Scam phone calls...

I had begun to think that I should get rid of my land line because I'm getting very tired of the calls I get, usually asking me to donate money to some great cause but now I've started getting them on my cell phone also. Every once in a while the calls seem to take on a more sinister tone.  I've heard so many warnings about phone scams that I tend to be very suspicious  I have received a few of the "Hello, grandma??? calls and I can see how people get fooled by this. The caller sounds so pitiful and desperate. I must admit the callers are pretty ingenoius. After I hung up on the first caller, who sounded white midwestern, they tried with two other callers, one with an Hispanic accent and one who sounded black. Recently I received several calls from a giggly girl who apologizes for dropping her phone and askes if I can here her alright. That's when I hang up. I know I should never say yes.. I am trying hard to retrain myself and I;m getting better. In the good old days before caller ID and when every call might have been business related I felt compelled to answer evey call. Not so anymore. If caller ID shows me a number I don't recognize I just let it ring. I figure if it's a friendly caller they will leave a message. Of course then I do have to be careful to check my messages. I got home this afternoon, saw by the flashing red light that I had a message, didn't recognize the number and almost discarded it  Lucikly I listened. The call was from a long ago classmate telling me he will be attending our upcoming high school reunion. Sometimes mystery calls are good.