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AmEv
09-07-2012, 04:40 PM
http://notalwaysworking.com/its-curtains-on-this-scam/26358




(My mum has a dislike for dishonest telemarketers, and has no qualms wasting their time. One day, just such a telemarketer calls, and my mom answers.)

Mum: “Hello?”

Telemarketer: “Hi, I’m calling you from the Windows Service Centre. We’ve been informed you’re downloading a virus every time you open Windows.”

Mum: *sarcastically* “Oh, really? I’m looking at my windows now, and they’re fine.”

Telemarketer: “Oh, no, we’ve been informed of a virus. If you can open Windows, I will help you fix—”

Mum: “But my windows are already open!”

Telemarketer: “N-no, those are the windows in your house.”

Mum: “Yeah, I’m opening and closing them right now. What is it you want me to do with them exactly?”

Telemarketer: “Open your Windows, please.”

Mum: “But they are open! There’s a lovely breeze as well.”

Telemarketer: “No! The Windows on your computer!”

Mum: “Oh yeah, I don’t have a computer.”

Telemarketer: *click*
TLHarrell
09-08-2012, 04:04 PM
Lol.
Swilken
09-10-2012, 12:24 PM
Worth a laugh. Telemarketers are a pain...

Thanks for the link to that site by the way... Some interesting stuff on there.
Cale_Hagan
09-12-2012, 06:39 PM
http://notalwaysworking.com/its-curtains-on-this-scam/26358

last time i received that call a few months back, i wasted 40+ minutes of their time asking about the virus, how it happened, etc... etc... then started to follow some of the steps, then more questions, more questions... hahaha i figure i am a hero... saving other people from getting scammed... :santa:

also, my brother got a call. he totally trolled them, and i could barely keep from laughing in the background constantly. :whistler:
AmEv
09-12-2012, 06:47 PM
They haven't called me yet. When they do, I'm ready with a Linux VM.
Cale_Hagan
09-12-2012, 07:36 PM
They haven't called me yet. When they do, I'm ready with a Linux VM.

they try to get you to go to a website with remote log in stuff.
AmEv
09-12-2012, 08:06 PM
they try to get you to go to a website with remote log in stuff.

Three things I have to say:

1: It's a VM. They can't totally mess up my machine.
2: They more than likely don't have stuff for Linux.
3: I have no personal stuff in the VM. So, no data loss.
3a: I can totally say it's just a new computer.
TheGreatSatan
09-18-2012, 12:15 PM
Is this happening in the US?
Snowman
09-18-2012, 01:17 PM
If it is I hope they call me
AmEv
09-18-2012, 02:10 PM
^Ditto.

What I plan to do is a Ubuntu Server VM. Totally throw them off.