Ask HN: Extremely brazen phone scammer – what to do?

Re:Ask HN: Extremely brazen phone scammer – what to do? by Jemm on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:18AM (#25346260)

We receive daily scam calls; sometimes five a day.

Each time I take up as much of their time as I can. This is time they cannot use to scam little old ladies out of thier pensions and retirement.

Until the governments decide they care enough to sanction India, these calls will not stop.

Write your representatives and media demanding solutions.

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Re:Ask HN: Extremely brazen phone scammer – what to do? by cmacleod4 on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @03:51PM (#25351181)

Recently I ask them cheerfully: Hey, nice to hear from you, how's business, did you scam a lot of people today?

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Re:Ask HN: Extremely brazen phone scammer – what to do? by sswaner on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:34PM (#25369751)

Me too. I wish I had more time to waste their time. Often I will just answer and set the phone down. When I have time to play, I have a fake name, real VIN of some car, a home for sale in Phoenix, a credit card that passes a luhn test, etc. And if they need to call me back, I have a Twilio honeypot number that fowards to http://www.jollyrogertelephone.com.

I am not Kitboga, but I enjoy wasting their time.

Sometimes they start the stream of profanity as soon as I answer, I guess we have met on a prior call.

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Re:Ask HN: Extremely brazen phone scammer – what to do? by tuatoru on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @03:26PM (#25350862)

When you've had enough on a call, ask them "does your mother know what you are doing? Would she like it?"

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