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These Scammers really do piss you off. Last night I was in the middle of cooking dinner, bearing in mind I'm in Vietnam and got a call on my UK mobile saying is that Mr so and so, I said yes, this is Santander Bank we have noticed an irregular transaction on your account and what to check it was you who instigated it. It's for £398 for Amazon. I said no that is not a transaction I have done, so he said we just need to check some security details, what is your account number? At that point I cut the phone, they called back immediately and I said I am calling my bank myself.

I proceeded to do that and 48 minutes later someone finally answered the call. Of course, was told it was a scam and I had done exactly the right thing in calling them. But this cost me more or less an hour call, to be fair I used SKYPE so the call only cost £2, but to be hanging on the phone for nearly an hour plus it ruined the dinner I was cooking, really pissed me off. The ****s them.
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
These Scammers really do piss you off. Last night I was in the middle of cooking dinner, bearing in mind I'm in Vietnam and got a call on my UK mobile saying is that Mr so and so, I said yes, this is Santander Bank we have noticed an irregular transaction on your account and what to check it was you who instigated it. It's for £398 for Amazon. I said no that is not a transaction I have done, so he said we just need to check some security details, what is your account number? At that point I cut the phone, they called back immediately and I said I am calling my bank myself.

I proceeded to do that and 48 minutes later someone finally answered the call. Of course, was told it was a scam and I had done exactly the right thing in calling them. But this cost me more or less an hour call, to be fair I used SKYPE so the call only cost £2, but to be hanging on the phone for nearly an hour plus it ruined the dinner I was cooking, really pissed me off. The ****s them.
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Yep, I had one yesterday which unusually didn't cut off after 30 seconds, though left a message which not unconvincingly was 'similar' to my voicemail instructions - but had press this button, that button, then input your pin code etc...
Luckily I can never remember my pin code / genuine never asks for it) - the ****s them...
 
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Ernie Shackleton said:
It's eaten as an arc.

Unless you cut the crusts off.





Edit: it's a sector isn't it?

Not an arc.




I'm being pedantic about my own pedantic comments.


Meta-pedantry.
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there used to be a pizza place in newcastle that served huge rectangular ones that were too big for the (round) plates. you got loads. nowadays i use scissors if i cook them at home.
 
John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
These Scammers really do piss you off. Last night I was in the middle of cooking dinner, bearing in mind I'm in Vietnam and got a call on my UK mobile saying is that Mr so and so, I said yes, this is Santander Bank we have noticed an irregular transaction on your account and what to check it was you who instigated it. It's for £398 for Amazon. I said no that is not a transaction I have done, so he said we just need to check some security details, what is your account number? At that point I cut the phone, they called back immediately and I said I am calling my bank myself.

I proceeded to do that and 48 minutes later someone finally answered the call. Of course, was told it was a scam and I had done exactly the right thing in calling them. But this cost me more or less an hour call, to be fair I used SKYPE so the call only cost £2, but to be hanging on the phone for nearly an hour plus it ruined the dinner I was cooking, really pissed me off. The ****s them.
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They have upped the stakes for me. £590. It was £37 yesterday. I am surprised they called back....

We need some details to cancel the transaction, - If I may just interrupt, thank you......

Are you an enthusiastic copulator? A howling yes yes, or do you just lie there? Does your partner....line goes dead.
 
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I got sick of being called asking if I’d been in a car accident. Eventually I said yes. What happened he asked? The other driver ran into the back of me I said. Then what? I chased after him and smashed into him head on, I said. The guy was salivating. Any passengers, he asked? Yes, my young son was next to me and the other driver had a young girl with him. Great, he said, where was all this? It was Walton Street in Hull, I said, on the dodgems. The what? The dodgems at the fair.
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I like the marketing calls from downtown Delhi... "can we ask just a couple of questions" ... of course I reply 'how much am I getting paid'... "excuse me"... 'well obviously you are getting paid to gather the information, so how much do I get for helping"..... call ends..
 
Had Sky on the phone the other day. After all the how are you nice stuff he said “ tell me who supplies your broadband “

“ you” I replied bluntly
“ really” he replied
See you later…
 
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