Instead of that I made up the name of some society and wrote this elaborate letter congratulating him on being such a great friend of Israel, telling him his name was to be included in a reference book of famous Jews and that a tree was going to be planted in some memorial garden with a plaque and his name on it. I mailed it from Tel Aviv so it looked official. I know he received it because he talked about it at work.
Years later I was visiting my Aunt, now retired, and asked her if she remembered that prank I pulled. She said the man spent months trying to do research on the organization, the park, everything about the letter. There was no Google so he made trip after trip to the Library after work. She doesn't think he ever got over it. All his coworkers knew about it and egged him on about his tree and his book for years. They thought it was hilarious.
Very good prank!
Wow, that was cool
My mom once called and told me that a co-worker had been interviewed on local news about some local environmental thing.
He gave a false name and she wanted to get him to quit talking about it.
I called with a false name as an agent from the EPA wondering why he felt the need to lie about our precious environment on television. He stammered on about something or other.
I told him that the EPA was empowered by the Clinton Administration to prosecute all people who lie about the environment and that an FBI agent was in his way to his office. Then I hung up.
She said the guy turned pale and started to sweat, even calling his wife about his impending arrest.