Oh, Noes! I Just Got a Call from Microsoft from My Own Phone Number!

[MineralMan]

They're going to disconnect me from my Microsoft account within 48 hours if I don't send them some prepaid gift cards. So the computer voice told me. I'm ascared.

What will I do? What WILL I do?

[shraby]

1. Tell them the FBI will hand deliver it but you need their address asap.

[MineralMan]

6. But, see, that's the scary part.

There was nobody there, just a disembodied computer voice. And THE CALL WAS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!

[Gothmog]

2. I had that call

I also found out that the IRS was going to arrest me

[MineralMan]

4. Better pull all the blankets over your head, so

they can't find you. That's my advice.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

11. They said the "local cops" would arrest you, didn't they?

The "local cops" are going to arrest me, too. Also because of the IRS.

(The computer voice actually had the phrase "local cops" in it on my voicemail message.)

[USALiberal]

3. I love, when i have time, keeping them on the line for an hour. Nt

[marylandblue]

5. Since the call came from your own number, send yourself the gift cards.

[MineralMan]

7. Hmm...great idea!

[lpbk2713]

8. Throw in a little extra for shipping and handling.

...

[Historic NY]

9. Keep talking and stalling.....

for about 30-40 minutes...I usually play dumb making them explain things over and over. Just when they think they are getting the payday. I tell them I have an Apple.

The time they waste with me saves others.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

10. Get the cards...get the cards.....

It's such a small price to pay. Nothing says christmas like corporate hijack-ery.

[gratuitous]

12. I've taken to just pushing random numbers

"Hello, this is Stan, with whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with?"

*Beep, boop, beep-beep-beep, boop. Boop."

"Hello? Hello?"

"Boop, beep, beep, beeeeeeeeep. Boop, boop."

"This is Stan--"

"Beeeeeeeep. Boop-boop-boop. Beep. Beep. Boop. Beep-beep."

Some of these dumbasses have a real capacity for this.