"I believe you've been involved in a car accident" ?

[Fred_Quimby]

I thought that these were illegal now??

I always report them to ICO

https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/nuisance-calls-and-messages/spam-texts-and-nuisance-calls/

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

I'm sure this technique could be adapted for the old "you've been in an accident call" ...

 

[Deleted member 77198]

A mate of mine had one of these that went like this:

“Hello Sir, we believe you’ve been involved in a car collision”
“Yeah I have”
“Can you tell us when this was Sir”
“Err, 31st April”
“Okay thank you Sir, can you tell us what injuries you sustained”
“Err, yeah, me head fell off”
*caller hung up* (but didn’t hang up when he made a date up that doesn’t exist)

 

[Blue Mist]

I always play along with them
You've had an accident
Several actually
Were you injured
Oh yes, one I was in hospital for 2 weeks
and when was this
2nd February
I let it go on for as long as I can before they ask what happened and at that point I tell them I crashed into a lamp post.
What about the other car
What other car, if there was another car I was too pissed to see it.

Click.

 

[liamctid]

As irritating as these might be to you, I'm sure we would prefer to see people in jobs than unemployed.

As a side note, I work in sales and the most irritating trait of people in this country is that no one is straight with you. If you've bought something elsewhere, don't dodge the call, answer and be honest.

 

[Blue Mist]

As irritating as these might be to you, I'm sure we would prefer to see people in jobs than unemployed.

As a side note, I work in sales and the most irritating trait of people in this country is that no one is straight with you. If you've bought something elsewhere, don't dodge the call, answer and be honest.

Bollocks. I would rather see them be unemployed than to waste my time on a phone call I did not ask them to make. I also do not want calls about loft insulation paid allegedly by the Government, boiler replacement that the Government will also pay for and any other stupid cold call thought up because finally PI has been done away with. If I have a accident I will speak to my insurer not some unknown person in an unknown office who merely wants money out of me.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

As irritating as these might be to you, I'm sure we would prefer to see people in jobs than unemployed.

As a side note, I work in sales and the most irritating trait of people in this country is that no one is straight with you. If you've bought something elsewhere, don't dodge the call, answer and be honest.

I don't think Sales is for you.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I always say yes and pretend it has just happened in the last few minutes and I am alone in a ditch with a car wheel on top of me.

Lol - I thought I was the only **** that wums them! I go through the whole thing and let them take full details of my 'accident' I usually get most of the way through my plane crash on Sep 11 2001 before they twig

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Lol - I thought I was the only **** that wums them! I go through the whole thing and let them take full details of my 'accident' I usually get most of the way through my plane crash on Sep 11 2001 before they twig

Oh. I thought you'd tell them you've been involved in a kettle pissing accident mate; )

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Oh. I thought you'd tell them you've been involved in a kettle pissing accident mate; )

Thought you were banned? Honestly, this place has gone to the dogs since FI knocked it on the head.