I personally just don't answer calls from numbers I don't know, whatever the number is or claims to be. If it's not a recognized number of a friend or relative, it just goes unanswered. There is no one I need to talk to whose number I don't know.
A few years ago, I took a call from one of those IRS scammers trying to get me to send them gift cards or some such shit. So I asked what happens if I tell them to just go pound salt up their asses, and they replied that they'd send the sheriff around to arrest me. That was a godsend! I then told them to go ahead and send the sheriff, and I'd give HIM the money they claimed I owed when he showed up at my door, and hung up on their dumb asses.
Strangely, the sheriff never came around to collect my alleged "back taxes". It was at that point that I just stopped answering strange numbers. Anyone that needs to talk to me knows where I live, and knows not to just drop in out of the blue and after dark. It works pretty well for me.
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A few years ago, I took a call from one of those IRS scammers trying to get me to send them gift cards or some such shit. So I asked what happens if I tell them to just go pound salt up their asses, and they replied that they'd send the sheriff around to arrest me. That was a godsend! I then told them to go ahead and send the sheriff, and I'd give HIM the money they claimed I owed when he showed up at my door, and hung up on their dumb asses.
Strangely, the sheriff never came around to collect my alleged "back taxes". It was at that point that I just stopped answering strange numbers. Anyone that needs to talk to me knows where I live, and knows not to just drop in out of the blue and after dark. It works pretty well for me.
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