Robot calls, we all have gotten them. What's the best one you've received?

[Hardbopjazz]

I just got one from someone claiming to be the CIA. There is suspicious activity performed from my computer on line. I was in the mood to play along. I replied, "Oh no, I didn't do anything wrong." I was then told I need to provide my personnel information to ensure I am who I am. So I made up a fake make, Terry Chambers. and a fake SS number and fake birth date.. I was having so much fun, but the called was ended. I guess he thought he had enough what he needed. Whenever I get any of these calls, the person at the other end, is differently not from the US. The accent is so strong, they seem to sounds Jamaican and not American.   

[felser]

We occasionally get ones from the "IRS" that we are going to be arrested shortly if we don't call and pay our "outstanding bill", that this is our last chance.

[Dan Gould]

Have never heard of a call from the CIA. I think I would have had fun by challenging them that if they are the CIA, they must know all my details anyway.

Or at least give them a fake name like Thelonious Monk or Sun Ra (the latter even better give them an address with city "Moons of Saturn" or something like that.)

[Ken Dryden]

Not a robocall but I found a purported FBI business card on my apartment door a few months before getting married in 1980. The name on it had been scratched out and another name written in. I thought it was a prank, then I checked the Atlanta phone book and it matched. I called for the agent but he was off that Sunday. He called and explained that a fugitive had been spotted in a vehicle registered to my address. He asked if I knew him or knew who lived there before me, which I didn’t.

[Teasing the Korean]

Listen to how comedian/prankster Tom Mabe deals with a telemarketer.  This is priceless:

 

[T.D.]

Funny stuff!

I used to occasionally indulge in responses, now I just hang up on the bastards. It's not all that hard to come up with clever routines, but :

(a) the Ps of S who are calling [edit: pick up after the robodialer senses a fish on the line] don't deserve any of my time (3 minutes - NFW!);

(b) the person on the other end is almost surely far too dopey to understand/appreciate any clever schtick.

Edited September 6, 2021 by T.D.

[Serioza]

On 13.08.2021 at 7:29 PM, Hardbopjazz said:

The accent is so strong, they seem to sounds Jamaican and not American.   

probably russian prankster