Cold callers purporting to be technical support

[PAH]

It did throw her for a second, she was in the middle of trying to get me download Teamviewer and had to think on her feet to give me some random number. Probably why the man we got when we called back sounded so confused

Unlikely she plucked a totally random valid number out of thin air. She probably gave out her boyfriends number, or her own home number and her dad answered.

Or it was the number of the previous mug she had called.

[PAH]

I normally keep them on the line long enough to open up a new VM and see how dumb I can play

Great idea. I'm going to set up a honey trap VM now, with a CIA desktop background, and as many viruses as I can find that can penetrate via TeamViewer.

Sod's law I'll never get 'the call' then, so not a total waste of time.

[DodgyAgent]

From a head hunters point of view, do any of you get calls asking for names of employees of the company? and how easy is to get hands on employee lists/structure charts?

[RSoles]

At the bank on a previous contract someone rang me and asked for an outside line.

Great idea if you need to ring Auntie Aggy in Oz.

[BrilloPad]

I got a cold call yesterday asking if I have been involved in road traffic accident in last 3 years. I spent 2 minutes swearing at them - I threatened to make them look like they had been in an RTA and to cut their nuts off. A bit difficult as the caller was a woman.....

[Paddy]

Great idea. I'm going to set up a honey trap VM now, with a CIA desktop background, and as many viruses as I can find that can penetrate via TeamViewer.

Sod's law I'll never get 'the call' then, so not a total waste of time.

Or a huge p0no background.

[Moscow Mule]

Are they still going?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...r-baiting.html

[fullyautomatix]

I rarely get cold callers since I dont distribute my number liberally. However, in the last 6 months I have had many calls from agents wanting to get me my PPI reimbursed. I ask them , what PPI ? and they keep telling me that in the past I have taken out a mortgage or a loan and that i was missold PPI. God knows who sold them this info. Could be the mortgage company.

Another cold call I get is the no win no fee chaps who think I was in an accident and that I could be in line for compo. Again I have no idea how they got my number, the only time I was in distress while driving was when my wipers stopped working in heavy rain and I pulled over and rang AA but could not get through and drove back home in heavy rain with no wipers (). AA could have sold my number . Its all a bit dodgy.

[BrilloPad]

IAnother cold call I get is the no win no fee chaps who think I was in an accident and that I could be in line for compo. Again I have no idea how they got my number

They randomly call phone numbers.

[MarillionFan]

They randomly call phone numbers.

Better to phone up and sat 'Mr/Mrs Xxx, we know what you did last summer. We want £5000 or we tell your partner and the police'

Bound to be more fruitful.