They keep calling. Recorded message "This is your final notice 
blahblahblah reduce interest rate on your credit card bill"

I managed to get a good enough rapport to get their real phone number. 
:) I'll play along and let them do their spiel, all along the way making 
up my own fictitious credit card sob story. They surely think they're 
talking to a real victim^H^H^H^H^H^Hcustomer. Then they get down to the 
nitty gritty. Banks, account numbers, the like. At this point I make up 
some reason I can't get to my details. You know, "I'm detained on some 
small island somewhere in the south pacific", or "I'm currently near the 
summit of Mt Everest, my credit cards are at Base Camp" or "I'm 
currently indisposed" (lame, but it works best to be skimpy on the 
details here) Go over the phone number a couple times, and your name? 
and what's the name of the company? I just want to make sure I'm getting 
the right number.

Of course, I have a reason to get them to regurgitate their actual phone 
number :)

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