- Telling the caller to go [bleep] themselves.
- Blowing a horn, whistle or flatulent expression into the phone.
- Telling the caller you are tracing the call.
- Telling the caller you are on the Do Not Call list.
- Forwarding the call to a politician or a previous "scam caller".
- Insulting the caller's nationality.
- Changing one's phone number
- Terminating an otherwise useful landline.
- Believing the Federal Do Not Call list is a call blocker, or will stop calls from scammers.
- Pressing a key to be taken off the spammer's call list.
- Returning the call.
- Giving the phone to one's infant, so the infant can talk to "Santa Claus".
- Asking a spammer / scammer to stop calling.
- Threatening the caller with a law suit, even though you cannot identify the caller.
- Posting a vulgar report on 800notes
- Making a "stop calling me" post on 800notes.
- -- Even worse: Making a "stop calling me" post on 800notes, and including your phone number!
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- Wishing there were more laws against spam phone calls.
- Telling the spammer that the call is being recorded.
- Posting, "Does anyone want to start a class action lawsuit against these guys?"
- Asking on page 126 of a thread describing a scam - "Is this real or a scam"?
- Coming to 800 notes & confusing it with 'Ashley Madison' or Angie's List
- Believing that typing in all caps is an effective form of communication
- Asking someone else to handle the problem.
- Stating that doing nothing is a viable solution to the problem.
- Wondering why their post on 800notes did not stop the problem.
- Actually believing a cold caller will give you a loan/gift/prize/lottery/Government Grant.
- Stating "It's the Republicans fault."
- Stating "It's the Democrats fault."
- Asking to speak with the spammer's supervisor.
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