Isn’t caller ID wonderful?! Every day we get calls that are listed as “unavailable,” “out of area,” “name not found,” “anonymous,” and “toll-free caller.” Most of the calls are scams and generally we don’t answer. But on occasion, when I want to have some fun, I relent and pick up the phone. Following is a sampling of how I handle some of these scammers.

When “Rachel from card services” calls, I inform her that I do not have any credit cards and thus any special rate they want to offer me on my so-called existing account is not needed. “Rachel” quickly becomes exasperated and hangs up.

It’s always fun to receive a call from a phony IRS agent telling me that unless I send $500 immediately there will be a sheriff at my door to arrest me. When I inform the caller that I am an IRS agent and have traced his call, and that a sheriff will be arriving shortly to arrest him, the line suddenly goes dead!

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