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Who's actually benefitting from these spam/scam/advertising phone calls? Whenever I get one I pick up, realize I'm listening to a recording, and hang up immidea
by yonatan8070 3y ago
Who's actually benefitting from these spam/scam/advertising phone calls? Whenever I get one I pick up, realize I'm listening to a recording, and hang up immideately, I don't know what it was trying to shove in my face. Who's listening to these calls and doing something that benefits the spammers?
- InCityDreams 3y agoAt the end of the recorded speech is a human. Let the speech play, then don't talk to the human. Let them listen to ... silence. They'll soon stop calling.
- immibis 3y agoIf you're bored, you can also choose to waste their time by pretending to be a gullible human, but not sending any money.
- Anamon 3y agoI tend to try and give them the impression that I'm gullible enough to maybe fall for it, then say I quickly need to do an urgent thing like move the washing to the dryer, put them on hold, and later check how long they stayed on the line, all hopeful that they may have found a victim. The record so far is almost a quarter hour. It's definitely the best target to optimise – the more time they waste on you, the less time they have to work on some poor soul who's actually vulnerable.