The best way to deal with bogus telemarketers .

[Benmart]

you have the best weapon at hand in your security guards kit. A whistle.''

Get hold of it( the whistle) and when one of these low life callers starts you put the whistle in to your mouth right next to the phone and give it the best blast you can.

The pain the caller feels and the temporary deafness will almost guarantee you won't be bothered by that caller again.

This advice is based on advice given many a year back by one of my W.P.C,s to ladies who received heavy breathing phone calls.

Simple but effective.

I merely hang up when they start chattering.

[t8769]

You have to get onto their 'Do not call list'.

The only way I managed to do this is to be very weird and very rude.

Edited November 19, 2014 by t8769

[Sviss Geez]

Perhaps try the 'let's meet up at mega bangna' for a coffee so you can explain more....'

And then you of course don't turn up..

They're telemarketers.

[sustento]

What you need is the Acme Thunderer...

[harrry]

them:we have a special offer for you

me. That's great i am glad you called I as I have something I would really like you to know about.

Them: What is that

me: do you use a telephone

them: sometimes,

me: did you know that telephone headsets contain millions of germs....

them: no what can I do about it.............

[mrtoad]

I had a call come tbrough today, Philipino saying they were calling from New York. Load of BS. Quiclky got rid of them

[raro]

Once the word "financial services" comes... Great! I'm in dire need of cash. 1 mio dollars... Blabla... Continued talking on my end praising this call from heaven, just was about to kill myself... Can you send the money now?

They usually hang up quickly.

Another one I read about but didn't try yet is acting as a porn producer and make it like the telemarketer is a porn star making a prank call.

[lostinisaan]

you have the best weapon at hand in your security guards kit. A whistle.''

Get hold of it( the whistle) and when one of these low life callers starts you put the whistle in to your mouth right next to the phone and give it the best blast you can.

The pain the caller feels and the temporary deafness will almost guarantee you won't be bothered by that caller again.

This advice is based on advice given many a year back by one of my W.P.C,s to ladies who received heavy breathing phone calls.

Simple but effective.

Thanks a lot. You're the "Whistle man.!" I had a nasty guy from a " lifetime degree" university, based somewhere in the States, but you could hear the Imam inviting them to pray, as well.

It was just a test, as somebody wanted to go for such a degree. I wish I'd have known the whistle trick before. Thanks, mate/dude.

[sunshine51]

Many years ago when my son was very young...around 5 or so

...every time a telemarketer would call I'd ask them to hold a second

or two & I'd get my son. Then I'd tell him Santa Claus was on the phone

and hand him the handset. My son is 30 now...haven't had a single

call from any telemarketer since.

[rwdrwdrwd]

Register your own premium rate number and only ever give that out except to friends and family.

[katana]

This guy had his own unique way of dealing with cold callers: [warning: strong language]

[greensun]

How can I give my phone number to these telemarketers? Prepaid cards cost next to nothing and trying various responses to the telemarketers calls sounds like great fun.