On notes to the VM, I have a Vista VM setup that I made to look like an actual PC - wallpaper, desktop covered in crap, shittons of bloatware and no antivirus. Whenever they call next, I'm going to have some fun with them >:)
Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com On 20 June 2012 22:46, Dave Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20/06/12 22:20, Tom Sparks wrote: > >> 'We have been getting phone calls say "your computer has a problem..." >> Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10 >> question or some wacky replies >> > ... > > I am wondering what question or wacky replies would you come up with? >> >> > One night I tied them up for almost an hour. I just played along being a > really stupid user. > > The most annoying this was that my credit card was flagged as stolen just > days before, I wanted to give them the number to pay for their services, > but they wouldn't take it until they were done. I couldn't get an XP VM > installed in time for them to login to it. > > In the end I told them that they had called an IT consultant and that I > had enough information to track them down. During the call they gave me a > callback number which I tried from my mobile to see if it was legit, it > worked during the call and immediately after it, 20 mins later it stopped > working. Based on some research it was a SkypeIn number. I also reported > them to GoToMyPC or whatever service they were using for the remote login, > I got a positive response from them in a few hours. I have never got a > "virus" call since. > > Every time you string them along it is a lot potential victims they can't > call because they are busy with you. > > Cheers > > Dave > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au> >
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