'Sure, I'll subscribe. My phone's battery is very low, can you call me back on my work number? ' : Man outwits spam callers, they end up donating to charity

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    Font - r/pettyrevenge · Posted by u/Every-Progress-1117 18 hours ago Spam callers donate to charity
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    Font - I have to thank someone over on r/suomi for this idea: My wife gets a lot of spam calls, I get very due to it being an unlisted number. Normally we just put the phone down on them, but a poster on another group suggested getting the callers to call another number: one that you use to donate a fixed amount to a charity.
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    Font - Here in Finland we have a charity called Mannerheinin Lastensuojeluliitto - a famous charity for childrens' welfare. They have a donating number 0600 17000. Caller: Can I interest you in subscribing too.... Me: Yes
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    Font - Caller: Great... Me: My phone's battery is very low, can you call me back on my work number - it'll get transferred directly to my computer. Caller: Yes Me: 0600 17000 ... call me back in a minute please
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    Font - Caller: Certainly 10 minutes later I get a rather irate call about that they'd called the number 5 or 6 times but only got the donation line.... I calculate that about 30 euros they donated
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    Font - I do feel a little guilty doing this to someone who is just trying to earn a living, but spam callers are an absolute pain (getting a call at 11 in the evening for example) and a few are quite aggressive, so....
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    Font - 18 hr. ago Genius! Anyone know if that will work in the US? Reply Share 233 Ceico_ +1 - 17 hr. ago basically any number with pay per minute works, charity is just a little bit of doing good on top of it Reply Share 137
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    Font - Pleasant-Excuse-2530 +1 - 17 hr. ago I don't know of one. I don't get them anymore. I saw a TikTok with funny voicemail messages. Mine says, "Mason's Mortuary. We can't come to the phone right now, but please leave a message after the beep. You have our sympathies for your loss." Going to change it to "County Morgue. You stab 'em, we slab 'em. Sorry we can't take your call people are just dying to get in here. Leave a message." 115 Reply Share
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    Font - spiteful_rr_dm_TA 11 hr. ago > I do feel a little guilty doing this to someone who is just trying to earn a living, but spam callers are an absolute pain (getting a call at 11 in the evening for example) and a few are quite aggressive, so.... The "living" they are trying to make is stealing from other people. Scam callers are actual irredeemable
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    Font - DeuceMama62+1 11 hr. ago Verizon blocks my spam calls and texts. My phone is so quiet these days I actually enjoy having a phone again. My granddaughters are disappointed as I used to hand the phone to them on private numbers and spam calls. They had a blast giving people the run around. They made me laugh so hard I cried. Reply Share ↑ 22
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    Font - DowntownShop1 14 hr. ago Omfg, I love this so much!!!! Please don't feel guilty! I pay for an app to screen these calls. I have been potentially slammed 355 times in the last month (it gives me a report). I am going to configure the app to redirect to my favorite charity. You are AWESOME for sharing this! 34 Reply Share
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    Font - maroongrad 11 hr. ago eh, I just answer "Thank you for calling City Pizza on 5th street. We are currently closed to renovations but look forward to our reopening soon!" pause...repeat. "Thank you for calling City Pizza on 5th street. We are currently closed for re-" Hang up mid-sentence, sounds like you were a short recording that loops a limited amount of time. No idea how many lists I got off of using that. Reply Share ↑21 21
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    Font - DynkoFrom The North +2 - 16 hr. ago Why feel guilty? The hours they call you and their demeanor make them deserve nothing less. ↑ 17 Reply Share
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    Font - gggoltz 10 hr. ago I had a number way back when that was Peter Griffin singing "bird is the word" another gem was the hall and oates hotline. I truly miss being able to transfer calls to just random stuff 45+ Reply Share
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    Font - Atlas-Scrubbed This is a wonderful idea. +3. 22 min. ago Except now I am going to be a wet blanket... at least for people in the US. Most of the spam/scam calls we get here are done using fake caller ids. Reply Share 2
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    Rectangle - JustChiLingggg - 2 hr. ago Can someone explain how that works though? Where does the money donated come from? 41+ Every-Progress-1117 OP- 2 hr. ago From your phone bill. In the MLL case you'll get a charge for about 5.60eur on your bill ↑ Reply Share 1 Reply Share

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