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Just got a call from microsoft

roguey · 2011-01-31 12:36:34

ok, so i just came home to find my mother in the middle of a conversation with a man on the phone claiming to be from microsoft. He just rang up out of the blue saying that our computer had lots of viruses and had sent them messages to them or something and we did not reply so he rang. He guided my mother through some…

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#52 05-09-2018 12:52pm

Steve F

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brightspark wrote: »

Got a call yesterday from them, he asked me to run "cmd" then "assoc". When I told him the CLSID number at the end didn't match the number he called out (I lied) twice he just hung up.

They are messing with caller ID on the phones too, making it appear like a local number.

They are using Skype to go numbers make it look like they are calling from Ireland

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#53 08-09-2018 4:34pm

Fionn

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My call showed 'unknown number' so there must be a few of them at it.

I remember a few years ago being told by a telecom tech that if you didn't hang up, you'd tie that particular line up on them and every time they picked up their phone they'd be still connected, I don't think that applies any longer. afaik the line disconnects after 10 minutes.

I'f love to know how we could push back at them, maybe a very loud whistle or something.

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