Would that be Vice Admiral George Nanos of "cowboys" and "butthead" fame?
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > 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* > > ============================================================ > 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 >
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