I get about one scam call a week on average here in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Once 3 in a day. Once nothing for months. Plus I get at least two or three times as many "almost calls". One started my day today - I picked up, "Hello?", no one answered, "Hello?", no one answered, "Hello?", no one answered, "Hello?", no one answered, some mic sounds and clicking and hangup. I don't know how or why.

"Spying on the Scammers (Part 1/4)" (16:17) ~ Jim Browning, Mar 2, 2020

"Spying on the Scammers (Part 2/4)" (20:20) ~ Jim Browning, Mar 9, 2020

"Spying on the Scammers (Part 3/4)" (16:50) ~ Jim Browning, Mar 16, 2020

"Spying on the Scammers (Part 4/4)" (14:54) ~ Jim Browning, Mar 23, 2020

"HACKING the online SCAMMERS who tricked us! ⚠️ - BBC" (5:00) ~ BBC, Mar 10, 2020

"SCAM VICTIM PACKAGES INTERCEPTED AS SCAMMER IS CONFRONTED" (24:20) ~ Scammer Payback, Nov 28, 2020

"Your Next Door Neighbor Is A Scammer" (17:00) ~ Scammer Payback, Dec 27, 2020

My solution: I engage them and add "key" phrases and concepts. If I feel like it I'll draw it out as long as possible to waste their time, or I may jump to the point. I introduce politics in a chitchat way to pull them in as much as possible, while pretending to accommodate them. At first I sprinkle the conversation building up to dominating the conversation with bomb-making, terrorist banter, drug smuggling, and pedo terms. Often enough they have hung up or resort to calling me a motherfucker. I tell them the whole thing is recorded and tracked by the NSA and they'll be hearing from them soon.

That's assuming I have the patience and humour. Otherwise I tell them that I understand that times are what they are, but scamming isn't the answer, even if you consider it international cyber war. Punch up.

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