I had a phone scammer on the line for an extended amount of time. He was claiming my electricity bill had not been paid and I had two hours to get it paid or the power would be turned off. I thought maybe my auto payments might have been disrupted.
When he said I had to pay with a credit card over the phone and could not pay at the office in person, I realized it was a scam. So I told him to hang on while I got the info, and put the phone down. I would “check” every five minutes until they hung up after 20 minutes.
Then I reported the number to the police, but they said there wasn’t anything they could do.