The caller starts out with his speech about how the benefits of MCI long distance:

Me: How did you get my number?

Caller: What do you mean?

M: You called me, I didn’t call you, so that means you have my number, how’d you get it?

C: It was on my computer.

M: Okay, how’d it get on your computer, who put it there?

C: I don’t know…

M: Look, this isn’t a business, this is a personal phone number. Don’t call me unless I know you, or I already do business with you.

C: Are you trying to hide something?

M: What the hell are you talking about?

C: You seem to be hiding something, perhaps I should call the police!

M: Go ahead! This is harrassment! I want to speak with your supervisor.

C: Okay, just a moment.

(An obviously fake female voice comes on)

C: Yes?

M: Your caller is harrassing me.

C: Oh?

M: Damnit! It’s you!

C: Who? What ever could you be talking about?

M:

I called MCI and reported this call. The guy on the other end of the line sounded very interested in the call. I explained that I never wanted to be called from MCI again, and they need to fire that telemarketer. The guy I called sounded very upset and said he would get to the bottom of this, and he apologized.

Despite office memos and talks to new folk, I still get hit (pretty rarely) by the occasional toner phoner scam. I put the box on the shelf, and tell them they can have it back if they provide me billing information and where to ship to. Surprisingly, for all the gold-plated toner is supposedly worth, no one wants to pay to have it back.

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