My usual response is to play along with them as long as possible, all the while asking questions like "What address to I send the giftcard to?", "Does it have to be a Green Dot?", "If I don't have that much right now can I make payments?", "I need your phone number so I can call you back when I check my accounts."
Then I use all the information (usually they're even nice enough to give me a website) to backtrace them and report the scam to appropriate authorities for the area they're in ...
Surprisingly they've stopped calling me
followed you
Likewise ... looks like we can learn food from each other :)
My girlfriend has a nice solution too, She answer and just say " wait a minute please", then she just put the phone near a noisy sounds. :D evil lol