basically, drive them crazy!! just make up a bunch of crap. NEVER answer their questions, just keep to your script like you never heard them. say stuff totally unrelated.
if you have a landline, tell them to hold cuz you have to get your credit card number. then you can click about three times till you get a dial tone. then transfer them to the police by just dialing non-emergency police#. when police # rings, hang up and the jerk will be on the line with the police when police pick up. or transfer them to whatever, non-extent phone number like 555-2187 (all 555 go nowhere), pizza joint in utah, skating rink in canada, whatever.
best things to do: say "give me your number, sounds like a good deal but i have to ask my spouse. he/she will be right back. they're in the backyard with our son. he's showing him all his hunting rifles. he/she loves these kind of deals, too. just give me your number and i'll call you right back."
saY: hang on for a minute, i have to get my credit card and bank info. put the phone down -- don't hang up --good to have background noise like a radio or whatever going so they know you didn't hang up -- then they stay on the line and stew--and never go back to the phone. just keep them hanging.
say: are you calling me from india? no? how about tanzania? you sound like you're from chad. how do you like living out there? i'm sorry. did you say you're from alaska? is it cold out there? what's your temperature today? what? not from alaska?......give me your cell phone number so i can call you.
or act mentally challenged: "what? I like you. who are you? what's your name? how much do you get paid? will you get me a job with you? i like you and want to be your friend so we could go to burger king. i went to burger king today. do you know where that is? what's your phone number? i want to talk to you more about burger king. do you like ketchup?...."
say: alarm company? we already have two alarm systems and they're great. they're rigged to go straight to police who sends unmarked car with headlights. they've already caught three suspicious guys. but what's your name? how long have you been working for .. what's the name of your company again.
say: no habla engles. and keep repeating it, over and over, same phrase. if you speak a foreign language, don't talk any english to them.
Got the call too and called it back, some kind of resort sales but the lady said she does not know how anyone was using the number as it was suppose to be her private number for the business..whatever!
(219) 230-6105 called me and left the following message (as computer-transcribed by GoogleVoice - ref bottom of message for transcribed message inside of quote marks):
so i told GV to block all future calls from that number. simple. done. and for free !
"At Home demonstration of our Free State about our security and home automation systems will protect her home and family A please fire medical emergencies you receive over 1203 Equipment remote access and video from your smart phone and insulation at no cost. All that we have to use our award winning monitoring services starting about a dollar a day, press 1 to schedule an appointment for a new system demonstration and receive your dinner and movie package or if you have questions about upgrading your old systems. 2. To be removed from our call list."
Some kind of an alarm system that says you get free tickets for AMC Theater and free dinner at Outback for letting them come into your home to do a demonstration! Whatever happened to being on the DO NOT CALL registry???