My elderly parents get quite scared by such intrusive calls, and although they're quite well versed in saying no, it increasingly unsettles them.
I was having a sandwich with them the other week when they rang & I got mum to hand the phone straight over to me. There was an Asian sounding voice on the line who introduced himself as Brian. Now, it could be true of course, but I'd stake my salary on it being an adopted telephone name..!
Brian explained that he was ringing about the computer & went into his script about essential something or other, and was I at the computer now?
Given that my parents are almost 90 years of age, having a laptop isn't high on their agenda but Brian needn't know that.
I answered all his questions, guessed at the answers, and made up a story as I went along. Brian assured me I had to pay him for something & so I dutifully whipped out my phone, googled an image for a credit card & gave him the details..
He must have felt quite smug for a few minutes; well, until it didn't compute on his payment machine, anyway.
He got me to confirm the number until it dawned on him that he was being strung along, at which point he told ME to eff-off..!!!
Very poor customer service from these johnny foreigner scammers, it seems.
Made mum chuckle, anyway.
Moral, as always, is beware..
