Recently, i received many spam calls. Some of them were from property agents, banks, credit card companies, slimming centres, yoga studios, insurance companies, etc. Others involved promotions of smart phones, lucky draws, etc. It was so irritating!!! These kinda spam calls can even come from countries outside Singapore. Those idiots who were on the other line usually speaks in English (with a funny accent) or in Chinese (PRC or Taiwanese accent). I am very sure these calls were made outside Singapore because the numbers that showed on the caller ID screen were not Singapore numbers.
Today, while doing my work at around 2:16pm (Singapore time), i received one of these stupid calls. The number that flashed on my smartphone was +80319408. There was a lady on the other line speaking in Chinese (PRC accent). She asked me if i am using an iPhone now. I guessed she wanted to promote iPhone or related products to me. So i lied to her that i am not using iPhone anymore & switched to Samsung. She continued to ask me how come i discontinued to use iPhone & i told her the screen is too small. She asked if there is any chance if i will switch back to iPhone again & i said no, not at this moment. She then said many people said Samsung got problems blah blah. I said mine so far so good & moreover, it's a new phone as well. I will not be switching to another phone at the meantime.
She then further probe into more personal questions for my name, address, occupation, etc. I then asked her if she dunno me, how did she got my number? She said it is computer generated & i said is that so??? I said i am very busy to entertain calls from unknown people. She turned nasty & asked me to tell her what am i doing now that make me have no time to even talk to her? I said i just dun like to disclose my details to strangers & then she hung up. What the fuck man!!! When i called this number back after the whole conversation, i would hear an automated reply from our local telco SingTel, to inform that "This is a SingTel announcement service. The number that u just called, is not in use."
I always advise people NOT to give details of yourself to strangers or if in doubt, just hang up the phone. These people can really harass u non-stop once they get hold of your details. I even got a friend who even saw strangers appearing at their doorsteps too. Surprisingly, these unknown people could even address u by your name!!! Just imagine what if u are not at home & these people come into contact with your family members on the pretext that they are your friends!!!
SO BEWARE OF ANY SPAM CALLS. JUST HANG UP IF U DUNNO WHO THEY ARE.
