Hey Doc

Phone rang
man: "are you XXX?"
me: "yes"
man: "this is the police department criminal investigation, section 165"
man: "we are investigating a case involving your home phone number"
man: "apparently the criminal had hijacked your phone number and used in a fraud scheme"
me: "ok"
man: "can you appear to the court in Kaohsung today?"
me: "not really" (Kaohsung city is about 4 hours drive from Taipei, and it was around 2:00PM)
man: "are you sure? this is last day of this court, we need your presence"
me: "sorry, I will go if I have been notified earlier"
man: "we have notified you on the phone twice already"
me: "sorry, I didn't get it. No messages left on the answering machine"
man: "ok, I can take your statement over the phone, can I record the conversation?"
me: "o...o..k..k.." (thinking)
man: "state your name"
me: "XXX"
man: "date of birth"
me: "...." (ding! red light came on in my head, I can't give this guy whom I have no ideas who he is any personal information)
me: "sorry, I can't give you anymore info over the phone, how would I know this is not the fraudulent calls we get so often?"
man: "are you insulting the police department?"
me: "no, but if you still want my statement, I can go to the court tomorrow"
man: "ok, no need to come, just wait for the summon in the mail"...(hung up)

I get all kinds of fraudulent calls at least once a week. Some tries to swindle for money, but this was the first. I even got a call from my "son" telling me that he was in a trouble, needed money to pay the bail. I told him to go to hell.