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Crazy calls from "microsoft"
- Thread starter Tom
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Had a couple of similar calls and I told them that it was odd seen as though I have a mac! Shut them up fairly pronto!
Nickson
ClioSport Club Member
I had exactly the same phonecall at home, but he was claiming to be from "Windows".
Saying my PC had been sending errors etc etc etc.
I played along for a bit, asking why he didn't work for Microsoft, and why Windows.
I got the response that Microsoft make the software, Windows is a separate company and they look after it.
Brilliant stuff! Idiots.
Nickson
ClioSport Club Member
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
If you tell them you're on a mac, they literally put the phone down. LOL
I work for Microsoft. We do not cold call customers. These are scammers that will have you open your event logs and tell you that the errors are viral. They will then have you agree to a remote session where they will mess about and 'confirm' infection. This is shortly followed by a request for payment to clean things up etc.
Bus w**ker
I had one of these a few weeks ago.
I played along for a while, sounding shocked as he told me my computer had a file that was rapidly increasing in size and needed to be removed. When he asked me to turn my PC on to remove it, I replied, ' I don't have a PC '.
He called me an asshole and slammed the phone down!!
I played along for a while, sounding shocked as he told me my computer had a file that was rapidly increasing in size and needed to be removed. When he asked me to turn my PC on to remove it, I replied, ' I don't have a PC '.
He called me an asshole and slammed the phone down!!
My nan and Grandad fell for this 
Sunflower Ph1 172
Comedy.
We have an extension that is specifically for telemarketers. It has a really cheery woman telling the caller that they're held in a queue because all the other operators are busy helping other telemarketers and that their call will probably never be answered and then tells them that they can listen to terrible music while they wait.
It then plays terrible music forever.
I remember transferring one telemarketer to it....he phoned back really irate so I transferred him there again.
It then plays terrible music forever.
I remember transferring one telemarketer to it....he phoned back really irate so I transferred him there again.
They have called me a few times,
I remember once they called me and said there from Microsoft and that my machine had problems etc etc and they could fix it if I gave them some information about my system and access to my pc, I knew it was a scam but thought, hmmm ill play along, this went on for a 5mins, then he said,
"Can he have access to my machine"
So i said,
"errrr that be a problem, I dont have a phone line or the internet so you wouldnt be able to gain access to it"
He then said, ok no problem and put the phone down on me.
I never laughed so hard in mylife, I was on the god dam phone to him but never clicked at what i said!
I remember once they called me and said there from Microsoft and that my machine had problems etc etc and they could fix it if I gave them some information about my system and access to my pc, I knew it was a scam but thought, hmmm ill play along, this went on for a 5mins, then he said,
"Can he have access to my machine"
So i said,
"errrr that be a problem, I dont have a phone line or the internet so you wouldnt be able to gain access to it"
He then said, ok no problem and put the phone down on me.
I never laughed so hard in mylife, I was on the god dam phone to him but never clicked at what i said!
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