Wow never heard of these scams before. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad
> On May 19, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > From what you related I know my wife and I have chuckled at this guy several > times before hanging up. > Pitiful! > J > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 19, 2016, at 5:28 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
