<div dir="ltr">Thanks, <div><br></div><div>Ive done some pretty epic ones recently, Only a few weeks ago i got to 1 Hour 32 Minutes, While I was dealing with some 'Girl Guides" selling drug-laced cookies. It's amazing how long they will wait on hold while you babble on to pretend cookie sellers at the front door.</div><div><br></div><div>MK</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:25 PM James Gray <<a href="mailto:james@gray.net.au">james@gray.net.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 24 Feb 2022, at 1:58 pm, Kai <<a href="mailto:vk6ksj@westnet.com.au" target="_blank">vk6ksj@westnet.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Just got a call on "0432 383 486" from "Alex Watson from Telstra, about critical warning messages seen from my account recently".<br>
> Alex had a moderate Indian accent.<br>
> <br>
> I asked for his Telstra staff ID and he hung up. Hahaa.<br>
> <br>
> Just hope the next person they call doesn't think it's legit and end up scammed.<br>
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I usually open with something like “Oh no! That sounds serious” and act clueless; string them along for as long as I can. I figure if they’re wasting their time with me, they can’t be duping my elderly parents out of my inheritance! My record so far is upwards of 10 minutes.<br>
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