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Of Frauds and Liars.
Mar. 12th, 2010 11:08 pmSomething really interesting happened to me this morning...
Anyone ever heard of a relay-call? I got my first one this morning. A relay-call is a digital phonecall made by a computer and is usually read to the recipient by a phone operator. I asked the operator for more details, because the idea of relay-calling was new to me. I was told that relay-calls are made by people incapable of making phone calls(lazy fools), mute people, and the hearing impared. Think of telegrams by phone, but instead of saying "stop" you say "go ahead." They type it into a computer and the operator reads it to me and I have to respond and the operator will type my message back to the other person. So this is the message I got:
???: are you the owner or manager? "go ahead"
me: no... (I lie so telemarketers don't bother me!) "go ahead"
???: I have a birthday, I need food to be picked up on March 20th, I need 200 ORDERS OF FRIED RICE. Can you total the amount with tax and I shall give you my credit card number. "go ahead"
*sender has been disconnected, relay terminated*
me: WTF?! " "go ahead" (okay... I didn't really say that)
operator: one moment please...
operator: one moment please...
me: what's going on??? Can you repeat that, I think I heard it wrong. "go ahead"
operator: excuse me, I'm sorry... could you please ignore this entire relay-call?
me: why? "go ahead"
operator: you can stop saying 'go ahead' the sender was already disconnected... We recieved a report of this type of caller's "patterns." This is one of a series of fake calls, we've noticed patterns like this before. It is likely that this has been done by a hacker and identity thief. If you do not wish to press charges please hang up.
*hang up immediately*
Whoa! I didn't know that people used computers like to con people... Well... I kind of firgured, it's absurd for any sane person to JUST order 200 orders of JUST fried rice like it was nothing. I know things about catering, a large quantity of one item is insane, there's a common sense for ordering more than three items because humans will go crazy without variety...unless you live in a communist country(that was kind of mean, sorry).
I was being tricked by a computer?!
Anyone ever heard of a relay-call? I got my first one this morning. A relay-call is a digital phonecall made by a computer and is usually read to the recipient by a phone operator. I asked the operator for more details, because the idea of relay-calling was new to me. I was told that relay-calls are made by people incapable of making phone calls(lazy fools), mute people, and the hearing impared. Think of telegrams by phone, but instead of saying "stop" you say "go ahead." They type it into a computer and the operator reads it to me and I have to respond and the operator will type my message back to the other person. So this is the message I got:
???: are you the owner or manager? "go ahead"
me: no... (I lie so telemarketers don't bother me!) "go ahead"
???: I have a birthday, I need food to be picked up on March 20th, I need 200 ORDERS OF FRIED RICE. Can you total the amount with tax and I shall give you my credit card number. "go ahead"
*sender has been disconnected, relay terminated*
me: WTF?! " "go ahead" (okay... I didn't really say that)
operator: one moment please...
operator: one moment please...
me: what's going on??? Can you repeat that, I think I heard it wrong. "go ahead"
operator: excuse me, I'm sorry... could you please ignore this entire relay-call?
me: why? "go ahead"
operator: you can stop saying 'go ahead' the sender was already disconnected... We recieved a report of this type of caller's "patterns." This is one of a series of fake calls, we've noticed patterns like this before. It is likely that this has been done by a hacker and identity thief. If you do not wish to press charges please hang up.
*hang up immediately*
Whoa! I didn't know that people used computers like to con people... Well... I kind of firgured, it's absurd for any sane person to JUST order 200 orders of JUST fried rice like it was nothing. I know things about catering, a large quantity of one item is insane, there's a common sense for ordering more than three items because humans will go crazy without variety...unless you live in a communist country(that was kind of mean, sorry).
I was being tricked by a computer?!
