I got two live calls (not robocallers) from an unknown source within 20 minutes of each other this afternoon. A distinctly foreign voice was on the other end of the line trying to tell me in heavily accented English that there was something wrong with my computer and that it was urgent that I follow his instructions. I played along until I could pull-up the Albino Blacksheep website and turn my speakers up loud while I placed the telephone handset next to the speaker.....
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare
"...YOU ARE AN IDIOT, HAHA HAHA HAHA HAAAAAHA!..." (repeating)
The second caller listened to this for a full minute and still wanted to talk to me when I turned off my speakers, so I turned them back on and gave him further treatment. He was still there after two idiot treatments, so I told him to 'bug-off' and hung-up.
The Do Not Call law means it is illegal to call me for phone solicitations if my name is on the list (it is on both Federal and Florida lists). If you call me, I am going to mistreat you and waste some of your precious time!
When Rachel from Cardholder Services calls, I never press 2 to be removed from their calling list (it only verifies that I am there so they can keep calling). I always press 1 to speak to a customer service representative, and that person gets the Idiot Treatment also. Since I have been doing this, the call volume from Rachel has remarkably dropped. Is there a corollary for my strategy?