You've Lost that racist president, whoa-oh, that racist president

 I feel practically giddy today.  Even a widespread phishing attack on my employees can't get me down.

Today, somebody sent emails to all my staff, with a variation of:

Hello Katie,

Hope you don't have so much on your plate? Well in case you do, please
peg it because i have a task for you to carry out urgently.

Drop your number so i can brief you about it all.

Thanks,Russell Smith
Chief Executive Officer at Refugee Services of Texas

Sent from IPhone.

I let my staff know that this wasn't from me, and that I don't even know how one "pegs it".  Two people thought it was adorable I didn't know what that meant and both told me emphatically not to google it.  

But, feeling light and less burdened by racist presidents, I went over to my aol account.  The one I've had for 25 years, since that cd arrived in the mail.  The one that is so infested with spam and viruses, I wear gloves and a facemask whenever I open it.  I then sent this e-mail to the emphatically not my e-mail address that the original email came from.

Russell,

I got your e-mail and tried to call you, but there was no answer.  Can you send me a number where I can reach you?

Katie

Not sure what I'll do if this person sends me a phone number. 

But then, I thought, perhaps there was an even better way to screw with this person.  So I did some googling (avoiding "peg it"), and found a couple of numbers to give out the next time someone e-mails and asks for a phone number.  I've called them both, and they are 100% legit.  Feel free to use them on scammers, spammers, creepers, or whoever.

• (646) 926-6614: The Mary Sue Rejection Hotline, which will say, “Oh hello there. If you’re hearing this message, you’ve made a woman feel unsafe and/or disrespected. Please learn to take no for an answer and respect women’s emotional and physical autonomy. K THANKKS.” Best of all, it’ll send texts as well, and waits an hour to send the text once it’s received one so you have time to bounce.
  
• (719) 266-2837: Call and Oates, which lets callers pick a classic Hall and Oates song to play.