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Originally Posted by legion
Some tricks I use:
1) Tell them you are on the Do Not Call list and you intend to inform the FCC of this violation.
2) Tell them that you are involved in a lawsuit against the company or entity they are calling on behalf of. (I did this to get the pesky Fraternal Order of Police fundraising schisters to stop calling me).
3) This one is my favorite. Answer the phone and say this in the gruffest, most assertive voice you can muster: "How did you get this number?" It really doens't matter what they say next, but follow it up with: "This is an unlisted, unknown number belonging to a federal agency. You have compromised the investigation of a corrupt high-level government official. I'm going to need you to get your supervisor on the line ASAP and we're going to have to figure out EXACTLY how you got your hands on this phone number. I'm going to need your full name, any aliases, social security number, full employment history, and contacts numbers for friends and family members..." (I've never had them last long enough on the phone to hear the whole spiel and I've never gotten a call back from whatever company I started the spiel with.)
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I've done all that and more and still gotten calls.'
I now usually just shorten it to, "I'm a retired FBI agent. What's your name?"
....click.