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Re:Ask HN: Who are you”, “Who is this” texts by cpfohl on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:46AM (#36876748)
This is the actual correct answer, yes, but I figure if I can get them trying to scam me then they’ll spend less time trying to scam my grandpa… I’m probably wrong these days; it’s probably a ScamGPT instance, but it brings me joy.
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Re:Ask HN: Who are you”, “Who is this” texts by theshrike79 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:51AM (#36877711)
This is why I always answer telemarketers if I'm not waiting for an actual call.

1) answer

2) go mm-hmmm to their first question

3) phone on mute and set it on the table and go about my day

I think the record for a telemarketer monologue is a bit over 3 minutes before they figured out I'm not responding. That was 3 minutes they weren't scamming anyone else to subscribe to whatever. I'm practically a human Tarpit for telemarketers =)

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