Recorded a phone call with a scammer
I’m reposting this cause almost no one saw it the first time lol
_______________________________________
I got a voicemail from some scammers pretending to be from XFinity/Comcast, saying there’s a 50% off promotion that ends TODAY and to call back immediately to take advantage. I called, he said that in order to get it, I have to buy 2 target gift cards for $240 each and use those to pay them $480 up front, which will cover my bill for the next 16 months… or 3 years. He said both at different times.
I tried to sound as dumb and slow as possible, to maximize annoyance, so just know I’m a bit sharper than this in real life lol. Also I altered my cadence a bit because it wasn’t the first time that I called, I didn’t do a very good job but it seemed to work lol; that’s why I might sound just a tad off.
The whole phone call was about 38 minutes, but here’s the final 9 & 1/2 minutes. If you want to skip ahead to the part where he starts cussing me out, it’s at about the 6 minute mark.
Took me a while to figure out how to show you guys this video, had to upload it to YouTube and everything, so hope you enjoy! Lol
[media=https://youtu.be/GoS5HRkkmSo]
FYI I used iPhone’s native call recording function to record the audio, and since I started the call while it was still in the “press 1 for yada yada, press 2 for blah blah blah” part, he didn’t hear the announcement that I was recording. And I guess he didn’t notice the periodic beeping reminder, or he didn’t know what it was. Might be technically unlawful (not sure cause he’s probably not in California, nor the States for that matter), but you guys won’t snitch right? Heh
_______________________________________
I got a voicemail from some scammers pretending to be from XFinity/Comcast, saying there’s a 50% off promotion that ends TODAY and to call back immediately to take advantage. I called, he said that in order to get it, I have to buy 2 target gift cards for $240 each and use those to pay them $480 up front, which will cover my bill for the next 16 months… or 3 years. He said both at different times.
I tried to sound as dumb and slow as possible, to maximize annoyance, so just know I’m a bit sharper than this in real life lol. Also I altered my cadence a bit because it wasn’t the first time that I called, I didn’t do a very good job but it seemed to work lol; that’s why I might sound just a tad off.
The whole phone call was about 38 minutes, but here’s the final 9 & 1/2 minutes. If you want to skip ahead to the part where he starts cussing me out, it’s at about the 6 minute mark.
Took me a while to figure out how to show you guys this video, had to upload it to YouTube and everything, so hope you enjoy! Lol
[media=https://youtu.be/GoS5HRkkmSo]
FYI I used iPhone’s native call recording function to record the audio, and since I started the call while it was still in the “press 1 for yada yada, press 2 for blah blah blah” part, he didn’t hear the announcement that I was recording. And I guess he didn’t notice the periodic beeping reminder, or he didn’t know what it was. Might be technically unlawful (not sure cause he’s probably not in California, nor the States for that matter), but you guys won’t snitch right? Heh
