...was that I just invented a random number off the top of my head that didn't even have the correct number of digits. The guy didn't catch on.
I was on the phone with him for nearly five minutes while we "waited" for the file he emailed to arrive (gave him a bogus address, obviously). He actually warned me about a lot of other dangers while we waited, including the possibility that my computer was being used as a VPN relay by terrorists. He helpfully explained how, under American law, I could be charged with a crime and imprisoned for life without a trial if the government found out that my computer was being used to help terrorists. He wasn't sure that it was being used by them, but thought we should check just to be safe.
In the end, I informed him that I work in cybersecurity, and thanked him for staying on the phone with me while we traced the call. The line was dead before I'd even finished the sentence. 
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