teachercd

I once answered a phone scammer with the line "Hastings Police Dept". "Tony was murdered last night. What is your name and what was your relationship with him"? There was a pause on the other end and he quickly hung up.

I have a friend who got a call from a scammer and played the guy through many phone calls over a couple weeks.  The scammer wanted him to buy gift cards from Walmart and give him the numbers for him to win $2,000,000.  Friend would even call him back and talk about how he's trying to get the money.

Over that time, friend told him that he has no money, but he's trying.  Then (fake) his wife died so now he can hock their wedding rings to get the money.  Then, after hocking them, he didn't get enough money.  So, he was very very sad.

One day, friend was in a pasture and the scammer called.  Told him he just couldn't handle it anymore because he needs the $2,000,000 but can't get the money for the cards, his wife's dead, he's lonely and there wasn't any reason to live and he's going to kill himself.  While the scammer was trying to talk him out of it, he stepped out of the pickup, grabbed a pistol and shot it in the ground.

The guy didn't call back.