How to torment telemarketers

[Orrex]

272. I can't believe that anyone really spends as much time and effort on this as you do.

Anyway, here's how to get around it:

1. Have an unlisted or unidentified outbound number; any phone in the company that dials out will generate the same unlisted switchboard number.

2. Assign all outbound numbers to a subsidiary division with a confusing but not illegal name, such as "Credit Card Updates

3. Actually route the outbound calls through a legitimate business partner, so that "Acme Alzheimer Scam, Inc." shows up as "Acme Aluminum Siding Company, Inc."

4. Have a large number of legitimate but unidentified outbound numbers

The anti-spoofing law probably works very well at what it covers, but what it covers is just a tiny fraction of what actually goes on.
Just like your heroic phone-pestering scheme.

And here's a great suggestion: if an Alzhemer's patient is so vulnerable that any phone call could result in thousands of dollars in credit card fraud, perhaps that patient should have a caretaker with power of attorney. If you really want to help such people, then your efforts would be better spent in this fashion, rather than by hoping for the one-in-million chance to create a brief and insignificant nuisance for one agent at one company.

But if you're actually just looking for a chance to be a blowhard to someone on the phone who really won't care at all, then I say go for it.