On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Les Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian Thomas wrote: >> >> >> I’ve had several calls like this in the last couple of years (and my wife >> had one just yesterday), but this overseas call from an (Indian-accepted) >> “Computer Maintenance Department” was spun out to 7 minutes by one of the >> SMBIT guys who received it today. It lightened my mood considerably >> >> Put all your computers in your … >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht51A_AbHOY&feature=youtu.be> >> >> >> Received a call today from "Computer Maintenance Department" trying to >> tell me my computer was faulty and I needed to give them access to "fix it" >> it for me. Decided to have a bit of fun. The ending was unexpected and >> hilarious. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> Ian Thomas >> Victoria Park, Western Australia >> > > LOL. > > Some people hang up on them when they make the call, I'd recommend everyone > playing a game of "how long can I keep you on the phone." If everyone who > wised on to them tied up their time, it would work somewhat like a > scammer-DDOS. >
I usually just tell them to "hang on a minute" and don't go back to the phone for about 10 mins by which time they've hung up > Something else worth doing: if you are being phished via email, check that > the URL has no identifying details (so they know it came from your email > address) and fill out the form with fake info. If everyone filled out BS in > those forms, it would once again eat up the time of these people, and > perhaps help the banks see suspect logins when there are several failures on > non-existent accounts from a certain IP address/range. > > http://www.419eater.com/ is a website where the scammer gets scammed. > Somewhat amusing if you have the time to take a look. > -- > Les Hughes > [email protected]
