Telephone Scam - "microsoft" & Teamviewer

[OnOff]

Just had a call from my chippy mate who's an absolute Luddite tbh.

His wife (ditto the Luddite bit) took a call from an Indian sounding chap called "Wayne" at Microsoft. Wayne stated on the lines that their "IP address had been used abroad" etc. Mate said they tried to get into his pc using Teamviewer but apparently couldn't - watch this space I suppose to see if they did! Ended up with Wayne getting irate and putting his "supervisor". Was on the phone for an hour! Good chance I reckon that they got in but said they hadn't.

Got to laugh as the pc is running Zorin/Ubuntu so that might be the saving grace if the scammer was directing my mate expecting him to be on a Windoze pc.

My mate's comment tbh sums it up. There he is asking my advice as to whether it's a scam or not still wanting to believe that the internet is powered by magic and run by nice people who sit there looking to see if you've got a problem -  "Cos they can tell can't they if your computers running slow?".

Him/his missus have given their bank details away TWICE over the phone FFS!

 

[Andy™]

they phoned me a few years ago. after 5 minutes, they hung up...

 

[OnOff]

If they sound foreign:

- In response to them asking my name (which I don't give) I ask and usually get theirs

- Still without confirming my real name I inform them I am Rajesh Ramayan Koothrappali but they can call me Raj.

- I then say I don't believe their name's "Nigel" and that it's probably Lachwinder, Apu etc and that they're no doubt calling from a call centre in Mumbai

I then change tack and start ordering off the curry menu "Sorry can I change the jalfrezi from a chicken to a king prawn and the keema to a peshwari?"

Usually there's a a stunned silence and I'll offer to talk for as long as they like if they can hang on whilst I go grab a beer as it's not my phone bill and it's not me who won't make my quota. Asking whether they prefer Redtube or Youporn, followed by whether they click Gay or Straight usually gets them to hang up.

Haven't had nearly as many of late for some reason..........

 

[kerching]

I Wind them up, keep,them going for as long as i can manage.,get them to repeat everything a couple of times

Give them some made up Bank details and then keep correcting them

Then explain that i do not have a PC or even a phone line

 

[Evans Electric]

Just had a call from my chippy mate who's an absolute Luddite tbh.

His wife (ditto the Luddite bit) took a call from an Indian sounding chap called "Wayne" at Microsoft. Wayne stated on the lines that their "IP address had been used abroad" etc. Mate said they tried to get into his pc using Teamviewer but apparently couldn't - watch this space I suppose to see if they did! Ended up with Wayne getting irate and putting his "supervisor". Was on the phone for an hour! Good chance I reckon that they got in but said they hadn't.

Got to laugh as the pc is running Zorin/Ubuntu so that might be the saving grace if the scammer was directing my mate expecting him to be on a Windoze pc.

My mate's comment tbh sums it up. There he is asking my advice as to whether it's a scam or not still wanting to believe that the internet is powered by magic and run by nice people who sit there looking to see if you've got a problem -  "Cos they can tell can't they if your computers running slow?".

Him/his missus have given their bank details away TWICE over the phone FFS!

OOoh  dear  !  

Microsoft  call us about 5 times a week ,  its usually David ,   I ought to send him a Christmas Card  this year . 

We have the answer machine on all the time .  But they still catch us out .

I said to "Dave"  once , your English is very good , do you know the term  Flock off ?   Oh yes indeed I very aquainted with term .    Well would you mind flocking off & never calling again .     No no no  I am here to help with your ailing PC ...I cannot be flocking off!!

 

[OnOff]

My same mate has, to my mind, just been tucked up into pre-paying for his and his missus's funerals to the tune of £4K each (payable in instalments). Apparently the sales lady was really good and they never realised "what could happen to their loved ones should they die early etc". 

Still, at least they managed to get a similar company to sort their wills out before that!

And then.........he rang me again a while back to say "We having our windows done what do you reckon?". He'd already signed up with Anglian windows who'd knocked on the door! No getting 3 quotes! The best bit was he ALREADY had UPVC double glazing!

Still I scored a new back door out of it (his old front door)!  :lol:

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Longest i managed to waste there time was about 50 min, it was a cold wet Sunday afternoon with nothing on tv.

 

[steptoe]

It works quite well when you finally get round to saying

"the windows thing, do you mean the Linux logo?"