]

@@Ocro555 Hopefully the scammer learned a lesson.

[@annwahlstrom149]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pinkneko13]

This is a very cool "with a twist" story.

[@droth1031]

Calvin and Hobbes has the best solution. Pop a balloon next to the phone and scream, "Aaah, I've been shot!"

[@swepli]

_wheeze_

[@Termsandconditions1234]

Good idea, but blowing up one balloon if you are alone and also speaking to him makes suspect to him

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

I like the other one where Calvin pretends to be an aswering machine saying: "Please leave a message after the click" and hangs up the phone with a click.

[@pinkneko13]

I think it's funnier to have a normal conversation, then do the balloon pop, then drop the phone and say nothing.

[@franhunne8929]

@@pinkneko13 No, no, you have to interrupt the normal conversation by suddenly, as if addressing another person in the room, yelling: "Who are you? What do you want with that gun?" - and then let the balloon pop.l

[@aaronwolfersperger2800]

My friend once spent an entire 20-minute ride up a ski lift pretending to poorly flirt with a scam caller ("You sound hot. Are you hot? Do you want to go out?"). He responded to every attempt to get him to share his personal information with polite nothings followed by some variation of this, while I sat next to him, stifling my laughter. Even the scammer seemed to find it funny for a time. He ended the call when we got to the top by telling her to call him back if she wanted to go out. It was glorious.

[@pirategirl1588]

Awesome! I did something similar to this: A guy "from Social Security" called saying it looked like my Social Security Number had been stolen, he had my Social Security account in front of him, and wanted to "verify" a few things. It was 6:30 pm and the dude sounded like he was from the Middle East. He read off my phone number, (which he'd just called) then he asked for my Social Security Number. I knew he was a scammer, so I said, "You've got my chart in front of you, right?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Which part are you looking at?" "I'm at the bottom of it." I said, "Is my chart on a computer?" "Yes." "Scroll to the top of the first page, look to the far right, and it should be the first or second thing listed there." He said, "Yes, I see it, but I need you to verify it, because it may have been compromised." I replied that I already verified my phone number, so he knew he had the correct account. He said, "Yes, but I need your Social Security Number." I said, "Well, just look at the top of the page, on the right." He yelled, "Gimme your Social Security Number!!!" I calmly said, "Nope," and hung up! 😆

[@ej-ej49]

@Samir Kabir The website steals your credit card details y'all

[@protoborg]

@@pirategirl1588 You should have kept going around in circles with him until HE hung up. Would have been MUCH funnier that way.

[@protoborg]

@@ej-ej49 WTF are you talking about?!

[@johnopalko5223]

I used to get calls from "Microsoft" about "viruses infecting my computer." I would act properly concerned and tell them they could get onto my machine to check it out. During the 20 or 30 minutes of them unsuccessfully trying to access my machine they'd be telling me to click this or that icon on my desktop. I'd act confused and anxious and tell them, "I'm sorry, but I can't seem to find that anywhere." Eventually, they'd ask me if I had a Macintosh and I'd assure them that it was, indeed, a PC. "Well, what version of Windows are you running?" "Linux."

[@Bonglecat]

I did a similar one but after only a few minutes if my little only lady not understand the windows button the scammer got angry with me. So I switched back to normal voice and said “Look honey if you are going to try and scam me you can at least be polite about it”

[@laracollard5009]

My father in law had one about a windows problem and he was walking round the flat I'm looking at all my windows I can't see any problem.He got fed up with one ringing incessantly and told them 3 times to f### off that did the trick never called again. Another friend who only has a basic mobile no smart phone was called at home saying there was a problem with windows on her PC.She doesn't even have broadband,so she asked what room it was in and acted quite disappointed that when she went in the room there was no shiny PC waiting for her.

[@elizabethjanetugby4695]

💖

[@lululisa6412]

My mother got them too and asked very worried where she could find the medicine or whether she should call a doctor for her PC because it was infected. She managed to keep them about 15 minutes with that! 😂

[@calvinrempel8600]

I once strung a guy along repeatedly telling him I was using Linux, but he never clued in. Eventually I got bored, hung up, and when he called back started speaking to him in German.

[@annalisehua]

Me and my sister are little devils. We dump the phone in to these huge pots and pans then starts banging on them with a spoon.

[@gotnoideaforaproperusernam8122]

Definitely gotta try this XD I usually scream my lungs out... Bad idea but love it how everytime they hung up immediately XD

[@swepli]

@@gotnoideaforaproperusernam8122 I sound like a dying car engine. I'd love to see my sister doing this at 3am and then I come in and just scream with her.

[@gotnoideaforaproperusernam8122]

@@swepli some scammers still dare to call back There has been one asking for credit card details, no matter what we try, they won't stop ! They call with new number every time and sometimes it's a male, sometimes it's female... But it's still fun giving them a jumpscare every time they call XD

[@SapphireAbbott1987]

How long does it take you guys to start laughing?

[@kiarona.]

Ahaha I saw a video where a woman did that - she got a scam call saying she'd "won a trip overseas" and pretended to be really excited, going "OH MY GOD I'VE WON I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Then between one word and the next she grabbed a metal pot lid, whacked it over the phone, and started banging the shit out of it with a wooden spoon 🤣🤣🤣 Then she picked it up and said "hello?" For some reason they'd hung up... 😂

[@Fuzzy_Spork]

I haven't actually answered a scam call in 15 years. But back in the landline days I got lots. I don't remember the scam specifically, but as a woman the scammer would ask, "Is the head of the household available?" To which I'd ask, "Do you mean my husband?" Them: "Yes." Me: "No, but if you know where he is you need to tell me because I'm going to kill his ass!" Then I devolve into a foaming rant about his shortcomings. They always hung up first.

[@chrisamies2141]

I once had 'is that the man of the household' (yes genuinely). I hope I replied "I'd better ask my wife."

[@lainey7985]

When they ask for the head of the household, I tell them my cats don't speak English. I mean, it's true, after all.

[@lanibird2182]

@@lainey7985 this is the funniest jnv I've seen all day XD

[@ericb6784]

Saying you are going to kill anyone is a jailable offense in America, Canada, UK, France, just fyi.

[@theaveragecomment1014]

@@ericb6784 lmao what if the "man of the household" doesn't exist though?

[@josepherhardt164]

5:20 This is why, instead of something like "Singin' in the Rain," you use "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall." :) And if they do hang around until you get to "No bottles of beer on the wall," the song's a round--it never ends: 1 bottle of beer on the wall 1 bottle of beer Take it down and pass it around No bottles of beer on the wall -- No bottles of beer on the wall No bottles of beer Go to the store and get us some more 99 bottles of beer on the wall! -- Alternatively, you could go for the 158 verses of the Greek national anthem.

[@swepli]

I did this same thing with my mom when I was little. At zero bottles, I'd sit there for a few minutes, get closer to my mother's seat, and then begin singing it again. It pissed everybody off every single time.

[@mena94x3]

Perfect. I’m doing this. How have I lived this long without ever hearing the verse to reload the wall?!? Did you make it up?

[@hi-ho5qu]

Instead of that 1000000 bottles os milk on the wall 1000000 bottles of milk Take one down pass it around 999999 bottles of milk Etc

[@josepherhardt164]

@@mena94x3 No, I saw it on the net somewhere--I think someone once wrote out the whole set of lyrics, and I saw it there.

[@idk-just-tea]

You could sing Hooty’s song “Bored bored bored bored bored…” for like an hour lol. Or “my first word was hoot, my second word was hoot hoot, my TIRED word was hoot hoot hoot…” and see how long it takes for then to go insane lmao.

[@locutus155]

I was once stopped by an "Ambulance Chaser" in the street asking me if I'd had an accident in the last three years. I told him I didn't think that shitting myself after 18 pints of lager really counted.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

You almost made me wet myself after reading that one. These reactions to scammers are better then sitting here watching YT videos!

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Hahaha. I actually snorted over that one.

[@MezephelesArt]

My sense of humor is juvenile.

[@tomkellycartoons]

Bravo!

[@caitlinfarrell4337]

I once answered a scam call with “This is Uriah’s pizza making service and abortion center, your loss is our sauce! How may I help you.” They hung up. Also I got the quote from an old Divergent fanfic I read years ago, but it was so funny that I knew I had to use it one day.

[@tikatamanguk]

URIAH? Wait lemme check my book if he died in allegiant-

[@jules3558]

Lmao my friend did that

[@penguinpower1532]

lol

[@theabyss310]

Dude my friends use that one

[@mojoschmee9320]

"Schmee's Abortion Clinic, you make 'em, we scrape 'em, how can I help?" Answered my work phone like this once (it was the middle of the night at a bakery). It was my boss. Two seconds of absolute panic followed by weeks of laughter...

[@celestewright4454]

My scammer calls (heavily inspired by Calvin & Hobbes) had lots of twists! For the computer guy, I pretended I was abt 8. They would ask if my parents were there, to which I said they were, but they don't want to be bothered by "not important stuff", so why do you wanna talk? They would say something about a virus or whatnot, and I say "wait, isn't a virus a bad thing? Like in the movies!? IS THE COMPUTER GONNA EXPLODE, IDONTWANNASEEMYPARENTSGOEXPLODEDAHHHHHHHHH" and just dissolve into hysterical tears. They would try and comfort me through the phone, and then my mom would take the phone and tear a new one into them for "making her little girl cry". I also pretended the blood donor people (who we repeatedly told we didn't want any calls) were vampires who wanted to kidnap my dad. Good times.

[@lunacraftcrochet]

The scammer went after my aunt and my mom at different times, both using the 'your son is in an accident' and the 'your son is caught with drugs' since both of their sons were eating beside them they just strung them along, pretending bad connections until they were bored and hung up on them

[@foxinasweater2300]

My grandma got one pretending to be her "grandson" and was in jail and my grandma thought it was my brother and was real and told the scammer he could "rot for all she cared and it'd probably do him some good" since he hasn't bothered to call her once in five years. She called me all mad cause I'm the only one in contact with my brother asking me why he's bothering her now of all times 😂😂 I had to explain scam callers to her then

[@SunnyTopia]

My mom also loves scam calls. She would use it to release stress. Sometimes she would attack, sometimes she would roleplay 🤣😂 that she is a maid from (country). The scammer end the call lol.

[@Termsandconditions1234]

Stress burster 😂😂

[@sumedhasharma1984]

I recently had a scam call saying I won a lottery...I laughed loudly in their face, said "Good one" wished them goodbye and hung up

[@MiningwithPudding]

I wish I got actual human scammers. I only get robots...

[@hanbigim]

well you can shout random stuff at them until the actual scammer realizes they're not going to get anything out of you

[@k.stewart007]

Send me your details I'll arrange some for you.

[@archanaprasad3913]

@@k.stewart007 well here's one

[@istantoomanygroupscheckemo4016]

Same I get a lot of spams and scam call and it’s annoying having the ringtone on full volume only to hear a stupid robot

[@judythompson8227]

just put the phone down, if you're on a landline. Keeps the line open and they can't do anything but hang up.

[@catjudo1]

I keep getting the one that says my extended automotive warranty is about to expire. Uh huh. I mess with them when I feel like it. One time I was blind. Another, I was blind and started acting like it was a practical joke from my friend Carl. (I have no friend named Carl. Also, I have no friends.) My most recent bit was to ask them which vehicle it was for (of course they couldn't tell me) and when they wanted to know the car I drove, I said that I drove a '62 Chevy Corvair sedan. After a few seconds to reset himself, he asked if I had anything else, anything newer. I happily told him that I had a '58 Cadillac DeVille Hearse in the shop getting a new engine and that I was restoring it so I could ride in it when I died. The voice on the other end didn't like that very much. I learned how to deal with this sort of subhuman idiocy by listening to my grandmother mess with telemarketers and scammers as a teenager. She told one of them that she had horrendous diarrhea, hadn't left the house for a week, and that her bathroom would need to be remodeled and that she was SOOO happy to have someone to talk to. She told another that she had no idea where my grandfather was as the Haitian maid had put "some voodoo spell" on him and the two of them had left in the night. I miss her. A lot.

[@XieraDarkQueen]

Your grandma sounds amazing may her beautiful soul rest in peace

[@maybeiplayalotofgenshin9485]

Hopefully she's in a better place now

[@Ronno2003]

I'm sorry for your loss...

[@cherylwilkinson3228]

I think I miss her too.

[@kiarona.]

I love your grandmother 😂

[@HyperWolf]

When I was about 13 we kept getting the same scam caller over and over and it was stressing my mom out. So one day when I saw the number pop up, I told my mom to cover her ears, picked up the phone, and as soon as I heard the guy start to talk, I let out the loudest, longest screech I’ve ever made in my entire life. It was so loud our neighbor came to make sure we were all right. The guy on the line cursed a whole bunch before hanging up but they never called again. I had a sore throat for a couple of days but it was worth it, especially for the laughs that followed every time my mom would tell the story. I also started laughing like a crazy person on one phone call with a guy talking to me about my car’s extended warranty. It was like I was a very squeaky Joker. He also promptly hung up. Now I just get robots which isn’t as fun. There’s something about the feeling of getting to mess with someone who deserves it.

[@hanbigim]

I SOUNDED LIKE A FREAKING TRAIN AT THIS COMMENT

[@HyperWolf]

@@hanbigim Use this next time you get a scam call, lol. But thanks. I like knowing my antics made someone laugh.

[@emsquare2775]

you made my day, I'm in tears, I'll keep the scream in mind.... I'm not good with words so screaming would surely help ☺️

[@HyperWolf]

@@emsquare2775 that’s great, or take one from my mom’s book. She played the radio super loudly over the phone. Once we got an mp3 file of nails on a chalkboard and played it directly through the audio Jack at top volume for some creep that used to call and just breathe into the speaker. If it works it works. ;)

[@Cgg_0456]

@@HyperWolf :o why haven't i already thought of that, like, i thought of getting my dog to bark at them but i didn't think of this. my dog might thank you (only if he gets treats he probably thinks like "no treat, no talk. me hungy, me angy. gib fud." and then he barks but if i try to talk he will ignore my existence.

[@shotaaizawa655]

Scam caller: hello? Me: hello, we were in the middle of sacrificing someone but I think I still have a few minutes before there's a demon in my living room. Scam caller: ...?*hangs up* Me : *laughs*

[@DemonAngelSakina]

I love this. Can I use this? XD

[@shotaaizawa655]

@@DemonAngelSakina sure XD

[@lilleestanke7566]

Imma tots use it too!

[@suella7505]

I do this too! Except, I talk as if I'm talking to someone in the background but make sure the caller heard it like "we can postpone the sacrificial ceremony for a few minutes! Everyone make sure to be prepared for the demon's arrival!" 💀

[@Birdi_Draws]

I’m trying this on the next scammer that calls me but instead I’ll say I’ll suck your soul in Spanish and they won’t even have a clue

[@WisteriAvis]

I mimic dog barking (when I was small the security guard at my apartment taught me hyper-realistic dog sound) and the scammer asked me if it was a Pomeranian 😂😂😂 I kept barking.

[@paulamcalister427]

Just ask them in a very low whisper “Are you calling to tell me where to hide the body?”🤣

[@haxxmc]

Perfection

[@Lkat.]

Or whisper “hey I’m waiting outside, just throw her body into the back and we can bury her before anyone sees… OH CRAP THIS ISNT DAVE IS IT!” Then hang up

[@scotty5340]

I just tell them I don't speak English, and when they ask what language I speak, I pretend to not understand.

[@10Sethg]

My favorite call I answered the scammer (who had an Indian accent) with my own Indian accent. A minute or two into the call I pretended to recognize the caller as my cousin Habib. I then proceeded to berate Habib for spending his time calling family when he should be working. I told him how ashamed my aunt/his mom would be if she knew what he was doing when he should be working. It was great and he spent the whole time trying to convince me that he wasn’t actually my cousin.

[@maureen669]

This is hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@andreiiaz2097]

I just like to turn on a frequency generator and deafen them Good job y'all.

[@amanitaeater4376]

Playing with them, wasting their time is one thing...but possibly causing damage to their hearing? When you don’t know if they had to take this job because of desperate circumstances or pressure from their family or whatever? Hmm. I have terrible tinnitus, which is typically caused by loud noises, and it is nonstop torment. I understand your irritation but please think of something less risky (and maybe more entertaining!) to do to them.

[@andreiiaz2097]

@@amanitaeater4376 What can be more *entertaining* than hearing them either scream "AAAA WT- is wrong with you?!?" or trying to tell you "All ... I can hear is ... Noise"? Plus, you can imagine I use the ones that are not constant, for they sound like actually scratching a fork to a metal bar 50 times a second.

[@andreiiaz2097]

@@amanitaeater4376 Also also, for the moral part, I just can't believe that there is no other job for one to take in a desperate situation but scam calling.

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

@@amanitaeater4376 don't scam callers usually take people's money by tricking them?

[@amanitaeater4376]

@@andreiiaz2097 When I really think about it, yeah, I know you’re right. It must take a lot of commitment and mental effort, not to mention a lack of empathy, to keep convincingly lying to people. It’s just that this tinnitus is a kind of hell, and you know that saying, “wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.” But friend, you must surely know that there are a lot of people in desperate circumstances around the world that have to do terrible things to survive, and things are only getting worse. Just sayin’.

[@catandrobbyflores]

The stradivarius violin man was genius. Those are worth millions and not many are left.

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

And to top it off, he said it was North Korea👌👌👌. He deserves a medal.

[@protoborg]

That's also the first name of the super spy Homer Simpson got advice from on wooing Marge.

[@tinatalukdar392]

My friend once got a scam call while we were hanging out. During that time one part of my country was experiencing flood (let's call it xy) So, the scammer pretended to be an acquintance and started asking whereabouts, which he all answered wrongly and then the man on other side asked where he was and the friend replied, " Why, I am at XY chilling on a floater. Quite a pretty place just a lot of water. Anyways come over I'll get a floater for you too". The other person cut the call. We had a good laugh😂

[@crowthebro]

my mom got a scammer on instagram that was pretending to be one of her friends. she asked a few questions, to which they replied with the wrong answers, and then said "you are not my friend" and proceeded to give them an hour long "God talk" and went on this whole spiel about how "this is not God's way for you, you must repent". i've had that talk many times before, so it was like watching a little sibling get smoked for dumb shit you've already done 🤣

[@Termsandconditions1234]

😂😂😂😂

[@Nicciolai]

I'm proud of you all

[@hothotpot8596]

My mom's friend pretended she's the owner of a brothel So she went using random names like, "Kate, Clara, Becky and some girls have been complaining at me that one customer hasn't been paying them after having their service. When are you paying up?!" The scammer freaked out, he promised to pay and hung up.

[@ananyagupta3917]

My brother argued with a credit card company offering him a free credit card for 10 minutes. The topic of debate was that he wanted the card but didn't want to pay the bill. I don't know why the person on the line spent all that time tryingt to convince him he had to pay the bill. It was funny for me though!

[@jb6712]

The way you worded that is quite wrong; you make it sound as if the credit card itself is free (to use) for 10 minutes, not that the caller was on the phone for that long about the "free" card. Very confusing!

[@ananyagupta3917]

@@jb6712 seems like you understood it just fine.

[@missimin]

Basically he wanted a pre-loaded Visa gift card.

[@Wubadubadub1967]

@@jb6712 actually it's quite clear to me, and apparently it was to you as well

[@ThePlataf]

Credit cards are fun. I like enthusing over all the free money they'll give me...and when I finally understand that it's NOT free, I tell them that I'm bipolar, and my psychiatrist has flatly forbidden me to own a credit card, due to my crazy shopping sprees.

[@federicapapapietro6164]

Once they called me, and I did my best crying and scared voice, as if I was escaping a kidnapping. "Hello? Please get help, please! I escaped, but I don't know how long I have before they find me...oh God, they're here! Oh God, please no...NO..." and then I made as the phone was kicked away...I think I scared the life out of them 😂

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

Reminds me of the African princess that needed my help on email getting 120 million dollars back, but there were bad men around. I told her I had a special team in her area and they had already spotted them, would kill them within a few hours. Last African princess I got an email from.... 😔

[@deinemudda6104]

They once called my aunt (born 1926 ) and offered her the incredibly cheap and super loan opportunety and my aunt (sharp at mind as always) was like: "Oh I am 93 years old, do you think I can still get that loan?" then for some reason they hung up .... ;)

[@jb6712]

OPPORTUNITY.

[@lorrainemarshall9476]

You only get granted a loan at that age, if, both your parents act as guarantor's.

[@deinemudda6104]

@@jb6712 thx English isn´t my first language, spelled it wrong to see if anyone payed attention ;)

[@lunathecat5827]

Scammer: "pay this tax or go to jail" Me: I don't pay taxes Scammer: *surprised pikachu*

[@Anobluu]

I'd say that I _am_ in jail 😂 For not paying taxes 😂

[@StarryThey-os]

I'm am proud of everyone in this video and in the comments section who shared these amazing stories

[@annecosgrove2133]

Thank you for this marvelous collection! Laughed my butt off! It's the middle of the night, my husband is asleep. I want to go shake him awake so he can come down here and giggle himself sick. Closing the computer now so I can hit him up at breakfast. He'll be snorting coffee out his nose at this one!

[@11071874]

I am literally laughing my head off at these comments 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@jessicathekitten9615]

One time my mom got a spam call from Canada, and they told her that her computer was hacked and that she needed to buy a new one from them. She acted all confused, put on her Asian accent, and then said “What the hell is a compooter?” I died laughing after she hung up. The spam caller...? Uh, he told my mom, “Of course you have a computer, it’s the 21st century.” 😂😂😂

[@misspandaa..1131]

😂🤣 I think the scammer was funny in ur one

[@granitemoss1451]

I once made a scam caller lose his MIND when I asked him, ' Does your Momma know this is what you do for a living? Is her heart broken she raised a thief?'. He couldn't keep his composure and flipped out on me when I brought his momma into the equation, I totally got under his skin.

[@laracollard5009]

My father in laws record is one and three quarter hours.He also had one try and sell a conservatory and he kept them going till he asked if they had long ladders,he lived in a third floor flat

[@miboogaroo]

I had a "military american" one on a chat site once.... my entire responses were the lyrics from Hello,Adele. It's amazing that he kept the conversation up that long without twigging something was not right. Laughter was had on my side.

[@jjcrow007]

My grandparents would get scam calls all the time. They would just put my aunt (who has Down syndrome) on the phone and let them talk for hours. I think she really liked it, since my aunt loves meeting people. Or they would just leave the room, start yelling about something random, then flush the toilet a bazillion times until they hung up.

[@92RKID]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dead! That is the funniest one yet. The latter part with yelling something random and flushing the toilet a bazillion times. Here's one to annoy a scammer: "Hello, how may I help you? If this to repair plumbing issues, press 1. If this is for something else, press 2." Scammer presses 2. "Thank you and please hold while I get the proper information." (Put on hold for 8 hours) 8 hours later: "I'm sorry for the confusion as I cannot seem to find any of it." And proceed to flush the toilet loudly 3 times or sqwak like a chicken til they hang up.

[@sapphirescarletrosethorn6170]

My brother and I will sing specific songs that get stuck in their heads, you know the ones. My great grandmother had a spam caller that said her computer was broken, she told the truth that she doesn't have a computer. My grandmother would pretend to be a tech person and ask which computer in specific detail until they hung up. We all will help each other and have fun, acting out Disney movies word for word, making up our own scenarios. I once got an insurance scamer and asked how they found out so quickly that I had just massacred my entire family over a snickerdoodle cookie.

[@hutao7917]

I gave the phone to my brother and said “I’ve had my fun. Your turn.” Let me list the voices my brother used while trolling the scammer Old English lady An angry Scottish guy Pissed off jacksepticeye A stereotypical lumberjack Canadian Me A Russian mobster To this day I don’t know how or why the scammer didn’t get a whiff of the bullshit coming from the other side and hang up.

[@wfcoaker1398]

They're not allowed to hang up

[@brianzz6443]

I remember when my Grandfather got Scam calls, he would bang 2 Wood Blocks together like he'd just fallen and yell like he'd broken a bone since he himself has had that happen and scare the crap out of the Callers, God I miss that man

[@artemisios]

I got rid of scam calls when I pretended I was my brother (I am an only child 😇) and announced to the scammer in a sanctimonious voice that I had just piously passed away.

[@spikethefurry6039]

Lol I am only child to 😇

[@bluejack644]

Once I acted like an old man that had been locked in a closet without supper by his caretaker, and the scammer said "Oh my goodness that's terrible. Can you still reach your computer from there?"

[@platinum_noelle]

My bf once got that "you've been selected for a free cruise" scam call, and he pressed to accept and talk to a "representative". The guy went through his whole spiel, and at the end of it my bf goes "that sounds great, I just have one question." Scammer: "what is it?" Bf: "what's the name of the vessel?" Scammer: "excuse me?" Bf: "the vessel, the boat the cruise is on. What's the name of it?" _Click_

[@phazimahphazimah5542]

My dad's friend.... He farted on the phone when the scammer called him, thank goodness they can't smell it. My dad in other hand messing with them. 😂😂😂

[@catlover7015]

My brother kept getting calls from the same scammer, and he never picked up. Finally, he got tired of it, picked up the phone, and said, “it’s done, but there’s blood everywhere.” And then promptly hung up. He didn’t get a call from that one again.

[@nevergonnagiveyouup1180]

1:18 Ok but this actually made me have some hope in humanity with him asking if you were ok

[@jellybeans5300]

It’s so funny watching dad answer scam calls, he always copies the caller until they get fed up and hang up

[@tomkellycartoons]

Oh, that’s a good one.👍

[@trinityrobinson8738]

My mom likes to mess with scam callers and the most recent one I can think of was when she got a call about baby powder causing cancer. She told them that she was a lawyer and asked if they had gotten cancer from baby powder or if they knew anyone who had who needed representation in court. other times she just hands me the phone and I either start talking to them in Chinese or I just put the phone in our bird cage, 9 times out of 10 they hang up immediately.

[@hanbigim]

BIRD TO DA RESCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE

[@Skyfighter64]

I've had this idea for a while, though never actually put it into practice: Start with spanish: No hablo Inglais. Follow up with French: Je ne parle pas espagnol. German: Ich spreche kein französisch Latin: Non loqueris Germanica Korean: naneun latin-eoleul moshaeyo Russian: YA ne govoryu po koreyski Just keep going from language to language saying that you don't speak the previous language until they hang up... Though I would have to practice those phrases before I tried it for real.

[@swepli]

I love this idea. I would totally do this too, but I'd have to do a lot of practice.

[@grumpyoldman3458]

Absolute genius!

[@joy941]

😂

[@ladyamelianoble4398]

Yes, done that replied in Italian l don’t understand them ....in a sexy voice ( if possible at 65 🤪🤪🤪) then slip in a couple of ‘are you sexy’ .....l have a daughter/ son ......he/ she like men .....she has de herpes and like kissing ...before reverting back to Italian and heavy breathing ......oh god does that make them hang up quick .

[@beachgirl9304]

I know enough French to say "I don't speak English. Do you speak French?" Usually confuses scammers and they hang up.

[@maia3168]

Heard my sister, who's 11 years older than me and was the typical emo 16-year-old at the time, scream the lyrics of Highway to Hell at the caller. I didn't watch her till the end but apparently she didn't even finish the first "Highway to Hell" before they hung up.

[@andrewthummel3767]

I wanna see somebody say to one of these scam callers like this: Scammer: this is the IRS, you owe $999999999 in taxes. Me: you have reached the FBI. If you speak English, press 1. If you do not speak English, press 2. Scammer: (presses 2) Me: Please hold while we connect you with an operator. (places on hold) Me, 48 hours later: We apologize for the inconvenience, but we could not connect you to an operator. (hangs up)

[@hanbigim]

YESSSSSSS

[@haxxmc]

Lmao got em waiting for two days lol

[@badkitty4922]

I had fun with a guy calling claiming there's something wrong with the Microsoft Windows in my BRAND NEW Hp Pavilion All in one computer. He was CLEARLY calling from India, and I know for fact Microsoft doesn't call people. The funniest part was, my husband was STILL unboxing our brand new PC when the call came in. I confirmed we DID have a PC that ran on Windows, then went to explain to the guy that we hadn't even unboxed or hooked the thing up. I kept saying stuff like it was AMAZING they knew there was a problem even before the computer was STILL in the box. I also thanked him profusely, saying we're going back to the store to get a refund on this product, since the guy warned me that it had a problem. Then told him I had to go because we're returning it for something else. The whole time acting like a ditzy woman who knew NOTHING about computers. Lol. I even asked him where the any key was, since I'd seen an episode of the Simpson's where Homer was instructed to press any key to start his computer, and I was afraid the same thing would happen to me. They hung up. ROFLMAO!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gondwanaland3238]

Told them I didn't have windows as I had a Mac. Guess what......within a short time had a call telling me something was wrong with my Mac.

[@thesnep4757]

I hope you replied that you didn't have a Mac but Linux.

[@norellweiner3341]

I let them go through their whole spiel and when they ask how I want to pay, I ask if they take food stamps...they usually hang up immediately.

[@11071874]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@mr.hanger]

Love it!

[@AerCloud]

I answer the phone in Irish. Or Klingon. One time I got three chapters into the Fellowship of the Ring.

[@Brievel]

I've only ever gotten robo-calls. :( I did call a scammer back one time at the number they provided my mother - they tried to hoodwink me too but I put them on speaker while looking up the name of the law firm they gave... yeah, didn't even practice what they were trying to say. Raked 'em over the coals and said they should be ashamed of themselves and hung up.

[@DemonAngelSakina]

I personally just use scam callers as an excuse to practice my accents...especially since they all call my cellphone. Favorite one (pretty recent) was when I had a dude call me from a Jamaican number to tell me that I'd won 1 million dollars and a car from Walmart (I have no explanation for this level of stupidity). I let him get through his spiel (which included him trying to flirt for some reason?) and then started talking in a 6yo girl voice telling him I needed to go get my mom. Second fave (older) was with an 'accident' call when I started rambling and cackling in a high-pitched 'witch' voice and the scammer cussed before hanging up.

[@lilyg5304]

I got a call from a scammer with a very heavy foreign accent, telling me they were the IRS and due to criminal activity on my tax return(?) I would be arrested if I didn't resolve the outstanding money owed to them; they had the sheriff standing by in my home town to arrest me (they couldn't tell me where I lived though), so I politely asked them what should I pack for prison, since I'd never been and had no idea what to take. They hung up but called the very next day...again; to which I responded that my bag was packed and I was STILL waiting.

[@jethromiller428]

Hello, no they aren't in. No, this is the burglar

[@-Castiel-]

okay that's just wonderful, I really want to hear someone trying that lol

[@pinkneko13]

I guess they hang up but damn that's hilarious.

[@WWZenaDo]

How about, "No, this isn't a burglar. Why would you even think that?"

[@KestralKuthule]

I used to keep getting the "we heard you've been in an accident that wasn't your fault" and once answered, "yeah the balloon just got hit by a lot of wind" "...." "sorry, I thought this was about my hot air balloon" After that I just made up more random vehicles like jet ski's and yachts and hangliders. Confuses them and makes my mum laugh when she hears me respond. Best part is that the only vehicle I have driven is a quad bike in a field which yes I did crash.

[@WWZenaDo]

🤣🤣🤣

[@aurorastorm442]

"Yes, I'm the homeowner, are you a Nigerian prince?"

[@revoir-draws3270]

When I get a scam call about my cars warranty, I say “Do I look like I have a car, Dumbass?” My cousin on the other hand At my grandmas house, we get scam calls on the landline all the time She picks up the phone and does a freaking pterodactyl screech after hearing the scammers It’s priceless

[@hanbigim]

XD LOL

[@WWZenaDo]

Oh, this gave me an idea! I can do a spot on imitation of a parrot. Oh, the possibilities...

[@ladya1953]

Awww, fun stuff!! My record was 1 hour 10 minutes. The scammer even held on while I went out of the room and took a shower!! I could not believe he'd still be there but he held the line for about 15 minutes. But the absolute *best* was the one I raged at for a good 25 minutes, who ended up saying "sorry". (This was the abandoned rental car in Texas with traces of blood and drugs in the trunk scam.) I am not going to say what I told him due to some people being *offended* but it was good. 🤐🤐

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Now I’m curious!

[@molybdaen11]

You must be really convincing for letting them wait 15 min.

[@ladya1953]

@@molybdaen11 Meh. He was just a bad scammer.

[@ThePlataf]

Please tell! I promise i won't be offended!

[@Spoonicks]

Answered a scammer with a simple, "911 what is your emergency" They hung up, lol

[@WWZenaDo]

I use the local city morgue and local zoos names...

[@elizabethjanetugby4695]

I love the Romeo and Juliet one. That and the Gaelic one is genius.

[@melissaheflin5864]

Well the funniest one I remember was when I was 10-11 area. A scammer tried to call me multiple times. Now I’m the youngest of all the siblings and the only girl. So dad came up with the idea to just keep calling them. And calling them. And calling them. I think that between all of us we did 1000 calls at least. And during that time I was aloud to swear at them. I had a great time and that number did not call again.

[@randombyatch6592]

Once someone called me and was like “Hey u wanna buy a loan” or something and I responded with “No my hearing aids are perfectly fine, thank you.” And hung up 😪

[@FedoraLloyd]

My dad was got a scam call offering him a job at Walmart, he kept them on the phone for a good half hour mentioning his “crime records” and “facial tattoos” and the fact that he got out of prison and had shoplifted within the past week. Fun times. For me, I’ll choose a fictional character and pretend to be them dumping their traumas out the entire time... “my destiny is to kill my father”, “I was homeless for several months”, “my father almost killed me”, “I was possessed by a ghost for several weeks”, etc (those are all from my go-to character.) I’ll insist all of it is real, and when they ask if I need a therapist... “well, I have conversations with a wolf outside, does that count?” Longest I’ve gone on is 45 minutes with this stuff. :’)

[@calebhouston5799]

Is your go-to character Lloyd Garmadon?

[@FedoraLloyd]

@@calebhouston5799 Perhaps

[@calebhouston5799]

@@FedoraLloyd Just realized your UN has Lloyd in it lol

[@FedoraLloyd]

@@calebhouston5799 Lol, I thought that’s what had given me away

[@twilightfuntime6631]

Wow

[@jennyblake9177]

I had one threaten to have me arrested cos I called them a scammer. Said the police were on there way. I said good. Sister in Law had the same thing said to her the same day. So far we are still not sharing a cell.

[@swepli]

Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half.

[@whitemoonwolf13]

i used to get a lot of spam calls about duct cleaning. so one time i answered back with 'thank god! these ducks have been filthy for weeks! do you have a mobile service? i don't want to have to load up 100 ducks into my van. oh do you also do geese? the geese live with the ducks and could do with a good cleaning, i think they killed the neighbours cat. bastards.' the caller didn't last long but my boss overheard me and burst out laughing every time he saw me that day

[@screamindog8772]

I recall one that happened to my mothers friend. “Your son is in critical condition.” “Oh? Let me ask them. Tommy, are you in critical condition?” “No, mom.” “Are you sure my son is in critical condition?”

[@mikaylastark6531]

One time we got a call threatening to call the police on my dad if we didn't follow through with what they wanted and my mom replied with "go ahead we don't want him anymore, he can be your problem"

[@killgarraghforever]

It'd be hilarious if you pretended to be another telephone salesman, and ask them if they want to buy double glazing or something.

[@lydiakirsch5142]

Once, in eighth grade, my teacher picked up her phone because she thought it was her husband. It was a spam call, so she did this HILARIOUS Irish accent and handed the phone to my friend Cory. We then proceeded to pass the phone to everybody in the room, with each person doing a different accent and saying that they would give the phone to the person they thought the spammer wanted. By the time it got back to the teacher, we were all dying of laughter and Mrs. Kelly(the teacher) once again did her Irish accent and just started rambling about the most unrelated things. By the time the spammer hung up, we were all on the ground, crying, and the principle and secretary were in the doorway watching the entire thing. (The principles office was right next to the eighth grade room, so they could hear anything that was happenening.) Apparently, they thought something had happened to one of us, because it sounded like everybody was falling onto the ground. Which, technically, we were.

[@Shea333-n3k]

I used to work from home before I retired. I would get scam callers so what I did was answer the phone then lay the receiver down and go back to work. The scammer could hear me typing in the background but couldn’t do their sales pitch. I got a lot of “hello, hello? Are you there? Hello?” before they finally hung up in defeat. Meanwhile, I’m sitting there laughing my head off.Good times.

[@miapdx503]

Lol, these are hilarious! Now instead of dreading the next sales pitch I'm armed with these....😂😂😂

[@daisynorton9308]

"we heard you've been in a car accident recently, and want to help" "well, the damages were pretty horrible" "what happened?" "I died" *phone goes down*

[@LissieMac]

I start speaking Cherokee, they just don't have a clue. They get so frustrated, it's hilarious 🤣😂 Wado!!

[@ariadne0w1]

Years ago, my dad had a friend who got a call from a carpet cleaning company that was cold-calling. He replied with "Oh thank GOD how soon can you get here? There's blood EVERYWHERE, the carpet, the curtain, the couch..." etc. About 20 minutes later, there was a knock at his door...a police officer. Luckily, he thought it was funny too.

[@margaretcole6264]

A few years ago I had a call from the IRS. They said I would go to jail if I didn't pay within 45 minutes. I asked federal prison? Yes. I said great tell them to wait an hour since I'm not home. I have expensive health issues and American federal prison has great healthcare. She hung up.

[@thewapikmin280]

I can recite the intro to Skyrim, if I get all the way through I end off at when Tullius shouts, "What in Oblivion is that?!" Then just make a explosion sound.

[@stickynote-slumber]

Get a speaker with that classic explosion meme. It’ll rupture their eardrums.

[@sophiecharlotte3043]

One time, I got the best scam call ever. The same number called twice. The first time, some woman yelled at me in Russian, so I hung up. The second time I got asked about how my house was heated. I figured the funniest thing would be to tell him I didn‘t know. I fabricated a whole story about me being a young wife who stays home and cleans the house and cares for the kids while my husband works and deals with all the „important stuff“ for me. I was 13 at that time 😂

[@numberoneDazaiDefender]

My family and friends know that when I receive a call from an unknown number, I say something along the lines of, ‘Thanks you for calling Mary’s cemetery, how may I be of service’ Or ‘Your local assassin company, you wish death we take ‘em out how may I help you?’ They always get scared and hand up lmfao

[@xyzxyz4643]

So they offer Latin at my school, I took Latin at my school. We never learn every day Latin cause no one speaks that shit. I once had a scam call. I instantly realized it because someone tried to do that grandchild trick where they pretend to be your grandchild. I am not even 30 lmao... I drop dead answered in Latin, just reading out the text I had assigned. First silence, then a wtf. Then plot twist. The person had Latin too. In my best granny voice (I also used that for Latin) I pretended to need help with this text and that since my grandchild studied Latin I thought they could help. The dude literally was desperate enough to help me with the entire text, basically doing my homework. Mid thanking him I switched to normal. "Thanks man" "You're a child!" "You're a scammer that just helped me understanding a grammar" awkward silence. He wished me luck for my exam in that spiteful way, hung up. I wish I could have thanked him for saving my grade.

[@hanbigim]

omg xDD

[@Jasper_4444]

Well done

[@Aiko2-26-9]

What we really need is a bunch of scam callers telling us clever/funny things said to them.

[@swepli]

I'd love to see this asked on r/AskReddit

[@k.stewart007]

I'm in telemarketing. Will that do? I can tell you we get as much entertainment out of listening to these as people do saying them.

[@k.stewart007]

Today my colleague had a person pretending he was having sex while on the phone. I've had that one before also. Of course is was put on loud speaker and we all had a good laugh.

[@terranceparsons5185]

Over here we have sammers trying to sell duct cleaning services (almost all houses have forced air heating and cooling and the duct work needs regular cleaning). After stringing them along we get to price. How much? How many square feet is your house sarrrhhh. Erm, just about 250,000, not including E- wing. Vat is e-ving sarrrhh. Oh its where we keep the category A prisoners. Utterly confused little Sanjeev then says you have prisoners in your house? Well no, this isn't my house, it's the Alcatraz federal facility.

[@majora748]

My friend: "hey this is callums sperm bank, you jack it we pack it" 100% hang up rate so far lol

[@lacialovescats]

My mom for some reason got a lot of calls about her kids getting into accident and asking for money. She'd string them along, saying that we live in a remote place where the nearest ATM is half an hour drive away, before saying that oh, there you are my policeman husband, the kid had an accident so help. They'd usually hang up by then. Her record is actually 30 minutes. And my dad is a high school teacher, fyi.

[@nr5755]

I pretend I thought my friend called and when the person answers I say wait where's ______ omg is she ok??? and when they say something else I either get mad and say answer the question, say omg did you kidnap her, ____ if you can hear me make a loud noise, or omg is she in the hospital or something, wait im coming over and I hang up. idk why but it's fun

[@reubenmarchant2229]

For almost two weeks we were getting a call each night to subscribe to the local paper, I would just hang. One night they called three times, my wife said "Let me answer!" She told them off in Dutch and German. Must have thought they got Hitler's personal secretary.

[@larsharris]

@6 years after my father passed. I got a call from scammer who had talked to my dad “last week”. Where my dad had told him I would be really interested in their product…… I started off. “Dad said that last week? How was he? Did he give you a message for me? It’s been 6 years since he has talked to me. That night he died in our house you miserable piece of crap”. He at least apologized before hanging up.

[@jeeves8919]

From Australia. With the Windows computer ones I pretend that I have a pre Win 95 computer (no Windows key on the keyboard) AND a dial up modem. They get really mad when I tell them I have to hang up the phone to use the internet. With phone callers, if I don't recognise the caller's number, I answer in French or German or Russian.

[@valerieshepherd6823]

I make on I can't hear them at the other end of the line then I go into a rant accusing them of being a dirty caller ex boyfriend calling them fing perverts and siteing a no contact 100 meters distant court order. All dine in my best Glasgow scruff accent... I actually speak quite posh lol

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

I see so many Scottish here, is this really a thing in Scottland? Never had a scam call on this side of the pond at all...