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I am very popular lately. Within 12 minutes I received 14 calls from 9 different numbers out of 2 different countries (unknown number not calculated). So I am called faster than I can block those calling me. Today the calling started again, same time, different numbers. Yesterday, I was called by Dutch and English numbers, today the calls are made by German numbers. Spam and fraud seem to be without borders unlike me.
Don't tell me you gave my number to someone, I asked the youngest. Why should I, was the answer. Stupid question indeed since if we all hate one thing it's making phone calls. The other daughter receives call after call as well which is annoying because it makes it hard to work on my phone. So far I figured out the calls always start around the same time, so I'll switch the thing off as soon as possible or remove the SIM card. My son still has my old phone and number but that problem will be solved next week, hopefully. If it comes to hope I hoped to confiscate one of my children's phones but that chance might be over now they are no longer allowed to keep their phones from the moment they enter the school. If they wouldn't have to travel that far and weren't that many hours away from home I would say: take the old phone or no phone at all. Since it's not handy I wonder if the school will be responsible if the phone is stolen. Most likely they will say they are not although a teacher has to collect all phones and will take it to the teacher's room or? I have had bad experiences with teachers stealing the property of my children like the stuffed animal of my daughter. It never turned up and since all the children were outside and the animal was huge it's clear who took it.
For the next few days, I will be busy. doctor, Moulin Rouge, a Medieval village, fight visit, Fright Night.. Let's see if I survive it. If that's the case I take a flight and am back in the old schedule mode.
Another call: Atelier ArtiChic. I blocked them as well but turns out they exist but are moving (workshops kneading with silver, perhaps in another life).
Time to stop and hand over the device. Bedtime for me a great day, evening, night to whoever will read this.
Tuesday prompt: don't tell
23.10.24 (the date is true/this is a scheduled post)
About fraudsters calling me, I've had an experience which was similar to the main character's.
It happened to my Mum. These scammers kept calling her and asking them stupid questions. One funny thing is that they don't even know the bank that they're trying to steal from 😅
So one day, one of these scammers called my Mum. Ah, the conversation was flowing. They were talking fine. And then my Mum told him to wait, she wants to give him some information. She took a stainless bowl and a spatula. We put the bowl over the phone while the call was still on. The phone was on speaker. She started banging on the bowl loudly. For up to five minutes, she kept on banging the bowl. It was....OMG....so funny.
Till today, I wonder what happened to his ear. Good for him if he used headphones 😅
Since that day, she's never gotten a call from any scammer. Not one.
I guess the strategy worked. 😂
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It sounds like a good strategy, an ear deafening tip your mom gave. 🤣
I do wonder why she kept talking to them.
On rate occasdmsions I pick up and say nothing. So they keep saying: Hello, hello.. but thete's always a lot of noise on the background.
Still, I keep wondering how they can have access to such a high number of different phonenumbers a bot calls and a human takes over. What kind of pathetic people make these calls?
It's scammers today (if it comes to the bank I had urgent text messages from the bank.. a bank I don't have, same if it comes to parcel delivery companies but I guess if it's 1 out of 100 or even 1000 it's still a good catch) but I remember also years of valls made by men and all they did was panting. Sexual disturbed idiots. I wonder... did they all die?
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