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pc scammers

dekop · 2012-04-20 11:54:47

Just got call from indian bloke who tried to scam me, usual trick pc has virus, press ctrl, fn button ect, any ways played along for a while, about 10 mins, got bored and said pc was talking to me, told him pc said this is bulls++t, poor bloke got so confused, could not believe it , with me chuckling over the phone, he…

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20-04-2012 12:54pm

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dekop

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Just got call from indian bloke who tried to scam me, usual trick pc has virus, press ctrl, fn button ect, any ways played along for a while, about 10 mins, got bored and said pc was talking to me, told him pc said this is bulls++t, poor bloke got so confused, could not believe it , with me chuckling over the phone, he still tried to carry on saying pc was infected, had to hang up then.

Just wondering is there anyone out there who has actually being caught out by these jokers?:)

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#2 20-04-2012 12:57pm
hellboy99

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Plenty of stories about it on this thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055837564

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#3 20-04-2012 2:34pm
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as already posted, this has been discussed in depth already on this forum. closing this thread.

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