My late mother would give these scammers heck when they called. If the caller said he was her “favorite grandson” and in jail and needed money, she would respond that all her grandchildren were currently at her home. Or, she would tell them her grandsons would do nothing in which to be arrested for they were all “sweet and adorable”. Sometimes she would tell them to call her attorney and she would give him the number if they would just wait a minute while she found it. By the time she returned to the phone, they would be gone.
For the Medicaid callers she would confuse them with questions regarding which medications would be covered under the offered plan. She knew the actual official names of many medications and could spout them off at a request. Mother would ask if a medication for some obscure disease was covered, and the caller would be so flustered they would many times just hang up at that point.
I told her many times to be careful and just ignore the calls she didn’t recognize. However, she enjoyed aggravating them while pretending to be an naive old lady.
I love your mom. 💖
“she enjoyed aggravating them while pretending to be an naive old lady.”
Mom used to do that when Jehovah’s Witnesses came to the door. She’d invite them in, give them coffee, asked questions and act all interested and ignorant. After about an hour, she’d say, “Oh, yes. My husband preached on that last Sunday.” Then they’d get upset and leave.
We told her not to do that because it wasn’t safe. She said that if she was keeping them occupied they weren’t going to other houses.