If I get a return call from a human. I just say no thanks and HANG UP. Unlike my wife, I don't give them the time to explain their product/service. If a smooth telemarketer, they can get you sucked into their spiel. NO THANKS, and hang up.
If I’m in the mood and have the time I tell them that I lost almost everything because of internet people and then launch into a rambling sob story. They usually hang up before the end. If they make it that far I hang up.
If I’m not in the mood or don’t have the time I leave the phone on the desk and let them listen to the TV.
Pardon my lecture but ….
it’s not the phone that shows “the number” rather it’s the phone that shows whatever the caller wants it to show. it’s called “spoofing” and people have to realize caller ID is at best a hopeful guess and is probably correct only if an honest caller is contacting you.
Scammers, not so much. the fake caller ID that’s says your bank’s name is being supplied by the scammer team’s outbound phone switch which is placing hundreds or thousands of calls every hour hoping some fish will bite. all they need is one victim out of every thousand placed calls.
DO NOT BELIEVE CALLER ID.
Today’s Barbary Coast predators are international scamming gangs.
President Jefferson took care of the Barbary Coast pirates preying on US ships.
Today’s foreign national gangs tacitly assisted by their governments are no different than those pirates 🏴☠️ In 1800, they roamed the seas from Tripoli, Today we have pirates roaming the digital “sea”
I can’t believe no one’s talking about this in these terms. these scamming gangs are no different than the Houtis.