I had one the other day too Soozy.  I let him ramble for a bit then got cross.  I said "before you go any further, my husband is a computer engineer and we most certainly don't have the problems you say we have."  He just slammed the phone down ~ no manners these cold callers.
Of course I lied but then so did he.

i quite like getting those that say "you've won a free phone....." but before they can tell me how much its going to cost i let out a "whoopeeeeeeeee" and  tell my family- gabbering on - about how lucky i am' when they eventually get  a word in and say how much it will cost i act all indignant and say "you lied gary" (why is it always a gary with an asian accent?)  i can usually keep talking for at least ten minutes before THEY hang up

I only get the type of phone calls asking if I want to get ppi back which will cost me only £1000 or have I had an accident 

I let them witter on for a bit then I say excuse me a minute and put the phone by the telly until they hang up 

last time I had one of those I said I'm reporting you to the police for hacking into my puter..

I got a rude response and the phone slammed down on me. .

dunno why

I tell them their call is being recorded. They hang up toot sweet or toute de suite if you speak French.  

i prefer to keep them on the phone for as long as i can - my annoying them for 10mins tries to balance the  24/7 annoying people they do!

That's a good 'un!  I will try it next time lol.
What gets me is that I'm registered with TPS so shouldn't be getting any of these calls.
Seems like its not worth the bother of getting registered.

No way that's rotten! I can't stand callers telling lies!

I'm with the TPS and you can make a complaint against them if you manage to get their telephone number and who they say they are.   You can also go to the Direct Marketing Association and make a complaint as well as this breaches their terms.

The way most firms get away with it is by using overseas call centres - there's nothing in place to stop these calls which is why so many companies use them

I pretend to be 12 and say my mum has gone down the shops

I had one of these calls from someone a few days ago claiming to be from Microsoft saying there were problems with my computer. I knew this was a scam so told him that I was not going to taken in by criminal confidence tricksters and had warned people about this scam on this forum back in November.

The Guardian did an expose on this scam some time ago and reported:
The Guardian has learned from a source that the call centres have operating since 2008 out of the Indian city of Kolkata, and are run by a man from Kota, Rajasthan.

I get many calls from outfits claiming to be carrying out surveys - that's just their way of getting over the data protection act - unscruplous cold callers and I would never do business with them because they use deception. But these are in a different category from the Microsoft one which is clearly criminal in intent and being based abroad isn't worried about TPS and data protection laws.

Eventually Interpol will pounce on him and his gang, and the sooner the better.

I get the odd one,but before they get into their speil I usually just say "No Thanks" and put the phone down.

I enquired about registering with them Aquarius but it was bit pricey. Sorry to hear you might have wasted your money. Stick with  "I`m recording your call" They don`t call back.

TPS is free isn't it?    I'm sure I didn't pay anything to register.   


Not that it works that well anyway mind you.

Oh, is it?  I might have called another company then. I can`t remember, but it was something like £80 a year.

I like your style!

I registered for TPS and it was free and very easy.

If I do get calls, I just have to mention TPS and they apologise and hang up, sharpish.
I must say, I've had very few nuisance calls since.

Apart from those male admirers, but I get used to it...    

I might register then Blizzie, although my "!`m recording your call" works, it doesn`t stop new companies calling.
I get two every day at 9am and 11am and they hang up. Hoping I`m going to call them back possibly - on a premium number, no doubt.  It`s darned annoying.  

TPS works a treat !

I'm TPS registered - it doesn't stop all calls but the minute you say I'm TPS registered they hang up.

The phone call I was actually talking about in the OP is an illegal scam .............TPS wouldn't bother them. They are ruthless crooks ............I loved winding her up!

What's TPS?  

Telephone preference service - it's free. Google it. It's certainly cuts down on the calls.

I had one of those recently. He asked if my computer was on, and he would get me to run through the system and show up any errors.
 Errrrr.... No thanks. Byeeeee!

Another one I had was in reference to my recent "accident". Accident? What accident? And even if I had recently had an accident, how the heck would they know about it. Byeeeee!
TPS works... but only to a certain extent.

Scotty, we're TPS registered and it costs us nothing. We hardly ever get any of these calls. Although, Mr Fluffy Thing answers most of the time the phone rings. Maybe he's hiding it from me!

As soon as I realise it's a cold call I say hold on I'll get the owner of the house and leave them hanging, I replace the reciever when I know they've rung off. My question is if you're ex directory where do they get the phone number from

time to post this again, always worth a listen....Do not  click the vid if of a nervous disposition..