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- ‘Boiler room’ hoax for New Zealand share holders -nz
- Firms keep testing the limits of Do-Not-Call list -us
- Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) fines firms $945,000 for no-call violations
- Interview with the man behind Comantra, the “cold call virus scammers”
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Telemarketer Types
He (or she) sounds nice In my time, I’ve experienced at least four kinds of ‘telepest.’ The artful, benevolent presenter: the caring telemarketer who attempts to mitigate their intrusion by qualifying their call with, “I’m not selling anything. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged benevolent, cold caller, inhumane, interloper, prank, predictive, scam, scammer, telemarketer, telemarketing, vigilante
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Technology and Trysts
What’ll they think of next? The Australian public’s trust in call centres has not been bolstered by the telemarketing industry’s use of voice activity detection (VAD) technology, set by algorithms (beats me how it works, but using that term has … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Answering machine, cold caller, intrusive, predictive, Silent call, technology, telemarketer, telemarketing, tryst, voice
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#9. Chip chomping – ΩΩ Prop: A packet of chips or crackers. (A clothes peg is optional.) TELEMARKETER: “Hello Mr. Leu. What would you say to an offer of 7 nights in Phuket, the beautiful jewel of Thailand, for … Continue reading
Pranks #2, #6, and #30
#2. “Another telemarketer calling” – Ω Prop: Familiarise yourself with where the hash (#) button/key is on your phone keypad. TELEMARKETER: “Hi, is that Mrs. Koruna? Good evening, I am Rasheed from Aladdin Carpet Cleaning.” ME: Interrupt early. “Excuse me, I … Continue reading
Posted in About telemarketing, Pranks pranks pranks
Tagged call, caller, cold caller, dialogue, disgust, hang up, hash button, Humor, hung up, intrusive, phone, practical joke, prank, prankster, reply, scenario, telemarketer, telemarketing, unsolicited
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Pranking Telemarketers 87 Ways
Gidday Tired of annoying telemarketing calls? Had enough of being harassed at an inconvenient time by an anonymous, foreign sounding or hard to understand cold caller? Me too! Hi, I’m Jimmy. What am I doing? Well, here I plan to post my experiences about annoying … Continue reading
Posted in About telemarketing, Pranks pranks pranks
Tagged antic, caper, cold caller, intrusive, japery, joke, phone, practical joke, prank, pranking, prankster, scam, schtick, solicitor, telemarketer, telemarketing, telepest, trick, trickster, unsolicited
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