I answered one today from the IRS Federal Criminal Something-or-Other, pressed 1, was connected to a real human, and asked the guy to take me off their list. He

I answered one today from the IRS Federal Criminal Something-or-Other, pressed 1, was connected to a real human, and asked the guy to take me off their list. He said without hesitation "Give me $100." I always answer and ask to be taken off their list. I know they'll never do it, but if we all do it in aggregate, it might waste so much of their time that it's no longer worth it for them. When they say they won't take you off their list, just hang up immediately. The whole process takes only a few tens of seconds.