They never give up.

[catjac1975]

When the African Princes starting writing to me many years ago they wanted me to go to Nigeria to pick up the cash that they couldn't get out of the country. Hahahahaha

 

[aftermidnight]

When the African Princes starting writing to me many years ago they wanted me to go to Nigeria to pick up the cash that they couldn't get out of the country. Hahahahaha

I got that one too .

Annette

 

[Ridgerunner]

I never got that one. Even the Princesses weren't interested in me.

 

[majorcatfish]

for laughs checked a couple of my yahoo account spam folders.. this is the only one i found... really no imagination on this one... have had some really goods ones over time..

Harley Wang
To
Nov 2 at 5:51 PM
contact me to transfer $21.4m to you. I will tell you more information after I get your reply.

WSHVCZRQCRPHMUCJNYWQVTGCTSLIVBSYXBSZDE

 

[Carol Dee]

Actually, I do not receive a lot of spam at my personal email account. I have several throw away accounts that I use when I must give an email address to access a site. Accounts like: Ben Dover, Rick O'Shea and Paul Bearer. They get a lot of spam, which I mostly ignore. As for telemarketers, we received so many calls I installed a system to handle them. It automatically blocks: unknown, private, out of area and so on. Unless you are on our approved list, it will not let you through unless you dial 0, hang up and call back. At that time I can elect not to answer the call. Telemarketers are mostly on automatic systems and can't do that. We have had this system for more than a year now, and in that time not a single call has gotten past it. It stops phony surveys, political calls, phony cop funds all the junk the DNC list allows, and on and on. It holds 9,999 numbers, but I only reject persistent callers. How I love technology!

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I like that device! I really think we need to set up something like this for my MIL, She got snookered into sending $500 to get her Million last winter. They where so persistent even after the fact that we had her home phone and cell phone numbers changed. We tell her do not answer the phone if you do recognize the number. She still does

 

[jackb]

I like that device! I really think we need to set up something like this for my MIL, She got snookered into sending $500 to get her Million last winter. They where so persistent even after the fact that we had her home phone and cell phone numbers changed. We tell her do not answer the phone if you do recognize the number. She still does

The Sentry only cost me about fifty dollars and now I would not be without it. Without it you have to check the phone when it rings to determine if you want to answer, now we don't bother, as the device handles the phone. If the number is on our approved list the phone rings normally.

 

[Beekissed]

My mother gets suckered into answering the phone for these phone calls also...the other day she sat and answered questions from Nielson Corp about how often we listen to the radio~never~but she just kept talking to them. She feels it is too rude to ask them to just take her off their call lists, so she answers them politely and only encourages more of the same types of calls.

Then we started getting calls from them two to three times a day....until the day I let my 2 yr old granddaughter field the call. As she chattered away about the chickens and the sounds they make and how the doggies are "yooking" through the window and then the kitties she fed, we could hear the woman saying "hello!!!!" over and over as we~quite literally~ rolled on the floor laughing. I'm pretty sure she heard us, as we had the phone on speakerphone. She finally hung up. Aliza wanted us to call her back so she could keep telling her about the animals but, alas, there was no number to redial...or we would have done just that very thing.

We haven't received a call from them since then. It would be lovely to have that kid here all the time to field such calls...so much fun to be had!

 

[jackb]

My wife "donated" to a phony charity and since then we were deluged with calls, also, we had an online business that listed our phone number on our website. A Sentry might make a good Christmas gift and save your MIL some money. Kind of the gift that keeps on giving.

Edit: Also, as the device hangs up after it gives the unknown callers the message they can not clutter up your answering machine with their nonsense.

 

[Carol Dee]

My wife "donated" to a phony charity and since then we were deluged with calls, also, we had an online business that listed our phone number on our website. A Sentry might make a good Christmas gift and save your MIL some money. Kind of the gift that keeps on giving.

Edit: Also, as the device hangs up after it gives the unknown callers the message they can not clutter up your answering machine with their nonsense.

Great idea. Since she always says well it could be so and so ... Get their number and put it in your phone so it comes up with a name then you will know for sure. I am going to talk to DH about this idea. THANKS

 

[ninnymary]

I don't answer my phone anymore. If it's something important or someone I know, I will pick up the phone as soon as they start talking on the answering machine.

Mary