Scam caller won't stop calling me, so I find a clever way to shut him down.

Here's my encounter with a crappy telemarketing company.

I cut some details because this could have been twice as long.

Names are changed as well.

Let me start by saying that I get a crap ton of calls from card services.

Screw those guys.

This story has nothing to do with them.

I like to mess with scammers, so I often take their calls and string them along for my own

amusement.

I know it probably makes them call me more, but it's the burden I bear to supply my hobby.

A couple of days ago, I got a call from a bull crap company wanting to extend

my car warranty. The company has a name on file with my phone number and they think I'm Mr.

Jones. I am not Mr. Jones, I'm his son. I guess technically I am Mr. Jones but not the one

they think I am? Let me get on with it.

The agent runs through her spiel for a couple of minutes, and I plainly say, I'm not Mr.

Jones.

To this, she replies,

Oh, why didn't you tell me at the beginning of the carl?

And she hangs up.

What a B word.

Now at this point, I assumed the number was fake, but since they sounded

American, I call it back. Even though the number was in my area code, it rings straight into their

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