You know, the kind who cold call to tell you that they have detected a virus on your computer.
if you think it would be fun to talk to them, pm me
I tell them I don’t know why they’re calling me,I don’t have a computer…
I get enough calls from them on my own.
When I do, I recycle every uninformed question and comment I heard working a help desk. And then I wind up by either telling them I’ve worked in an IS field for many years and there’s no way in god’s green earth they’re getting remote access to my computer, or I keep playing dumb and say, “I’m running an Apple…”
Just tell them you’re running a PDP-11, and you didn’t know those could get viruses.
I’ve never been so lucky (but then I don’t answer my home phone, there are a bunch of hangups there when someone does call so maybe I’m missing my opportunity. :()
I’ve always wanted to use the bit I heard about when asking the caller (this was a supposed call to help desk) to open the window, the tech hears the phone being put down, footsteps & then when the caller picks it back up states that she opened the window as requested, but now it’s really cold. :smack:
I heve never had this iappen to me persoeally but since yooSDMB had a mantaince issue just the other day my speel chech isn’t working. Du you hive a nimber Y cold cawl. I thnk I hve a virs bec caus mi enriish not god.
Thunk yoo vevy muuuuuch
My daughter’s in-laws talked to them. They didn’t pay the money, but their computer was password protected at boot-up. As the family computer guy, it took me a day to use a Windows PE disc to get into the computer and use System Restore to get things back running.
Then it took another day to remove all the other virus and malware stuff; install Microsoft Essentials to have some free virus protection; and do all the Microsoft updates that they ignored for a couple of years.
They paid me in beer. Lots of very good beer.
Oh my. I feel your pain.
This crap is a pain in the ass (as with any other type of scam).
There have been times when I wanted to track down their asses and hijack their bank accounts and retire to Belize.
Oh wait…I have already done that.
Anyway…Thieves is the word.
AND DON’T CLICK ON LINKS IN YOUR EMAILS MOM. 
I just pretend to be half-deaf and half-senile to get them to keep repeating stuff until I can find a big loud whistle.
I just ask the scammer if his mother know’s he’s a thief and a swindler.
I do this too! And I ask him for his mother’s phone number so I can call her up and rob her the way he’s robbing other people’s mothers.
(Thick foreign accent) “Hello, this is Christopher from technical support. We’ve detected a virus in your computer.”
(Me) “Really? I’ll check it out immediately. Thanks for calling!”
CLICK
Most fun I’ve had on a phone call in years.