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A friend of mine working for a known internet company received a call from a customer. After their scripted greeting, the caller accused the consultant of not being who he says he was, that he’d asked somebody else and the number he was calling did not belong to that company. Unshaken by the accusation, the consultant jumped onboard and added, “My God! Who have I been taking money from all these years? This is just like that episode of ‘Alias!’ (whispered) What do I do? Who do I call? What if they’re listening right NOW???”

After the caller stopped laughing, the consultant explained that his company had been in business so long that there may be dozens of 1-800 or similar numbers that all route to the same place and that, in the future, to look up the numbers online if he didn’t trust any other source. Then the consultant asked, “After believing the number you had was fake, why would you call it at all?” After a moment of silence, the caller hung up.