I also have had fun with these guys and have another variation - they ask me
to press a button on my computer and I say which one and they say the one
you are using now and I say I have 34 running right now which one do you
want. they then say the one with such and such a program and I say they all
have that program which one do you want me to use. After a bit more of the
same repeated time and again they soon get sick of it and hang up. This does
go on for some time occasionally but they soon get fed up. Or another one
that I sometimes use is "I haven't got a password for this computer at
present and the owner is away.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McLaughlin
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 10:30 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Phone Call
I kee3p them on the line for 10 - 15 minutes playing stupid. If they are
wasting their time with me, they can't make any progress in installing the
"hijacker" malware, and won't be scamming someone else during that time.
I also do something quite rude. I have purchased a whistle - metal whistle
like an athletic referee would use. I keep the scammer on as long as
possible, until I sense they are losing patience and are going to hang up
Then I suddlenly "get smart" and find whatever key they have been trying to
get me to use, and I announce: "Yes, I've found it. Here it is. Its my
whistle and I'm blowing it on you, you thief"
Then I blow the whistle as loudly as I can into the phone microphone.
It feels good to me. I don't think it sounds so good to the scammer.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Pierson <[email protected]> wrote:
My 84 year old mother received a call from someone claiming to be from
Microsoft. She too, had fun playing with them. She is a good example of a
Luddite when it comes to computers. I never got her to use one,
*"The Department of Redundancy Department"*
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:36 PM, James Knott <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 07/07/2015 06:13 PM, Mike B. Martisko wrote:
> > I just received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Apache,
> wanting to scan my computer, and install new drivers for the software I
> have. Open Office, 4.01. Is this a valid call? Please respond.
>
> One thing you can be sure of is when anyone calls you claiming to be
> Apache, Microsoft, your ISP etc., it's a scam where they're trying to
> install malware on your computer. I have had calls from "Microsoft"
> about problems on my computer. Funny thing is, I run Linux. I have let
> them run their line, where they tell me to click on the Start button
> etc. I then play dumb and tell them I can't see a Start button... I
> have a bit of fun that way, before they finally give up. ;-)
>
>
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