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Topic: Windows Central calling
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Kokopelli
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posted November 07, 2014 08:00 AM
Just got another call from `Windows Central` to help me with a problem with my computer.
Heavy accent.
India or Pakistan ??
Total scam. Press control & some letter on the keyboard. Nothing happens. Then he tells me to backspace out my homepage info and type in the www address he gives.
Phishing or something, I believe.
I managed to jerk him around for 17 minutes before he started cursing me.
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Lonny
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posted November 07, 2014 08:31 AM
Koko,
I did the same thing a few weeks ago. Normally I just hang up or don't bother to pickup, but I was working right there and just put them on speaker phone and basically screwed with them by acting confused for the next 10 minutes.
"Ashley" with a heavy accent finally caught on and called me a "bloody fucker" and hung up. It actually made me feel kinda good. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Moe
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posted November 07, 2014 09:22 AM
There are two separate outfits calling me. One is from South Korea, country code +82, and another from the US. When I mistakenly answer I now tell them I don't have a computer. That ends the conversation.
The first time I got one of these calls I went through all the hoops. It ended with them telling me I had to buy an expensive program from them. I realized what a fool I'd been and told them off. They continued to call but if I answered the phone I picked up and said, McMinnville Police Department, fraud division. Sargent Friday speaking." I also answered, "Bateman's Mortuary, are you calling about a pickup or someone we're preparing a funeral for?"
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Leonard
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posted November 07, 2014 10:29 AM
I have had that sort of thing a number of times. Usually they tell me they have detected a problem with my computer and I need to press the windows key in the lower left corner. Always sounds like it's coming from Bangladesh, maybe Pak e stan?
I play along, can't find the key they want me to press to prove I have a virus, or whatever their motive?
For some reason they NEVER pick up on the reason why I can't seem to find the windows key. I don't have one on a MacBookPro.
After wasting their time, when I finally tell them what kind of computer I am using, they get pissed and CLICK, without a good bye. It's really quite satisfying.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Don't piss me off!
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jimanaz
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posted November 07, 2014 01:47 PM
I'm glad I disconnected my landline. It was very peaceful leading up to the elections.
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Kokopelli
SENIOR DISCOUNT & Dispenser of Sage Advice
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posted November 07, 2014 01:55 PM
Yeah, when he got pissed and told me he screws my sister, I told him that sis says he can't get it up unless there's a young boy in the room. The guy came unglued. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Whenever they want me to type something in the top line, I enter it into Google instead. Usually come up with several pages of fraud alerts.
The Hell of it is.......the damn fools keep calling me back. Slow learners.
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Leonard
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posted November 07, 2014 02:03 PM
I bet I got twenty insurance quote calls yesterday. Ok who's the funny man?
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KaBloomR
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posted November 07, 2014 04:06 PM
I can't understand a word those bastards are saying when they call me.
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