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Computer Scam - Cold Calls

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  • #52
    GoldenLight
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭GoldenLight


    Scruffles wrote: »
    dad only uses his ubuntu partition now and he got phoned by them once,he said he was a indian guy with poor english called dave.
    he kept the guy on the phone for ages,pretending to be trying to find the event window/system logs,it pissed the guy off more and more as he tried to get dad to check out the logs, eventualy he told the guy he worked out the problem; he hadnt turned the computer on nor did he use windows anymore,good old dads computer illiteracy won through in the end and desperate dave hung up.

    I love this reply, my Mom would be the same (she uses the same OS), as for the spell checkers, give it a rest, it not as if you didn't understand the guy (and you really are making yourselfs look like gob****es)

    Luckily enough I've never experienced the phone call, but I generally won't give out it (my phone number) to sites I don't trust, eg hotmail/gmail/facebook they all ask for your mobile number, I reckon that is where they get your numbers from. (maybe not, who knows):)


  • #53
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Never had a call but had great crack reading this thread


  • #54
    TroutMask
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭TroutMask


    Duck Soup wrote: »
    I have a Mac, but sometimes I also have a lot of time on my hands. Last year a nice lady with an Indian accent called me saying she was from Microsoft Security Centre (or somesuch) and that my system software had been compromised.

    I just chatted along happily - I was really bored - and pretended to follow her instructions. In between, I managed to start a monologue about what I was doing that day, what it reminded me about times past etc.

    After 40 minutes, I was still digressing into infinity and the woman was sounding weary and desperate to get off the phone. Eventually she mumbled "I have to go now" and I was still asking her what to do next on my fictional Windows computer. I never did get tell her about my 12th birthday party.

    That's great - i do something similar with them - it's like a don't get mad get even scenario :)


  • #55
    saintlysinner
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭saintlysinner


    Had the same call just yesterday, thankfully was clued up enough to know it was a scam although dialling code and number were a bit of a give away 001234567890.....when i was informed there was a problem with my windows, i advised the wonderfully kind Indian lady, i was hoping there was no real damage done, as i had just had them all replaced with double glazing....and did she think that an anti-virus would protect my windows in the future, as i was now slightly concerned about viruses or corrupted files, hitting my new windows and causing un-told damages!! needless to say they hung up :)


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