@tristandyer They begin by asking you to goto your Start Button.
I don't have one, I'm on a Mac...
They usually hang up immediately or don't understand and try to tell you where the start button is.
I've had calls five minutes apart and seem to get the calls regularly then not get them for a long time then they start again. Had one woman say, "no, our company has never called you before".
I've just recently put my numbers into a Do Not Call list and if I do get any marketing calls they are violating my rights. For some reason it takes 30 days to come into effect and mine should begin on the eleventh, so it will be interesting to see if I still get these calls and if I do, I might go along with them and try to get as much info as I can to report to the appropriate people.
It's old people that get fooled and the credit card thing is the trap they get into.
So just hanging up is not enough, as they'll just ring back at a later time/day, so if you're smart enough, play along with them and try get some info, or as my friend once did was went along with something and then said, 'Thank You, I've caught you out now, be prepared to be closed down' and they soon hang up in fright heheh!!!
andjoh
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