During election season, I get lots of robocalls encouraging me to get out and vote for The People’s Choice, The Working Man, the guy who struggled his way up and wiil take on the big special interests. They’re annoying, but they’re seasonal, so I can put up with them.
What puzzles me are the other robocalls. The IRS has levied a judgment on my Social Security account. My automobile warranty is about to expire. I can get rid of my timeshare condo without paying any fees. I’m paying too much for health insurance.
I can see where get-out-the-vote calls might actually make a difference, but honestly, how many of these other robocalls can possibly connect with a person gullible enough to call and give out their personal information?
If these calls are targeting the elderly, the ignorant, the vulnerable, then they are particularly heinous and the government should be doing something about them. Since they’re not, I’m going to step up and offer my services. I’ll issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal to anyone who wants to go head hunting, you can keep the loot you collect, and I will pay a bounty for each telemarketers head delivered to my doorstep. No CODs.
Joe Doakes
Phone spam strikes me as supremely counterproductive (outside the few cases Joe notes). But it must be working somewhere, or why would people be doing it?
The target of many of these robocalls is Joe Biden, not as a politician, but as a befuddled senescent person who will happily hand over whatever information is requested.
In 2 specific cases I know of, with parents of friends, they got away with slightly over $9k in the one case which was never recovered. In the other, the scammers tried to submit an electronic check for $43k which was everything in their bank account. The Bank flagged it and called to verify with the wife who stopped it. The Bank guy told her this was a fairly common occurrence. So when they do hit that 1 out of 5ooo that answers the phone and gets sucked in they do score.
But it must be working somewhere, or why would people be doing it?
Exactly, so here I am pre-emptively threadjacking the thread to talk about – what else, Wuhan Flu. The cases, the deaths, the Orange Man bad non-plan. Glad to help out.
Maybe it’s just too subtle for me, jpa, but I see you’ve jacked a few threads lately and I still can’t figure out what it is you’re trying to say about Covid.
Type slower, I don’t read that fast.
JD, I can’t type slow enough. I am trying to say nothing about Wuhan Flu. Absolutely nothing. I am just saving everyone the trouble of talking about the thread topic because just about each and every thread gets jacked into the Wuhan Flu territory and everyone, especially you and the host, are glad to oblige. So you see, I am doing everyone a public service and saving their time. You are welcome.
Ah, got it. Thanks for clearing that up. If it’s any comfort, WuFlu-jacking is only temporary. It’s this season’s approved chanting point. Last year, it was Russia Russia Russia leading up to the impeachment.
http://www.shotinthedark.info/wp/?p=72517#comments
I predict that after Trump wins re-election, the chanting point will change once more, probably to taxes, which will be the basis for a second impeachment attempt. Get ready for tax-jacking.
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👆Trump could easily win again.
I like the calls telling me my cars are about to run out of warranty, as if I’d be unaware of that–my pickup has nearly 239k (and is 23 years old) and my SUV has 188k miles on it. Any company foolish enough to give me a new warranty on those is going to go out of business soon to begin with.
No problem, bikebubba, we’ll be glad to sell you an extended warranty for that vehicle. And no worry about monthly bills – just give us your credit card number, expiration date and the code on the back, we’ll take care of everything.