I'm from Microsoft, there's something wrong with your computer

[BrilloPad]

After a very bad day, I get one of these. I did not think and gave them credit card number.

I realized one hour later. Credit card cancelled. Payment refunded. Computer rebuilt.

It taught me a lesson.

There is a reason for everything. And sometimes that reason is total stupidity.

Hands up. My fault.

[DimPrawn]

After a very bad day, I get one of these. I did not think and gave them credit card number.

I realized one hour later. Credit card cancelled. Payment refunded. Computer rebuilt.

It taught me a lesson.

There is a reason for everything. And sometimes that reason is total stupidity.

Hands up. My fault.

Jeez, I can understand some old dear falling for it, but............have you lost your mind?

[BrilloPad]

Jeez, I can understand some old dear falling for it, but............have you lost your mind?

Fair comment.

I post on CUK. What more evidence do you need?

It was a very bad day.

[mudskipper]

Fair comment.

I post on CUK. What more evidence do you need?

It was a very bad day.

[SimonMac]

After a very bad day, I get one of these. I did not think and gave them credit card number.

I realized one hour later. Credit card cancelled. Payment refunded. Computer rebuilt.

It taught me a lesson.

There is a reason for everything. And sometimes that reason is total stupidity.

Hands up. My fault.

Oh Suity!

[SimonMac]

Funnily enough I just had "Alan" from the Microsoft Windows department on the phone wanting to talk to me about my computer.

I just kept quite while he said "Can you hear me? Are you there?" for about 3 minutes before hanging up.

What really makes me angry is that BT should be doing far, far more in blocking these scam calls. When I spoke to BT last time they really weren't very interested.

Landline-telephony is broken. I don't want anyone to be able to call me ( or my family ) at home from anywhere in the world.

I really wonder why I have a landline. I never use it. The kids never use it. The missus never uses it. The only calls we get on it are cold-calls.

It's almost as pointless as daily postal deliveries ... there's nothing in them except junk mail that goes straight to the bin. One delivery a week would be better.

Not sure what BT could do, most of the calls will originate from outside the UK

[mudskipper]

Funnily enough I just had "Alan" from the Microsoft Windows department on the phone wanting to talk to me about my computer.

According to the logmein session on mother's computer, her chap was called David Happy. Which is a nice name.

Edit: He crops up a lot! http://uk.whocalledme.com/PhoneNumbe...2441001/page:2

[DimPrawn]

Please report the hack/fraud attempt here:

Action Fraud
http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/new...computer-jan15

[sartois]

Funnily enough I just had "Alan" from the Microsoft Windows department on the phone wanting to talk to me about my computer.

I just kept quite while he said "Can you hear me? Are you there?" for about 3 minutes before hanging up.

What really makes me angry is that BT should be doing far, far more in blocking these scam calls. When I spoke to BT last time they really weren't very interested.

Landline-telephony is broken. I don't want anyone to be able to call me ( or my family ) at home from anywhere in the world.

I really wonder why I have a landline. I never use it. The kids never use it. The missus never uses it. The only calls we get on it are cold-calls.

It's almost as pointless as daily postal deliveries ... there's nothing in them except junk mail that goes straight to the bin. One delivery a week would be better.

Am I the only one who loves getting these sort of calls... gives me great pleasure in asking them what I should be doing to fix the problem, telling them that no that didn't work, asking what a browser is, asking how to start this and that, where to type stuff in as I can't find that key etc, generally being a complete twit, then asking why exactly my zx spectrum would develop a microsoft problem when its not made by them...

Maybe I need to get out more!

[vetran]

Not sure what BT could do, most of the calls will originate from outside the UK

well as they should get the private routing information (only we see number witheld, BT see the number so they can charge termination fees) they could block numbers used for these scams.They are complicit in this. Similar could be said for premium rate scams.

I would like to see dial "scam" e.g. 5643 after a call and the number is automatically tagged as scam. Once the number has > 100 complaints it automatically goes to a automated message which gives the originator a chance to pay an administration fee with a credit card and prove they are not a scam.