It finally happened!
As I walked into my place yesterday evening I felt my cell phone ring and found a call from 601-276-7789 buzzing in. Since I have no idea where the 601 area code is, I picked it up assuming that it was a telescammer calling, and sure enough it was.
An automated voice was telling me that time has passed for me to save on my auto insurance, but that it wasn’t too late if I pressed two “right now”, so I did and on came a scam artist named Irene, or perhaps it was Ilene.
Besides Irene on the other end, out popped a hillbilly voice from my mouth, along with the first thoughts that came to me.
Hi, this is Irene. Are you interested in lowering your auto insurance?
Well, GOLLLLY! I sure am!
Okay sir, how many miles do you have on your car?
I got three. Three whole miles.
And what is the make of your car?
It’s a Mazda.
Oooh, a Miata?
No, a Mazda.
A Mazda?
Yeup, a Mazda, just like the car.
Okay sir, you have a Mazda. And what is the year?
It’s a 1948!
CLICK!
Irene had enough and hung up on me. I can’t wait for them to call back again.