Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> "noon" <nobody@nowhere.org> sednews:304sadF2t4jsiU1@uni-berlin.de:
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>> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
>> news:41996ef8$0$25115$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> I'm not listed in the telephone directory, but for a while the
>>> number was listed under my maiden name, so still appears on certain
>>> CD directories.
>>>
>>> So I get a call from a tele-sales person asking for Mr or Mrs X. My
>>> usual strategy is receiving such calls is to ask them to wait, and
>>> just put the phone on the able while I continue my work. That wastes
>>> their time. Usually they just give up after a while, and hang up.
>>> After a minute or so, I could here voices - apparently the person
>>> was really keen.
>>>
>>> So I picked it up again, and asked what they wanted. Well, apparenly
>>> my number has been chosen for a $1000 dollar prize, provided my
>>> partner and I meet two constraints on salary and age. So then they
>>> listed three alternative prizes and asked which I wanted. I said
>>> that they all sounded worthless to me, and that I didn't want to
>>> choose. So then I'm asked why I think they're worthless, and I
>>> reply that I don't believe that people give away stuff for nothing.
>>> They undertake to send the details in writing, and want and
>>> email/fax address. I point out that they have my home address,
>>> which they conceded is true, and suggest that they send it to me by
>>> post.
>>>
>>> So then I provide fictious names for myself and my partner, to which
>>> the bumf will be sent.
>>>
>>> Actually, from further discussion, it seems there's an additional
>>> requirement; that my partner and I attend a seminar. "No
>>> pressure...yeah - right!"
>>>
>>> I chose a time on Saturday, and they said they'd call on Friday to
>>> confirm. On Friday, I'll deny that the people they're discussing
>>> even exist (which they don't).
>>>
>>> It was quite rewarding. I've managed to waste a lot of their time
>>> (equals money), and they're going to spend yet more sending me stuff
>>> in the post. Of course, I've wasted a fair bit of mine, but that
>>> doesn't equate to money for me.
>>>
>>> Oh, and the calls appeared to have come from India, given that all
>>> the people I talked to (three!) had indian accents.
>>>
>>> That'll teach them to cold-call me.
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I suggest you contact John Howard, PM son and his company. Howard &
>> son have substantial expertise in the area of telephone and mail
>> terrorism of Benelong electorate.
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> mail terrorism?
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You obviously don't know what the poster is referring to. Everyone else
does, except you, Bertie. Feel foolish? You should. They are laughing at
you.
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