"Let me transfer you to our procurement specialist, Lenny... Please be patient with him, he's new here"
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 7:55 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > If I happen to answer the phone and they ask for the owner, I say that I > am the owner, I'm not interested, remove me > from your list and hang up. That hopefully keeps them from calling back. > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I give them my [email protected] address and sometimes use some >> Navajo phrases or Hindi to fuck with them. They usually hang up. >> ... >> >> On Jul 26, 2016 6:19 PM, "[email protected]" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I might actually look at implementing this. If it's a slow day at work, >>> I'll put them on speaker while I play with the telemarketers. >>> My favorite are the credit card people saying they can lower your rate >>> but need your card number. I always so, "Can you hold >>> on a minute, I need to go out to my truck and get it." Then turn on mute >>> and put my phone down. They will stay on the line, >>> listening to nothing but dead air for at LEAST 5 minutes. I think my >>> personal "record" is 12 minutes. >>> >>> My thought is, every minute I waste of their time is another minute they >>> aren't scamming someone else. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, it's actually a series of individual audio files and a short bit >>>> of code for asterisk: >>>> >>>> http://www.crosstalksolutions.com/howto-pwn-telemarketers-with-lenny/ >>>> >>>> [Lenny] >>>> exten => talk,1,Set(i=${IF($["0${i}"="016"]?7:$[0${i}+1])}) >>>> same => n,ExecIf($[${i}=1]?MixMonitor(${UNIQUEID}.wav)) >>>> same => n,Playback(Lenny/Lenny${i}) >>>> same => n,BackgroundDetect(Lenny/backgroundnoise,1500) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wonder if it takes an asterisk programmed to watch for pauses in the >>>>> audio to advance the recording? >>>>> >>>>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:03 PM >>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Microcom phone calls!?!?! >>>>> >>>>> The average telemarketer only lasts 13 to 20 minutes with Lenny but >>>>> there's some calls that go 50+ minutes: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBQQA7yLYo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> That Lenny script has got to be one of the funniest things that I >>>>>> have ever heard! I was crying laughing at the IRS call on YouTube. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a 206 NPA DID which my asterisk systems answers with the >>>>>>> "Lenny" script on the first ring, let me know if you want the number to >>>>>>> forward them to. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> for those who haven't seen it: http://reddit.com/r/itslenny >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How do you get them to stop?? I made the mistake of using them for >>>>>>>> training one time...NEVER AGAIN! I get at least one to two calls a >>>>>>>> week. >>>>>>>> I have asked repeatedly to be removed from their call list. I'm not >>>>>>>> sure >>>>>>>> what is left other than filing a complaint with the FCC for ignoring >>>>>>>> our >>>>>>>> requests and the do not call list. Is everyone else fighting this too? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >
