Igor PDML-StR wrote: >Yep, and "You've got a virus on your computer" is yet another popular one. >I've had those calling me a couple of times. >The last time I asked: on which computer? >The guy asked: "How many do you have?" >I: 12 ><hangs up> > >A more interesting variation of that is described here: >http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/11/malwarebytes
Another common scam is the debt collector demanding you pay a fictitious debt. Somewhere on YouTube there's a hilarious video in which one of those crooks calls the emergency phone in an elevator! (Apparently at least some of those emergency calls can accept incoming calls.) They guy in the elevator keeps trying to explain "you've called an *elevator* here!" but the Indian scammer isn't having it. My own response messages in Phone Tray Free are varied to suit the scam, but they all begin with me saying "Hello?" in the normal tone of voice in which I usually answer the phone, followed by a pause. This gets the phone bank drone on the other end to pick up, thinking he's got someone on the line (if you don't waste some of their time it just leaves them free to hit more numbers, one of which might be someone who could fall for their ploy). For the numbers that belong to the credit card scammers the "hello" is followed by the DTMF signal for "1" (because you have to press 1 to get to a live operator). Then there's a minute or two of a recording of me pretending to be sealing with a bad connection. Frustrates and annoys them no end :) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
