Getting nuisance callers cross!

We are clearly in agreement Daphne and I should imagine these scammers are indeed amused as well as pleased when gullible people do just what they want so that they can cream off all they can from them. The rudeness is one of their ploys to get your attention and make you think that they are genuine, these people are wicked in the true meaning of the word.
As I pointed out, they are certainly not bona fide. We never buy at the door, over the phone or in any way without doing the relevant research and, yes, we do get these phone calls occasionally and I do let them rabbit on until I am bored as they won't be bothering anyone else if they are ringing me. When I am bored I usually tell them that they should be truly ashamed of themselves for attempting to steal from people and that if they need money they should be out honestly working for it no matter how hard that is.
DH says he doesn't know why I bother but clearly they need someone to tell them what for and I am not doing much else so why not?!
You were more upset than was immediately apparent to me Daphne and I am indeed sorry about that as it is awful to be made to feel like that within your own home. Have a and a with me and rest assured that you have helped highlight this problem to others who may not be so savvy.

Of course they are willsmadnan!!
But our plumber was working on the downstairs loo at the time, having a good chuckle and I used to teach his children. I didn't really want him reporting back "Guess what Mrs Broon said to a scam caller today!"

I always say, as politely as I can 'Thank you so much for telling me. I have a friend who does computers. I'll get on to him straight away.' They often hang up at that point.

Actually it's an illegal living they are making DaphneBroon, so don't worry about being rude to them I'm always extremely rude, using words me dear old mum would be horrified at . And there certainly won't be any recording for training purposes.
The Microsoft man is my favourite.... I string him along for ages like a doddery old woman and then release a barrage of rude words usually regarding his parentage and the size of his... brain(?)

Pressed send before I had finished . I was going to add that some time ago I had someone claiming to be from microsoft ring to say my computer was dowloading illegal files. I told them if there was something wrong with my computer I would give it to someone I trusted to sort out for me, said goodbye and hung up. She immediately rang me back and shouted and berated me for hanging up on her. I'm afraid I used some anglo saxon language telling her what she should do to herself, but as I live alone I did find her attitude upsetting and worrying.

I use the term "Microsoft man" synonymous because that is how these scam calls start, ostensibly offering to "solve" your computer security problems, inviting you to fire up your computer then follow their instructions. . Not " amusing himself at my expense" but aiming to access computer details very much at my expense.
These people are serious.
Have you NEVER had these?

I had a call yesterday from someone claiming to be from BT saying there was activity on my wi-fi from outside my property and was I aware of it. Said I didn't believe they were from BT and hung up. I went onto BT site to try to find a contact where I could report this and couldn't find anything. Most banks, service suppliers etc. have a "fraud report line" but not it appears BT.

Clearly somebody just amusing themselves at your expense, can't think why Microsoft would bother to ring anyone when they are all about computers, internet etc. Obviously the caller is mad -barking in fact!

I have also had them ask me how dare I be so rude when all I have done is say I am not interested thank you. That is the moment I hang up.

My dh had a similar call last week. He strung them along for a bit and then then the caller put the phone down on dh because he said dh was wasting HIS time! Oh the irony!

You did the right thing. I just tell them I haven't got a computer.