New twist to hoax Microsoft callers

Gobethewall

Just had a call from an Indian sounding (Asian) 'gentleman' with the usual Microsoft scam, except, this time he claimed to be calling from Eircom. When I challenged him he insisted he was ringing from Eircom based in Dublin 8 and that I could speak to his supervisor if I didn't believe him. It was the usual scam looking for access to my computer to clear infections and speed it up.
I kept telling him I didn't believe him just to keep him talking for a while. He eventually told me to f off and hung up.
Just thought I'd post in case people are not aware that they are now actually pretending to be calling from Eircom and could catch somebody out.

ectoraige

That's good to know, guess localisation really is a booming sector.

Mr. G

Gobethewall wrote: »

He eventually told me to f off and hung up.

LOL.

The worrying thing is that people will actually believe him.

The whole telecoms industry is very hard to regulate due to how VoIP works. By the way, Caller ID means nothing and it can easily be spooled.

Gobethewall

He pushed the fact that he was ringing from Eircom and certainly if his English was better you could be taken in.
He even gave Eircom's address and wanted me to speak to his supervisor. I asked if I could ring his supervisor, he didn't like that!

These crooks are still obviously making money at this

degsie

Imagine, somebody pretending to from eircom and is offering help! That's a good one alright....