Lately all the scam calls I’ve gotten have been automated. I wanted to waste a real person’s time, not a computer’s, so I tried to get through the automated pitch and talking to a real human, but somehow the computer can always tell I’m not a good prospect and hangs up on me.
So I’ve just given up on answering calls from unknown numbers. Off to voicemail it goes, and thanks to this post by @moes_lotion my outgoing message now says “If your call is important to you, leave a message. If your message is important to me, I’ll call you back.”