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Just had my first one.
Ring ring. Answer. Pause. Click. 'Hello sir I am phoning from Microsoft, our servers have picked up a virus on your home computer and'
'Are your parents proud of what you do, trying to scam people?'
'From Microsoft, our servers have picked up'
'Is your mum proud of you?'
'Our servers have'
'What about your dad? Is he proud'
'errrr virus'
'you sir are in a call centre in India, a conman, a scammer, do your parents know'
'errr. Microsoft. Why do you say that, our servers'
'I know it's a fraud. This is the UK Police Fraud Department And I'm going to trace your call and ...'
'errr. Sorry sir, errr' Click
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Not phone call; but just had a page open that started "scanning" my PC and "finding" all sorts of malware and it almost fooled me, it looked so exactly like an authentic Windows control panel page that I bet a lot of people would get taken in and dowload their "remedy". Beware! These bastards are getting better all the time.
PS Googling "Atomic Rooster Devils Answer" - one of the Youtube or lyric links.
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I got a call a few months ago whilst sat on the bench and bored one afternoon. Managed to string them along for half an hour before pushing it too far by claiming to be the Lord High Priest of Cheshire and Lancashire. Apparently my laptop was the worst case they had ever come across.
When finally rumbled the cheeky tw*t at the other end accused me of deliberately wasting his time.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostI'm not sure if I'll get a KUATB for this, but has anyone else received these long-distance phone calls from abroad, claiming that they've been monitoring your hard disk and found a virus on it that could bring it down any second?
I had two such calls over the weekend. It would be funny if it wasn't serious.
I politely told them to fuck off, but I can imagine many falling for it.
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I love those phone calls but they always happen when i am not at home, i have left strict instructions with Mrs SM to ask them to call back later when i am home so i can find out exactly what they want me to do, i reckon i could string em along for ages
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostVirus phone scam being run from call centres in India | Technology | The Guardian
They must be working there way through the S's.
Thanks for the links by the way everyone. When I get a mo I'll have a look.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostI suspected as much. Last year, eh? I'm a bit disappointed that they've taken this long to get around to me. Especially as I have worked for Microsoft!
Anyway, I'm glad your mum escaped.
They must be working there way through the S's.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostKUATB.
There's a couple of threads end of last year.
Anyway, I'm glad your mum escaped.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostI'm not sure if I'll get a KUATB for this, but has anyone else received these long-distance phone calls from abroad, claiming that they've been monitoring your hard disk and found a virus on it that could bring it down any second?
I had two such calls over the weekend. It would be funny if it wasn't serious.
I politely told them to fuck off, but I can imagine many falling for it.
There's a couple of threads end of last year. They pretend to be Microsoft. Someone tried to get my old mum to sign up, after an hour and three different Indian call centre staff they still hadn't managed to get her to type the right install instructions. Eventually she slammed the phone down.
I phoned her up the other day with a thick Indian accent asking to speak to 'Mrs MF, this is Raj from Microsoft' she swore at me and then slammed the phone down. I phoned back ten minutes later and let her tell me that the bastards had tried it again.
(Then again I do sometimes answer the house phone in a Chinese accent and say 'Ying Ting restaurant what you want order? - Makes me laugh)
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Anti-virus software scam
I'm not sure if I'll get a KUATB for this, but has anyone else received these long-distance phone calls from abroad, claiming that they've been monitoring your hard disk and found a virus on it that could bring it down any second?
I had two such calls over the weekend. It would be funny if it wasn't serious.
I politely told them to fuck off, but I can imagine many falling for it.Tags: None
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