People come up with some crazy strategies to avoid picking up the phone to find your own clients/merchants.

My all-time favorite is the "Karen was never a stockbroker/loan broker business owner, sales trainer thing" so follow me

People who are "in the know" have been watching all this. and as some say...smarter than you realize.

Some don't realize that you realize, and if you do not let them know you know ...they can keep trying to bs you with the same con.

Now they just make up a new con...sometimes its best to let them keep going so you can watch them in plain view and see who they are friends with, then you can stay away from the whole clan.