My standard filter for suspected telemarketers when they ask for "Mr. [butchering wife's maiden / my surname]" is to reply "They are not here right now, can I take a message". Yes, I lie to people who cold call me. I'm okay with that, I really am.
Lately I've been following up with "and what is this in regards to?" to try and flush them out. Most of the time they just reply with "I'll call back later".
Time to change tactics.
I think that I'll start with trying to figure out what it's about on the off chance it's a legit call. They sometimes happen. I think that I'm going to answer with "I'll see if they are available if you let me know what this is this is in regards to". The only thing is that this seems to open the conversation too much. Maybe I should just stick with my standard, and if they don't want to leave a message I'll just ask them not to call again. I could go with the classic "Who's calling please?"
The next step should be a phone system that checks a whitelist of incoming numbers, and if it's not on that list, it goes directly to voicemail. Then of course does voice to text and emails me the result. Ah, one day.
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