I take your point, but cold callers quickly go away as soon as, for
instance, you say 'not BT customer/not homeowner/"Fuck off" '.
You got the expected response from playback. The next step is to create a
second person with whom you need to liaise. In the one I'm remembering, the
guy made out that he was trying to get extra funds for the British secret
service (not seeking to enrich himself), but was concerned that Miss
Moneypenny required extra information, was placing this or that obstacle in
the way.
P
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> Subject: Re: YOU WILL SEE PROOF
>
> Peter:
>
> > Robin, I was using scam letters as teaching materials (cf. for
> > instance, A Modest Proposal), but have lost track a bit
> lately. I've
> > seen some very funny, extended dialogues arising from these scams.
>
> You have to have the patience of the damned (and time) to
> play scam back -- like engaging in a dialogue with a
> cold-caller on the phone.
>
> Or arguing with someone who thinks Oxford wrote Shakespeare
>
> But Modest Proposal -- you ever cross-teach Swift and Defoe's
> "Shortest Way With Dissenters"?
>
> Bloody lethal, that can be.
>
> About as bad as trying to teach "Benito Cereno" in a severely
> PC environment.
>
> <g>
>
> Robin
>
>
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