
As I was driving home today, I got a robocall from the ubiquitously annoying "Credit card services". It's a scam to get you to reveal your credit card information so they can commit fraud, steal your identity, or do something else not at all good for you. Today, instead of just hanging up, I decided to play along and see how long I could keep the human on the line (every second he's talking to me is a second he's not scamming someone who might actually fall for it). Here's how it went:
SCAMMER: Thank you so much for holding. Align Account Services. How are you doing today?
ME: I'm OK.
SCAMMER: I believe you pressed '9' to get a lower rate on your credit card accounts. Is that correct?
ME: I would love to get lower rates on my credit cards.
SCAMMER: Like how many credit cards do you have in total?
ME: 17 or 18.
SCAMMER: Shove it up in your ass and jump like a fucking kangaroo.
ME: Banana split Milwaukee?
SCAMMER: Shove it in your ass,
[something], you motherfucker.
ME: Ha ha ha. [he hangs up]
Recording here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0yZjaoiTgnGRzRhcUZaLTVRclUSo, I get the feeling that these guys are starting to get a hold of a lot more anti-scammers who try to string them along. And that's a great sign. So, do your part and take a few minutes the next time you get a call like this...it might just be your chance to strike a blow for justice and righteousness. Or, at a minimum, someone with an accent will curse you out...
at no charge!