An easy & foolproof way to get phone scammers to hang up on you
Let me state that phone scammers lie and deceive. They will lie and tell you they are from Chase or tell you they are calling from your utility provider when they are not. They will spoof their numbers such that caller ID displays bogus information.
There is a cute trick that you can use if someone is screaming at you uncontrollably. During their tantrum, signal time-out and then point to your teeth, and then point at them. Make it seem like they have something in between their teeth that is gross. It will throw them for a loop, and can often stop their tantrum. Buy throwing them off their track, it will frustrate them and can stop their tirade.
I used a similar trick with telemarketers. They have their standard set of questions they expect victims to ask. But asking them where they are calling from is not one of them.
Many of them will say a large city like Denver, Chicago, New York, or Miami. But when you ask them for a specific address, they will put you on hold and ask their supervisor. If they happen to have an address, you can ask them what part of the city they are in.
Since they are utterly clueless and shocked at being asked, they will put you on hold again to ask their supervisor or makeup something.
