[fraser]

Don't answer 1 800 calls.

Don't give out ANY personal or financial info on the phone

Don't bother with anything that is free. Even if you are a greedy goblin, nothing is free. Free is actually expensive.

Hang up or do what my dear old Dad would do. Start to ask the following question and the caller will hang up on you immediately. The question?

"Will welfare pay for that". He did it for two years running and saw a noticeable decrease in calls. I guess their name got removed from some call lists. He never got past saying will welfa....before they hung up on him. Drove my mother nuts.

And if you do something stupid....don't blame it on everyone else. Look in the mirror.

 

[fraser]

Daughter got a call today from someone purporting to be from CIBC. Person said he was calling from CIBC about unauthorized charges on her VISA. The bank does not have her home phone, only her cell, and the caller ID listed a Texas number.

He was looking for account information.

She told him to pound sand and hung up.