[chbot] surprise phone call from an Indian PC tech ?

[Charles Manning]

I must have had 10-15 of these calls and have had my fun....

Sometimes I pretend to be the dim witted user and thank them for
calling to help. I then struggle to boot the computer and find do the
things they say (eg. can't find the program they want me to run) and
eventually I say I wonder if it is because I use Linux. If I can waste
15 minutes of their time that is 15 minutes that they are not scamming
someone else.

Sometimes I just tell them straight up that I use Linux.

Sometimes I tell them I'm a programmer and know it is a scam.


 They just hang up with no goodbye if you say the L word or let on
you're involved in IT.


On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:43 PM, jimmy allen <jimmy1248 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> It is quite fun pissing these people around, isn't it.
> This scam was mentioned on Fair Go a couple months ago.
> I think in the end I got the numbers blocked.
>
> Jimmy
>
> On 11/16/11, m.beckett at amuri.net <m.beckett at amuri.net> wrote:
>> You're lucky .... can I have your phone number.
>>
>> We've had about 10 or 12.
>> Even the wife doesn't fall for it.... she can tell its a skype type
>> call by the delay.
>>
>> Anyway the best idea is to ask them to hold while you go start your
>> slow computer.
>> 10 minutes later she was still there waiting.....while I informed her
>> it was just about ready.
>>
>>
>>
>> mark
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:40:15 +1300, Mark Atherton wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
>>> [1] - makes interesting reading.
>>>
>>>  You can decide for yourself if it is a hoax when the phone rings
>>> (mine has done so twice) !
>>>
>>>  Please pass this on to your friends.
>>>
>>>  -Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1]
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
>>
>>
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