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anyone else getting ODD silent calls?

fogfog
edited May 2011 in Chit chat
just had a call.. silent one..

but when you do 1471 you normally get a withheld number , normally ambulance chasing basts or holiday scams etc.

this one was basically loads of 0's.. so it was like 0 double 0 etc etc

it's more the fact of when you pick up the phone blocks the line even when you hang up.
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  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited May 2011
    Callcenters use a dialling script. Based upon the progress of current outgoing calls (e.g. 1 operator on step 18 of a 19 step script) the dialler estimates "call will finish in 45 seconds" or whatever, and then dials the next number on it's list. Assuming an existing call is completed in time you will be connected to the operator "have you though about buying sheep / C64 shredder / double glazing etc". If existing calls have not completed the dialler "holds on" for a few seconds after you answer then hangs up on you.

    This is the cause of a lot of silent calls. If they are abroad they can't easily be stopped. The badly configured caller ID is also part of the plan so you can't harass them back.
  • madmekonmadmekon
    edited May 2011
    Can't the firm doing it get a hefty fine if its reported (if you can find out who's doing it)?
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  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited May 2011
    madmekon wrote: »
    Can't the firm doing it get a hefty fine if its reported (if you can find out who's doing it)?

    Not if they are abroad.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited May 2011
    When call centers call my father in law, he says oh how interesting tell me all about it, then quietly puts the phone down on the side board to cost them as much money as he can without effort.
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  • milemile
    edited May 2011
    i ask them if they are interesting in becoming a baptist. :p

    i do often wonder what happend when i a double glazing salesman knocks on the door of a jehovas witness. do they just cancel each other out?
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited May 2011
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    When call centers call my father in law, he says oh how interesting tell me all about it, then quietly puts the phone down on the side board to cost them as much money as he can without effort.

    If they use VOIP the calls hardly cost anything. I guess the staff time would be the most costly thing, unless they are on commission only.
  • fogfog
    edited May 2011
    but the number that comes back was ODD.. all zeros..

    normally it's withheld
  • ModgeModge
    edited May 2011
    If I get silent calls I just keep pressing the * key quickly.
  • joefishjoefish
    edited May 2011
    I keep getting an Indian one that starts with a long period of silence followed by someone shouting 'Hello!' 'Hello!' 'Is there ... mistah ... jazzim reezun?' and when I ask them to repeat the name or who they are, they hang up. I really do struggle to see what return they hope to get from calling foreign countries with operators who have such an appalling grasp of the language of the country they're calling. I've also come home to find automated messages recorded on my answerphone with survey questions that expect you to say 'yes' or 'no' or press a button on the phone, and just carry on reciting questions to the answerphone.
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  • fogfog
    edited May 2011
    Modge wrote: »
    If I get silent calls I just keep pressing the * key quickly.

    why ?
  • zx1zx1
    edited May 2011
    When call centres call me i pretend to be someone else. It works every time!
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  • FrankTFrankT
    edited May 2011
    Usually if you wait for a while on the line, it will start ringing as if you'd dialled a number.

    I ask all the questions, and don't answer any. Drives them mad.

    Or if they give me their company name and number. I inform them I have copyrighted my name. And that using my name to pursue commercial interests is breaking copyright law. That confuses the hell out of them too.

    I had about 5 companies phoning me all the time. And eventually got their company names to check them out. And they were all owned by Amicus Horizon, who owns my housing association. They got our numbers through the Care and Support Agency, which is also owned by Amicus.

    The owner of Amicus is a multi billionaire and chief fascist recruiter for an organisation known as Common Purpose that train people to be leaders but are really just state lackies who can network with other Common Purpose graduates outside of their state departments. Like Police, Housing Associations, Banks, NHS, Social Services etc. Kent Police for example have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money on Common Purpose training. They only train people in positions of public authority.

    They're all parasites.

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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2011
    FrankT wrote: »
    Usually if you wait for a while on the line, it will start ringing as if you'd dialled a number.

    Last time that happened to me I was asked a typical "Would you be interested?" type question, to which I said not really, the guy then proceeded to say "Well you called us", I said to him "You cheeky little bastard! You called me with one of those diallers if I'd called you why would you be pitching me instantly instead of saying hello first?", he was like "erm well erm there's no need to be abusi...." "BYE!!!!!!"

    *click!
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited May 2011
    People still answer the phone 'live'? Damn...call screening via answer machine here.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2011
    beanz wrote: »
    People still answer the phone 'live'? Damn...call screening via answer machine here.

    Aye! That's only cos' you've pissed so many crazy Texans off you have to screen them to make sure they're not coming to put a slug in yo' ass!

    Although even if they were you could shoot then first and get away with it as long as they were standing on your lawn when you shot them ;)
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited May 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Aye! That's only cos' you've pissed so many crazy Texans off you have to screen them to make sure they're not coming to put a slug in yo' ass!

    Although even if they were you could shoot then first and get away with it as long as they were standing on your lawn when you shot them ;)

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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    ...you could shoot then first and get away with it as long as they were standing on your lawn when you shot them ;)

    That's a common misconception of the law. But each state has different laws regarding defending yourself vs. defending your home.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2011
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    That's a common misconception of the law. But each state has different laws regarding defending yourself vs. defending your home.

    I was taking the piss :D


    Although that said there are certain parts of Mississipppieeeee that still allow you to shoot a black person who's on your property without any repercussions....want clarity see Poplarville, that place is one backwater podunk (I've been there as well, it's a horrible weird place) :o

    It's the last place to ever lynch somebody, and it was in the late 60's :o
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I was taking the piss :D

    Well, stop it! It's a disgusting habit, syphoning other peoples' urine ... Beanz might like it but please, stay away from my crotchety crotch area!!!
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2011
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Well, stop it! It's a disgusting habit, syphoning other peoples' urine ... Beanz might like it but please, stay away from my crotchety crotch area!!!

    check the EDIT: regarding what you said about wacky laws, it's legit too, not very nice, but hey this is the divided states of somewhere.
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited May 2011
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    That's a common misconception of the law. But each state has different laws regarding defending yourself vs. defending your home.

    Think it applies to Texas, always best to be sure by dragging the body into your house before calling the cops though.
  • milemile
    edited May 2011
    joefish wrote: »
    I keep getting an Indian one that starts with a long period of silence followed by someone shouting 'Hello!' 'Hello!' 'Is there ... mistah ... jazzim reezun?' and when I ask them to repeat the name or who they are, they hang up. I really do struggle to see what return they hope to get from calling foreign countries with operators who have such an appalling grasp of the language of the country they're calling. I've also come home to find automated messages recorded on my answerphone with survey questions that expect you to say 'yes' or 'no' or press a button on the phone, and just carry on reciting questions to the answerphone.

    years ago when i had a land line, i had a message on my answering machine asking if i want a shag.

    it went 'hi harry, do you fancy some rumpy pumpy on friday'

    obviously a wrong number, she sounded pretty old so i didn't bother 1471'ing it
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2011
    mile wrote: »
    years ago when i had a land line, i had a message on my answering machine asking if i want a shag.

    it went 'hi harry, do you fancy some rumpy pumpy on friday'

    obviously a wrong number, she sounded pretty old so i didn't bother 1471'ing it

    Awww, you missed out, you could have had your first and only sexual encounter. Oh, well ... you best just stay by the phone, she might call you again.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2011
    mile wrote: »
    years ago when i had a land line, i had a message on my answering machine asking if i want a shag.

    it went 'hi harry, do you fancy some rumpy pumpy on friday'

    obviously a wrong number, she sounded pretty old so i didn't bother 1471'ing it

    Could've been one of those psycho girls you've told us about doing a bit of roleplay, you could've missed oot on a neet of reet kinky shaggin' :D
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  • zx1zx1
    edited May 2011
    mile wrote: »
    years ago when i had a land line, i had a message on my answering machine asking if i want a shag.

    it went 'hi harry, do you fancy some rumpy pumpy on friday'

    obviously a wrong number, she sounded pretty old so i didn't bother 1471'ing it

    I've now got this horrible image in my head...............
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited May 2011
    When I get call centres from India on the phone I normally ask them if they're wearing any underwear, that pretty much ends the call very quickly...
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  • itsallgooditsallgood
    edited May 2011
    mile wrote: »
    years ago when i had a land line, i had a message on my answering machine asking if i want a shag.

    it went 'hi harry, do you fancy some rumpy pumpy on friday'

    obviously a wrong number, she sounded pretty old so i didn't bother 1471'ing it

    Oh I don't know - any port in a storm, mile :D
  • zx1zx1
    edited May 2011
    karingal wrote: »
    When I get call centres from India on the phone I normally ask them if they're wearing any underwear, that pretty much ends the call very quickly...

    You dirty old man..............:lol:
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2011
    karingal wrote: »
    When I get call centres from India on the phone I normally ask them if they're wearing any underwear, that pretty much ends the call very quickly...

    What happens if one time the guy on the other end says "No no my friend! I am lovings the commandoing my trousers, freeballing my friend yes yes!".

    just what would you do? ;)
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  • zx1zx1
    edited May 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    What happens if one time the guy on the other end says "No no my friend! I am lovings the commandoing my trousers, freeballing my friend yes yes!".

    just what would you do? ;)

    Ask him to come quicker as this call is costing you money!:lol:
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