 and so i just sort of kept track of all this and finally i annoyed him and he hung up on me which i considered a small victory but again we shouldn't be trying to outsmart the scammers we're speaking with heather kelly czech reporter at the washington post her story is called sick of scams stop answering your phone uh one way to help yourself too as you pointed out is like there there are settings within the settings of your phone where you can turn off or send directly to voicemail