Do windows ring to tell you your computer is infected.

[Short Norman]

Just had a phone call on the house phone from some foreign bloke claiming to be from windows (not Microsoft). He proceeded to tell me that they've had notifications that my computer has been infected and that the bad guys are using it to get all my personal information.

I hung up on him.

The number was 003645594533 (an oversea's number, I believe)

Was I right to hang up? I'm backing up my laptop now just to be sure.

 

[Pedro19]

Ignore.

That is all.

 

[Bodge!]

Scam.

They get you to go on a website, then they rinse you dry via the card details you put in.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Ohh noes.

Not the bad guys !?

 

[Owen92]

Should of gone along with it up until the point they ask you to put your details in, and then just mention that you are using a Macbook.

 

[Short Norman]

He did tell me to go and turn my computer on.

I was alway going to hang up, just wanted to listen to a bit of his speech.

Im always suspicious when someone rings claiming to be from a company that I use. I'd never give out any info to someone that's rang me, I always ring them back.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

He did tell me to go and turn my computer on.

You should have asked how he knows it's infected when it's off ?

I honestly can't wait for one of these bellends to call me.

I'm going to lead them on for a while then ask to speak to Bill.

 

[jenic]

Been going a while now this scam, I got it the other month.

Kept him on the phone for about 10 minutes, he never really got why I couldn't find the start button lol

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Imagine when these idiots realise people also use Macs.

"Hi, I'm calling from OS X......"

 

[Wick]

Ohh noes.

Not the bad guys !?

I lol'd at this too. How old do they think people are.... 4?

 

[Alastair.]

I had this a few weeks ago, proper plonker.

 

[TOGUSA]

best reply to this that i come up with is to say that your switching it on, wait 5min. tell him that its an old 486 system running windows 3.1. once you do get to the "start screen" and he asks you to vist a web page, give him the old 56k modem sound down the phone.
see how long he stays on the line then lol.

 

[JezzaMac]

They phoned my mate to tell him the same thing, he then told them politely before hanging up that he had a mac.

 

[Inequality Street]

This has been going on for ages! I used to work for the Debit Fraud Team for LloydsTSB about a year ago, and this was a very common one!

Worked very well on the elderly, and you never got your money back as you gave away your card details

 

[Chapster5]

Friend of mine said he already had double glazing... How can they be infected. LOL

 

[Chapppers11]

Wish they'd ring me, I'd love a play.

 

[Pete Nov]

Just tell them theyre absolutely wrong as all you have is Macs in the house, they will then abruptly put the phone down.

 

[MDP91]

Call them back and say your calling from Microsoft and you've had a notification that all their PC's are infected.

 

[Scutch]

They phoned my parents house and my dad answered and kept him going for about 15 minutes before telling him they didn't even have a computer.

Huge scam and it's pretty common at the moment.

 

[Addicted]

This is probably the best example of these cowboys, absolutely hilarious if you have time to watch it!

 

[Wilkeh]

It's a scam mate. They basically infect your PC with a virus and then demand money to remove it. Got a mate who trolled it, some quite funny bits if you want to listen to it.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...e-trolling-the-quot-Microsoft-quot-virus-scam

 

[Snakey]

These scammy f*****s ring my house every other day.

I just keep them on the phone and play dumb, at least while they're talking to me they can't scam any other gullible oap. And it pisses the right off. 'Im clicking it but nothing's happening? I'll just... Damn it's gone off, I need to restart the computer...'