Phone rings…caller ID says it’s a Spam Risk.
Pfft…I answer it anyway.
Me: Hello
{recorded message says it’s an apology call from my electric company and I qualify for a rebate…so I should press 1 to speak to a representative} So I did.
Them: Sir am I to assume you are the one on the electric and gas bill?
Me: Well I did answer the call.
Them: Am I speaking to Mr. Stafford?
Me: {not wanting to disappoint} Of course.
Them: Sir, we are offering a 30% rebate on your electric and gas and issuing a refund for overpayment.
Me: How nice.
Them: Mr Stafford would you agree to share your statement with me so I can look up your account.
Me: Share my statement, don’t you already have it?
Them: Sir, we just need to double check the information.
Me: Well I don’t need it double checked, just go ahead and issue the refund and apply the 30% discount to my account.
Them: Sir we need the information.
Me: You already have it.
Them: Sir I assure you we don’t.
Me: Yeah I’ll have to agree with you on that.
Them: Sir, what do you mean.
Me: The information you have is wrong. Way wrong.
Them: What do you mean wrong?
Me: I’m not Mr Stafford.
Them: Why did you say you were then?
Me: Why not? You lied first.
Them: Sir, I assure you we are legitimate service.
Me: Hmm, legitimate at ripping people off and stealing their information.
Them: F-You.
Me: Do you even know who I am?
Them: You just said you are not Mr Stafford.
Me: That’s right. And yet you continue to let me keep you on the line.
Them: Benchod {Pakistan & Indian bad word}
Me: So I take it no refund and you aren’t from the electric company?
Them: F-You.
Me: You must me new.
Them: Huh?
Me: An experienced scammer would have hung up long ago, but thanks for allowing me to waste your time.
{I hung up}
{He calls back – I transfer him to voicemail – he leaves a message telling me to F-off}
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