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To: Liz

So, I do different things when getting scam or unwanted calls. SOmetimes I answer, Officer O’Malley, FBI... or I answer with non-sequiters—after they go through their spiel, I say” “ I like riding in rented cars”—or I say “Let me get my Mom.” (I am a senior citizen btw) I say other things too that come to mind, sometime sthey involve liking meat-loaf or I tell them I have no friends, or I live in the woods without electricity—blah, blah blah...Or one of my favorites is, I let them go through their bit, and I say: “I’m sorry, can you repeat that?”

The phone invariably goes click...


18 posted on 02/18/2024 2:59:14 PM PST by abigkahuna (Honk Honk. It’s Clown World Out There. )
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To: abigkahuna

Good.


19 posted on 02/18/2024 3:00:06 PM PST by Liz (Matthew 11.28-30: Come tome, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you strength.)
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To: abigkahuna

You could always play the audio from a Joe Biden speech!


22 posted on 02/18/2024 3:03:26 PM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: abigkahuna

Interesting. If I don’t see a name or recognize a number I don’t answer. If it’s legit, they can leave a voice mail.


27 posted on 02/18/2024 3:14:25 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: abigkahuna
I let them go through their bit, and I say: “I’m sorry, can you repeat that?”

LOL. It made me think of Grandpa Simpson Story About Onions

29 posted on 02/18/2024 3:19:58 PM PST by PGR88
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To: abigkahuna

Yep I do different things as well - I’ve even said “She can’t come to the phone but I’m her caretaker can I help you?...they hang up..... It’s also fun to tell them that while they’ve been giving you their “bit” you’ve been downloading all their files...an you hang up then. You can be certain they’ll be using their scamming time to check their files.


54 posted on 02/18/2024 5:28:31 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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