"Retaliation for Scams"

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25 incredibly satisfying things you can say to phone scammers instead of just hanging up

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An estimated 56 million US adults were reported as being affected by scam robocalls, resulting in $25.4 billion in losses.

While you can thwart these types of calls simply by hanging up, many choose instead to enact very creative revenge.

The 15K+ answers folks gave to the question posed on Reddit : "What is something you say to scammers instead of hanging up?".

"I give them a phone number one digit at a time and ask them to repeat it as a whole after each one. Then tell them they got it wrong when I'm done and start over. "I used to get a lot of home security’ calls offering alarm systems and cameras. I would of course ask all the curious questions and then lead them to believe I was using the alarm system and cameras to keep people inside the house.’ “I pretend to be the dumbest guy in the world. I tell them my mother said to me not to talk to strangers. Ask them to call me on FaceTime.”.

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