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30. I had one similar to yours.

Tue May 13, 2025, 10:36 PM

May 13

This call was from Publishers Clearing House. I played along and pretended to buy the gift card at CVS. He told me to open it and read him the numbers. I was in my car and said "oh shit, somebody just rear ended me. I have to call them police. Call me back tomorrow. "

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LOL 😆 Emile May 13 #9

EVERYBODY knows that! dchill May 13 #13

lmfao ZDU May 13 #2

That is so funny. Srkdqltr May 13 #3

Gee, I never get calls giving me something. badhair77 May 13 #4

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Lucky is your first name for sure 🤣 Deuxcents May 13 #5

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LOL, it's exhausting dealing with spammers. Emile May 13 #8

Deadly hilarity Iamscrewed May 13 #10

You provided a public service by occupying that scammer Raven123 May 13 #11

Bring on SEX kiri May 13 #29

I once had Microsoft Windows troubleshooting call me Jerry2144 May 13 #12

I did something similar with that call once dflprincess May 13 #14

The earllest scams I would get was about Windows mdbl May 14 #42

At work markodochartaigh May 13 #17

I got one telling me my Windows was infected with a virus...... lastlib May 13 #25

What a coincidence - I have won several sweepstakes in the last couple weeks dflprincess May 13 #15

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I love you Kali May 13 #20

Have you seen the reverse scammers on YouTube? Bobstandard May 13 #21

got a link to one of those? sounds funny nt orleans May 13 #22

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There is a YouTube channel called... GReedDiamond May 13 #28

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this is just HYSTERICAL! thanks for the laughs nt orleans May 13 #23

lolol Marthe48 May 13 #24

OMG, this is hilarious 🤣. You made my day. sueh May 13 #27

I had one similar to yours. Chipper Chat May 13 #30

"sir, you have called a murder scene... Just how well did you know lapfog_1 May 13 #31

When I get those types of calls, sometimes I like to have fun with them LogDog75 May 13 #32

I've told them that I only run Linux, I don't own Microsoft anything. They usually hang up pretty fast. OverBurn May 14 #54

LMFAO... thanks for sharing!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 13 #33

How does it help him if you buy a scratch pad? iemanja May 13 #34

I strung them along as long as I could when I had some time to kill Jarqui May 13 #35

That was such a fun read!!! C Moon May 14 #36

Unfortunately, my name is Scam Likely AdamGG May 14 #37

I like keeping them on the line too. My best is 30 minutes TlalocW May 14 #38

All you guys are a riot Hekate May 14 #39

That's nothing! Aussie105 May 14 #40

When they want a credit card Just Jerome May 14 #43

I like to tell them I'm hard of hearing and they have to speak up. JohnnyRingo May 14 #44

The best thing is I have done is to get a spam control feature on my phone. peacebuzzard May 14 #45

Monkey rack snatch card? What was that? n/t SpankMe May 14 #47

My telemarketer experience BubbaJoe May 14 #48

I once got a call where I won $1,000,000, if I paid a $100 handling fee. So Fil1957 May 14 #50

Bwaaaaah malaise May 14 #51

I've had about 100 Facebook friends who were Nigerian scam artists creeksneakers2 May 14 #52

Hilarious...loved it! nt allegorical oracle May 14 #53

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Thanks so much, Niagara. LuckyCharms May 14 #56

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