How I Get Rid of Spam Callers...

Very creative and much better than what I use to say.  I would tell them that I would love whatever they wanted to sell me and was it ok that I have been unemployed for four years.  They hang up on me.

Ms Karen- had to come back to you on this one.  Years ago I kept getting obscene calls on my home phone.  So, I transferred my number that night to the police station.  Calls stopped. 

So THAT's what you folks do for fun down in Texas!

Now that is just to funny...... Maybe they will remove you from their SPAM INDEX =)

I need to try that on the next call, however I hardly ever answer my landline.

You are hilarious, Karen Anne - this is DEFINITELY the script for the next unsuspecting SPAM'mer that calls!

Wonder if that puts you automatically on their "do not call" list...sure worth a try !

Hi Karen,

I am too polite to try this.

But, I just reach over and hang up.

Phil

Classic Karen Anne humor, the one we have always come to admire. Oh by the way your prescription is ready =]

I generally just put them on the speaker phone and ignore them. After a while they hang up. Then I hit redial repeatedly while I work...may as well tie up their phone lines!

Great story, Karen!  It reminds me of one of the funniest audios I've ever heard on YouTube called a Telemarkerter's Nightmare.  It has to do with a crime scene.  Worth looking for!

Karen Anne, I love your approach!  I answer the phone and just keep saying hello, hello......until they hang up.  I have afriend who plays loud music into the phone.

Karen:

You are genius!  What a great idea.  I usually listen for a minute and then tell them I am not interested and hand up while they are still talking.  Your idea is much better.

Hilarious approach, but the big question that I have is, how do you know when it is a spammer and when it is a client or other business?  Do you have a special caller id that says spammer?, prospective client? etc?

Man, I've been missing all of the great featured posts lately.  I need to pay a little bit better attention.  If I were a spam caller I'd probably be cracking up at calls I made that had these reactions.  -Kasey

It really is amazing how many calls I get A DAY with stuff like this.

I'm going to try your idea!

Thanks for posting!

Kevin

I do not know how I missed this super fire sure way to stop spam callers. One method I use is to say "just a minute" and walk away from the phone. Usually in 30 seconds they hang up!

Karen Anne, this is great and it takes some creativity and acting to pull it off convincingly as you apparantly DO! 

What I object to most is for the real estate telemarketer to call the office and pose as a potential client interested in a property and the front desk at the office forwards the call to our cell phones!    BW