Yes it is, twice a week. Last time they called I pressed one for a live person, when they answered I said "I'm on my way to your kids school, you'll never see them again." and hung up.
I have gotten a lot of those IRS calls too. I dog those guy's out something terrible. The IRS calls usually come from Arabs, so I usually insult allah to piss them off. Then I will call back repeatedly until they just disconnect the number. It takes about an hour and between thirty and forty calls to make them nuke their number. I figure that way any messages they left with others before me was nothing more than a waste of their time.
These calls are routed through the internet to give you a false and usually non-existent caller ID# It does no good to call them back or report them to the phone Co or authorities.
My cell phone still has a 651 area code (Minnesota).
When I get a human, I answer “Deputy Steve Ganrud, Dakota County Sheriff’s Department”
But the business loan scams, I tell them that I’ve built a business importing olive oil, and have branched into gambling, deep discount merchandise, security services, and financing. Then I ask them if they are trying to edge into my territory. Then I ask if I have to arrange that they meet Vito the Expeditor. Vito has no neck.