my dad had some door to door encyclopedia sales men at the house for almost 4 hours. They watched us eat dinner and then about 20 minutes after that the older one stood up and said he aint buying shit lets go.
Problem with futzing with them is the person on the phone is the peon trying to make a living, not the one responsible for the scam. That's probably the case most of the time from my perspective. Same for robocalls.
" This is Detective Sergent Lucerne, you have called this crime scene again and we are tracing your number and location. You are advised you are a suspect in this homicide and we want your name, date of birth location address and drivers license number. We will be contacting the proper law enforcement agency in your area to detain you pending investigation and possible charges. We believe we have motive and means.."
I have to respond right now as my microsoft activation code is about to be deactivated. Or so the guy said.
I have internet based phone service for my house line, all calls go to voicemail, they send me a text with a pretty good translation of the message and I call back if it is a real person that I want to talk to. I get 8-10 scam calls a day.