One ploy used by malicious phone callers is to trick their victim into saying the word "yes" so that the sound of that word can be recorded and edited into a phony telephone recording that will sound like you have agreed to purchase whatever crap they want to stick you with.
A couple of examples that have come to my phone were the following.
As aware as I am of this ploy, I might in a weak moment forget myself and fall prey to this. To help prevent that, I have pasted a cautionary warning on my phone where I cannot possibly miss seeing it when I pick up the receiver.
Hopefully, this visual cue will keep me properly alert when the telephone vermin come a-calling.
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