S ometimes, getting a phone call can be a real mood killer, but hanging up abruptly isn't the best move. Instead, there are smooth strategies to get out of it without burning bridges. These ...

Hang up immediately if the caller exhibits any of the red flags of fraud. If you feel the call could be legitimate, ask for the caller's name and employee number and the number to call back.

Hang up! Don't fall for phone scams. George Cox. P.C. Periodicals. Unsolicited phone calls from people you do not know can be irritating. They always have horrible timing, too, ...

Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon Communications are lobbying states, one by one, to hang up the plain, old telephone system, what the industry now calls POTS--the copper-wired landline phone system ...