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When Barack Obama called Florida Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen she hung on him. Then when he called back, she hung up on him again. Then Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called and she hung up on him, too (okay, that one is understandable).

Apparently she thought it was a hoax. "I thought it was one of the radio stations in South Florida playing an incredible, elaborate, terrific prank on me," she said. Those clever right-wing Cubans -- you've got to up pretty early in the morning to fool them. Just look at how successful they've been overthrowing Castro and turning Havana back into Las Vegas keeping the embargo on Cuba going.

But for people less savvy than the Congresswoman, how do you know if it's really Obama calling you? Hard to always be sure, but here are 8 ways to tell that it's not Barack Obama calling you...

• It's after midnight and he asks "are you feeling as post-racial as I am tonight?"

• You hear someone in the background saying that traffic is backed up 20 minutes on the outbound crossings.

• He mispronounces his own name as "Osama."

• He asks you if you're happy with your regional calling plan.

• He says he "looking at you right now."

• He mentions something called "the phrase that pays."

• He calls during "Gossip Girl."

• He lets you finish first.

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