The same company has been harassing for the better part a year now wanting to buy a property I don’t own. I have filled a DO NOT CALL registration, I have blocked their numbers multiple times, I have told them to stop calling and to remove my name from their list, and now I’m getting maybe 1 or 2 calls a day and multiple texts.

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You don’t own the property, so tell them you’re willing to sell, go through whatever process they give you, wasting as much of their time as you are willing to, then inform them that they’ll have to talk to the owner to finalize the deal.

    • wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social
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      5 months ago

      this is the way. i had to break it to my friend recently, these scam callers don’t have a DO NOT CALL list. they just have a list where they call you more.

      i got my cell number decades ago. for many years i would get calls for a Sabrina. i explained to them many times over the years, i don’t know anyone by that name and i’m not interested. every time, they’d wait about 6 months and the calls would start up again. about a year or two ago i was in the shop working, and got a call. i decided after that moment that i was Sabrina and i was interested in whatever it was they were selling.

      a few days later, i got a call, told them i was Sabrina, was down for whatever services they had. i managed to get the person to give me the address they had listed, under the guise of confirming it. before the end of the week i had 3 different roofing contractors scheduled, all to show up at the same time, same day.

      my only regret was that i couldn’t be there to watch the drama unfold. when they called back later i told them i had no idea what they were talking about.

      in the year and a half since that incident, i have received no more calls for Sabrina.

      moral of the story, sometime the best answer isn’t the honest one.

      • rdyoung@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        I’ve known to text them back some very very NSFW images. That tends to put a stop to it (until the next batch of wannabe flippers gets that number).

        • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.worldOP
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          5 months ago

          I sent one a sex hotline number and actually tricked the guy on the other end. Still didn’t stop them.

        • Wahots@pawb.social
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          5 months ago

          I love zipping up the craziest furry porn I can find into a .zip folder, telling them that my bitcoin wallet code is in there, and then watched the poor assholes unzip the file and starting the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I suppose I could start bundling malware, but I really like the psychological effects of hardcore CBT furry hyper airplane porn better. Memories that will last a lifetime :)

      • edric@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        That’s cool, but I kinda feel bad for Sabrina, who likely had no idea they were trying to contact her instead of you.