"Hello?" I wasn't giving anything away.
"Hello," said a voice speaking in a foreign accent. "I'm calling about your recent car accident."
"Which one?" I asked. "The recent one, or the recent one?"
He hesitated, then clarified, "Your recent car accident."
"Ah!" I said. "You should have said so. Well, I was minding my own business when this pedestrian stepped in front of me unexpectedly. OK, so I might have had a few beers and been driving down the pavement, but – "
The phone went dead. It's simpler if they block me than if I block them.