I get email spam, just like everybody. The saddest thing about email spam is that unlike the phishing phone calls I get, there’s no good way to really run a telemarketer theater prank, so I can’t even generate good website content. They’re basically useless. I got one in my Duquesne email account today that caught…
I need some new scenarios to run phone scammers through for telemarketer theater. What makes them really good is when I can keep them on the phone for a long time. The last couple I’ve tried getting directly to the point with just to see what happens. Here’s the most recent one. CALLER: Hello, this…
I’ve been wondering if the Telemarketing Scammers have been on to me. I haven’t gotten as many calls lately. And when I have they’ve been pretty quick to hang up on me. Here’s the one that happened today. INT. PITTBSBURGH HOME – DAY STEPH is watching TV and eating breakfast as the phone rings. MAV happens…
I was working on my computer when I heard line ring in the other room. I yelled for Steph to pick it up, since usually the landline is her mother calling. But Steph looked at the CallerID and said “yeah, I’m not getting that.” I ran in to double check. The Call is from 1-800-000-0000…
Oh Hell Yeah it is!!! That’s right. At long last, It’s the one you’ve been waiting for. The Phone Sex Edition of Telemarketer Theater! Our hero, MAV is sitting in his office reading literary journals, because that’s just the kind of wild man he is. The phone rings in the other room. Mav goes to answer…
11-21-06 (Photo credit: chrismaverick) Yes!!! It’s been weeks since I’ve been able to write a new tech service scam play! Well the wait is over! ——————- Our hero, MAV is catching up on some DVR’d tv shows while he cleans his home. A telephone rings. MAV reads the caller ID and…
11-21-06 (Photo credit: chrismaverick) It’s been a while, so let’s enjoy another one act play in Mav’s telemarketer series. [INT. Pittsburgh home of Stephanie Siler and Christopher Maverick. Phone rings. Mav answers. A woman with a thick and broken hispanic accent is the caller. Her voice amuses the hero because at…
The problem with running a telephone scam out of India is that anyone with half decent English grammar can get a job in a legitimate call center. Remember that 1 scene play I wrote about my experience with a caller a few weeks back? I now present the sequel. MAV is finishing up his lunch…
11-21-06 (Photo credit: chrismaverick) I just got a call from the worst con artist of all time. I believe it might have actually been like a con-man training course. I have composed a short one act play to commemorate it. The part of Mav will be played by me. The part…