we were getting 4 to 5 calls a day from "Peter"- insert heavy accent or whomever (we call them random name generators) offering services from Frontier. hmmm, frontier is our phone co., after numerous times of them calling and we are saying we don't want their services I "listened". I say- listened- because I asked him about his services. What was it he was selling- he repeated the same canned info. I said OK- you can read- but what are these services and what value do they add? He read it again- I told him to go to his supervisor and ask for training on the services so he can sell them and then call back. No more phone calls!
The other one (which is quite nasty) we ask where are you located- if they say USA, I ask which state- the last guy flunked- he kept saying USA. I told him to read up on it and hung up on him. He only had 50 choices.
And if anyone wants to me to check your name on the terrorist list- let me know. We have to check everyone buying/selling/refinancing a home in PA. And we check you for support obligations and bankruptcy.
Not too much is top secret anymore.