[LINK] I am from the Windows Department and we want to solve serious problems with your computer etc

[Frank O'Connor]

Yeah, I get calls from those clowns once every two weeks.

Theoretically I should refer the matter to the cops, as they're 
running a scam and taking advantage of the ignorant ... but 
practically, if I have the time, tell them I'm running Windows 8.5 
under Bootcamp 4.7 on top of the Mac OS X 10.9 kernel from a time 
shifted cloud. I then tell them that I use Nortons version 20.14 and 
start asking them for technical advice concerning each aspect of the 
system, with particular reference to the threats they are selling me. 
I then start asking questions about Trojans, viruses, DOS attacks and 
other nasties. Sadly, they soon get tired of it and hang up, but I 
can only hope that the accruing phone bill starts to make this scam 
uneconomic.

It's fun being retired.     :)

					Regards,
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At 4:25 PM +1000 15/4/11, Antony Barry wrote:
>Linkers
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>I seem to be getting these foolish calls a couple of times a month. 
>The callers have always been male, usually with a bad phone line and 
>a strong accent which I assume is Indian but maybe is from elsewhere 
>in South Asia. They address me by name. I've tried to string them 
>along for a while to see what I can find out how they intend to 
>extract money from me but the accent and the poor line makes it 
>difficult.
>
>On this latest occasion I managed to get as far as finding they 
>wanted me to connect to http://www.ammyy.com/en/ which sells remote 
>desktop software for Windows. They said they were going to show me 
>that there was a problem. My assumption was that their plan was to 
>for me to download and install it when they could take over my 
>computer and "prove" that I had problems after which no doubt they 
>would sell me some non-existant service to "fix" the problem. At 
>this stage I gave him a bit of abuse and I told them I used Mac OS. 
>Mostly they hang up when I tell them that.
>
>He started off wanting me to boot up my computer and click the 
>various windows icons like start which I said I couldn't see (of 
>course). He asked what could I see. I said mail (giving them a hint 
>I wasn't on windows), firefox and chrome and at he broke in and 
>wanted me to start chrome and gave me the URL which took a while 
>because his vowel sounds were accented. At that point I decided 
>enough was enough.
>
>I've had great fun by starting off by asking "which computer?" which 
>causes confusion. Also I suggest that if they know my computer has 
>virus problems then must know it's IP number. I had one clown who 
>gave me a number in the 800s. Also requests for my host name fall on 
>deaf ears.
>
>No doubt many of you have experienced this.
>
>I presume this scam must be pretty successful as I keep getting calls.
>
>Tony
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