Lenny, the bot that tricks telemarketers
September 15, 2014
Not all telemarketers are evil. It's the 99% give the 1% a bad name.
The 99% are the telemarketers who don't respect the Do Not Call List. Or they purchase a copy of it, and market specifically to it. Perhaps they're exempt from respecting the DNCL, and they call people who are listed just because they can. They run credit card or vacation scams. They spoof their Caller ID so you think it's your neighbour calling you. They call at 9PM and wake your kids up.
For those telemarketers, there is Lenny. Lenny is a hilarious set of very convincing recordings designed to fool telemarketers into thinking they've called a real person. Have a listen:
Want to talk to Lenny, or transfer/conference a telemarketer in with him? If you use VoIP and can call a SIP URI, he can be reached at sip:13475147296@in.callcentric.com. Or you can call him at 1-347-514-7296. (Prank calls to this number are not allowed. Lenny is for incoming, telemarketing calls only - not for annoying innocent people.)
For plenty more recordings, visit Lenny's YouTube channel.
Of course telemarketers would eventually catch on so you would need to a few different names. And it would be helpful if you could transfer a call to the app in mid-call so you would need scripts for a few different voices/accents so you could match the user well enough so the telemarketer wouldn't be alerted...
But this is hilarious, too bad that they won't get the message and stop calling...
If that is too technical I cannot help you.
got any tips?