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Steve Maskery

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I've just had the "Dad, save my new number". Now I am actually quite niaive but even I can spot this one, not just because I've heard of it before but because I don't actually have any offspring. This is the conversation so far

ScumBag: Hi dad, save this new number
ME: Got it. RU OK?
SB: Ye all good. Can you do me a favour please?
ME: Sure, what?
SB: I've got a payment of £1972.54 that's due today, but I can't send it because my new phone number isn't linked to my bank account yet. Any chance you could do it for me today and I'll pay you back as soon as mine's sorted?
ME: Now we've talked about this before. You must manage your finances better than this. Go to a bank tomorrow morning and so it over the counter. I'm not bailing you out yet again. Sorry and all that but you really must learn.
ME: Still love you, of course.

I'd waste more of his time, but I've just realised that each text is costing me money.

S
 
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You have more patience than me.
This happened to MIL, caller said it's your gradson , she answers Jesse, yes it's Jesse.
Same thing asked for money, luckily I overheard the conversation and told her to hang up.
 
My wife had a lengthy conversation with a "you've had a car accident claims" caller.
She replied oh "yes, how did you know", then in response to the questions daid "I drove off the top of mount Snowdon". Caller got her supervisor / sales person on the line and the conversations went on for about 15 minutes with my wife being vague, giving no personal info just enough to keep them asking and eventually said "hang on a minutes there's someone at the door" sat for a few minutes and picked up again then eventually said "I have to go now as my mental health nurse has made my lunch".
The guy on the 'phone went ballistic, reverted to native Indian? language presumably swearing and my wife just laughed, hung up and blocked the number.
 
I had a computer one trying to sell me a warranty policy as they had "detected a problem with my pc"
She said click the start button
I feigned stupidity for as long as I could as she desperately tried to guide me to the bottom left hand corner.
I finally owned up and told it was a Linux machine and she could trot on
She screamed thanks for wasting her time and hung up.
 
I had one a while back telling me I had a virus and needed to enter a web address so they could log in and 'help me'. I played the old man bit and IT illiterate. Kept telling him what I was typing in but that nothing was happening. Wasted a good 10 minutes of his time. Finally I said "Do I need to have the computer switched on?"
 
The chap who sat next to me when I was working, (over ten years ago) didn't drive.
He had them ring him about the accident he had when driving, his response was "do you mean the one where I killed the kid?" They hung up and he never had that type of call again. 👌
 
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