Here&#x27;s what I did to stop various scammers calling, I talked to them endlessly. They seem to almost never hang up, they&#x27;ll just keep going and going. So I was bored one day and decided to see how the scam played out:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;41j.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;phonecall-from-a-scammer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;41j.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;phonecall-from-a-scammer&#x2F;</a><p>They did call again, I picked them up on the fact that it was a scam and asked them how they justify their actions to themselves and ask questions about how the scam works. I&#x27;ll see how it goes but I seem to have got myself on some kind of blacklist as nobody has called in a month (used to get some kind of scam call at least one a week). It&#x27;s unfortunate that wasting their time is the most effective defense I can think of.