The phone rings at my house 10-12 times per day. Maybe one or two calls are legit. The rest go like this.
Hello. Silence. HELL-O!
Recorded message finally starts:
The government has determined you are eligible... click as I hang up.
or
The president has enabled it so that you may refinanc... click.
or
As the cost of electricity is soaring, solar... click.
or
As a veteran you should know... click
etc
When would be a good time for me to call back? ☺
Didn’t you get the memo? You are the last person in the USA with a hard phone line in their home (instead of using their cell).
So you have a bunch of telemarketers backed up waiting to talk to you! There is only one fish left in the barrel.