I get these calls from home improvement companies wanting to re-shingle my roof or install windows and shit like that. My phone listing is under a fictitious name. I'm on the do-not-call list but they get through to me anyway. It always starts the same way. They ask for me by my fake name. "Yea, this is me."
"Your number was given to me by one of your neighbors and I understand that you are looking to do some improvements on your house."
"Yea, I've been thinking about doing a little bit of something around here."
Then he goes into his whole list of services and we have a conversation about how nice I want my house to look. We pitch ideas to each other till he wants to set up an appointment. We set one up at my office...not really my office...it's the management office of my rental complex. The schmuck walks in there looking to make a killing from an unknown person with a house that doesn't exist. I get called back from these folks and laugh in their ear telling them that I caught onto their scam.