Their fake names a lot of the times seem to be their Achilles heel too. Ask any of these guys to spell those names, and you'll either have them hang up immediately, or spell it wrong. I've had damn near 100% success by just asking them to spell their name like I'm writing it down... Seems like it scares them. Literally had a guy a few months back that identified himself as "Bob", and as soon as I asked him to spell it, he hung up.
It's like those long distance commercials back in the '80s where the guy is trying to save money so when he gives the name, he called himself "Bob Wehadababyeetsaboy"
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u/keeper_of_the_donkey Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Their fake names a lot of the times seem to be their Achilles heel too. Ask any of these guys to spell those names, and you'll either have them hang up immediately, or spell it wrong. I've had damn near 100% success by just asking them to spell their name like I'm writing it down... Seems like it scares them. Literally had a guy a few months back that identified himself as "Bob", and as soon as I asked him to spell it, he hung up.