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If everybody who received spam calls wasted 5 minutes of the caller's time, then the whole problem would not exist.



Oh wow, thanks for this. That subreddit was at least an hour of fun.


Here's a great podcast episode where the guy tracks his phone scammer to India and pays him a visit.

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/long-distance/


That was an unexpectedly dramatic story. With his Patton-like determination and complete unsubtlety, he was very lucky that didn't get uglier! I was really afraid for him by the end...




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