• Coreidan@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      They get paid for that time. They literally do not care.

      You’re only wasting your own time.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Most scammers do NOT get hourly pay, at least in India, Pakistan, Nigeria, or the Caribbean. They’re paid solely on commission for the money they make for the scam call center they work for, or they work for themself so nobody is paying them.

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      4 hours ago

      I have a work phone and a personal phone. The work phone i answer calls from I known numbers all the time. My contact information gets passed around as part of my business. For a while I had scammers hitting my number 3-4 times per day. I answered and fucked with them every time. A little free stress relief through the day. Now I almost never get them anymore.

      My personal phone I have always screened all the calls. It still gets hit with scammers 2-3 times per week.

      I guess you are right. There is a list going around of numbers who waste their time.

    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      That’s what I figured too. Make sure to be the biggest pain for them. Seems dumb to put someone that is savvy and not a rube on a list to be called more. I would think the not answering scam calls would get you more calls because they are unsure of you.

      • I defiantly got onto the call more list at one point but I kept being the biggest pain in the ass and one day they just stopped completely. I once had these one people on the phone for 6hours straight and went through about 4 transfers in the process. They connected with my VM at one point where I was live developing a fake bank website I had passed through from my host. Did u know u can embed the password game into a website extremely easily and conveniently I needed a password reset and needed help. Yes I stole the idea from kitboga.

        • Coreidan@lemmy.world
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          1 hour ago

          Jesus Christ dude. 6 hours?!

          Ignoring calls is easy enough. I value my time more.

          If I don’t recognize a number I just don’t answer it. No time commitment.