Re: They are not usually so honest

On 6/19/25 3:36 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:

In article <83885kd5o69dn3sbdnn2m4d7ltng2e97j1@4ax.com>,
Joy Beeson  <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

>
Spammer:  First we need to verify your information
>
Me:  First we need to verify that you got my number from a
legimate source.
>
Spammer:  That is not the case

 [Hal Heydt]
not quite the same thing, but one of my latest tactics on cold
calls is the ask who they are trying to contact.  Amazing how
often that is followed by a few seconds of silence and a <click>.
 I still get calls asking for my late wife--who died at the end of
June 2022.  My standard answer is that she is no longer at this
number. It's mildly surprising that no caller ever asks if I have
a new number for her (it's been suggested that I supply the
number of Dial-a-Prayer) and no one ever asks why she is not
longer available.
 A real irritation is the kind of call I got this morning asking
for her.  When told that she was no longer at this number, the
guy launched into his fund raising spiel at me.

I got a spam call two days after Mark died.  When the spammer asked how I was, I said "My husband died two days ago; what do you think?" and he immediately launched into his spiel.
(I normally don't answer the landline, but while Mark was in the hospital/nursing home, and then afterwards for a while, I did, because it could have been important.)
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