• Randy’s remedies: Oops! — I called the scam number

    Posted on December 5, 2022 at 02:43 CST by • Comment in the Forums

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    Randy McElveen

    By Randy McElveen

    The fact that you got tricked into calling a scammer’s phone number does not mean you’re stupid. It means the world has gotten stupid.

    I remember the vacuum salesman coming to the door when I was a kid. Of course, my mom and dad let them in. They were just people doing their job. They showed my parents what this new vacuum could do, and my parents made a decision to buy a vacuum or not. If they said no-thank-you, the salesman didn’t put a padlock on our old vacuum. He didn’t set any booby traps in our front yard as he left. He just told my parents to have a great day and moved on to the next house.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.49.0, 2022-12-05).

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