Scam

[Die5el]

I know this isnt to do with vaping please delete if it isnt appropriate yesterday afternoon i had a phone call from a woman claiming to be from microsoft saying that i had downloaded a file which had a viruses and it was affecting the network so i though i would play a long for a while .she wanted me to download a file from them(PLEASE DON'T DOWNLOAD). Then she wanted remote access to my computer please do not give them remote access to your pc (THEY WILL LOCK YOU OUT OF YOUR PC) and try to get your bank details ,after i had enough of her and her bull crap i told her that my pc was running linux she slammed the phone down lol i wasted about half hour of her time so please dont fall for this scam or your bank balance will be a lot lighter ..

[katiekoo]

I've had these calls in the past, played along acting dumb for ages before telling them I use a Mac... Lol.
Best advice is never give out any personal details or allow access to anyone phoning. X

[robby]

Yes, you can also be offered a free scan to see if your computer is okay. What they dont tell you is that their "free scan" is also planting viruses etc which can pop up at any time in the future. Never ever believe any of these cold calling offers are genuine. Apart from anything else there is loads of free stuff available, but check out reviews etc first and get advice if you aren`t experienced.

[igual]

Anouther variant is they say hi I'm **** from Microsoft your PC sending viruses proof is go to my computer click etc etc etc eventually you'll have a screen open with a supposed unique code well your supposed to think its unique but it's same on all versions of windows.
Played one of these along for half hour till I told him our computer was a Linux box.
Told him to f off.
He phoned bk irate as hell saying he was going to hack me yada yada, probably didn't help that I was wetting myself with laughter at the time.

[toots]

Yeah, even over here we have this scam. I just tell 'em I'm 92 years old and don't have a computer, they even called me a liar once

They have also phoned my mother-in-law who is 92 and doesn't have a computer and they don't believe her either

[robby]

Dec 13, 2014 12:16:24 GMT toots said:

Yeah, even over here we have this scam. I just tell 'em I'm 92 years old and don't have a computer, they even called me a liar once

They have also phoned my mother-in-law who is 92 and doesn't have a computer and they don't believe her either

Should have told them you dont have a phone either lololol That would have worked

[toots]

Dec 13, 2014 12:26:58 GMT robby said:

Dec 13, 2014 12:16:24 GMT toots said:

Yeah, even over here we have this scam. I just tell 'em I'm 92 years old and don't have a computer, they even called me a liar once

They have also phoned my mother-in-law who is 92 and doesn't have a computer and they don't believe her either

Should have told them you dont have a phone either lololol That would have worked

[Roger]

Had another of these the other day, played along for a bit, then when he asked me what it said on the screen I replied:

"Do you think I am a mug? now **** off you stupid scamming t**t"

For some reason he slammed the phone down on me

[rughead121]

I prefer the blast of a whistle down the phone method.

I don't know if it actually hurts them but I have extracted quite a few satisfying yelps

[davetherayon]

Phone 'help' pc scams have been around for a while. They claim to know your PC has a virus or other problem, and direct you to look at the Event Log on your PC, which will show a lot of red X's - they are perfectly normal, and nothing to worry about. Tell them to eff off. Or better still, Start > type run > and type cmd, then in the black window that comes up type ipconfig and hit enter. Among all the crap that comes up is a 'IPv4 Address', ask THEM to tell YOU what it is (do NOT tell them what it is!). Only someone actually connected to your PC will know it. Actually skip that, just tell them to eff off

[Roger]

Talking about cold calls, I've always loved this one:  WARNING does contain a smidgen of bad language

[decoy]

have to admit to wasteing there time as well
i let them rabbit on for a bit and then tell them in using a tatung einstein with dr logic as the op sytem can they please send me the right install file they seem toget the idear after doing a google

[robby]

hehehe decoy lol

[rughead121]

Dec 13, 2014 15:00:57 GMT decoy said:

have to admit to wasteing there time as well
i let them rabbit on for a bit and then tell them in using a tatung einstein with dr logic as the op sytem can they please send me the right install file they seem toget the idear after doing a google

The scary part of that is......

I remember nagging my parents for one of those. Instead they got me an Amstrad CPC464

[decoy]

ive still got it 256k of pure unadulterated power
the good thig about them is you can load it up with whatever op you like and its good for teaching my kid coad(and its got jet set willy hehehe)