I just amused myself with a scam phone caller.

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18. I get them here in Germany, too

Callers from Slovakia, Russia, Bangladesh, The Philippines, all over. Since German is not widely spoken in any of those areas (Slovakia would be an exception), the boiler rooms need to train their callers in the “new” language. I can usually tell where the call is coming from. If the country code starts with 2, 6, 8 or 9, it’s usually one of “them.”

If I feel like it, I’ll take it and answer in a language the caller is not expecting, like Catalan or Swedish—or even Southern. I pick up the phone and say “Ayyup?” The caller then starts in their best German, telling me it’s my lucky day, etc. I interrupt, saying, “whatch’all goin’ on about? Ah don’t unnerstan’ any of that stuff. Y’all wanna speak German? Go call a German! They’re not hard to find here. This is Germany. They’re all over the place!” That is about when they give up.