Throw in a US Navy Admiral (Retired) Sarbajit, and you have the perfect recipe!
(Old, inside joke, I'm afraid). --Doug On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steve > > I must mention that these scamsters target victims aged 50+ presumably > with little knowledge of computers and under-informed of human psychology. > Probably picked the wrong bunch at FRIAM :-). > > Doug (from what I observe) takes care of himself very well. I'll ask my > friends to devise a special scam for him involving peacocks and an Android > app. > > Sarbajit > > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > >> Sarbajit - >> >> And here we thought it was you! >> >> Pranking Nick is just mean, but maybe you could give Doug a ring and tell >> him you can fix his Bluetooth/WiFi problem if he just gives you his credit >> card and bank account numbers and the keys to his BMW Motorcycle... >> >> We could all have a party and help you spend out his accounts ordering >> stuff online... Do you think he's gullible enough? >> >> - Steve >> >> >> This scam has been around for years >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 1:33 AM, Douglas Roberts >> <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: >> >>> I've gotten a few of those over the past few days from similarly >>> accented people trying to tell me that my Windows machine was infected with >>> a virus, but the callers' numbers were blocked. >>> >>> No, I didn't bother to Linuxize them, although that would have been >>> fun. >>> >>> --Doug >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson < >>> nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Can anybody confirm this as a new form of pfishing? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I got a call from a number in DC today, somebody with a strong Indian >>>> sub-continent accident, telling me that my computer was sending error >>>> messages to the network and offering to help me correct them. (I have the >>>> number in my phone trap, and would report it if I knew where to report it >>>> to.) The next step involved my going on my computer and connect it to >>>> them, I assume. These guys were pretty bad at what they were doing,, but >>>> I can imagine a more subtle line that I might have fallen for. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Does anybody recognize this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> N >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>>> >>>> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology >>>> >>>> Clark University >>>> >>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ >>>> >>>> http://www.cusf.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Doug Roberts >>> d...@parrot-farm.net* >>> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>> * >>> 505-455-7333 - Office >>> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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