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Post by nugget893 on May 5, 2011 14:52:24 GMT 10
I just got a phone call from my son who is a computer technician and is in he's own business. He was just telling me he got a call from a chap from overseas saying he is from Microsoft and that he is on line to fix my sons computer as they have had reports that there is something was wrong with it and all he had to do was follow their prompts to get it up and running on line properly. He told this guy to f*** off and that he himself was a computer tech. and that there is nothing wrong with he's computer. But the guy insisted that he is from Microsoft and that this is a legit call and that there is something wrong. My son has informed me that Microsoft do not ring anyone or try and fix your computer on line, and if anyone gets this type of call tell them to F***off. This is a new way scammers are getting into your computers.
Nugget893
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Post by john on May 5, 2011 16:42:19 GMT 10
Thanks for the warning Nugget893
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Post by whimsies on May 5, 2011 17:26:19 GMT 10
I had that call, working in IT had him one the line for 30mins before telling him to F*** off
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Post by hennes on May 5, 2011 17:36:19 GMT 10
;D ;D ;D just had a call from some Knik Knok that I had a virus in my computer, I went along with his bullsh...t ,then I asked if it was ok if the police could listening to our conversation , the bugger hung up. What sort of business is he running, he will never make any money that way. ;D ;D ;D thanks Nugget  Hennes  |
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Post by Ric on May 5, 2011 20:15:40 GMT 10
Yep I got one of those calls a couple of months back. So did my son. I said to the very Indian sounding person "What makes you think I have a F**kn computer"? The reply was.........."But you must,everyone has got one"  I then told him he had called the Federal Police office in Sydney and he hung up  ...I wonder why?? ;D ;D |
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Post by brucej on May 5, 2011 22:53:38 GMT 10
I got a few of them, just keep them on the line as long as possible and run up their phone bill
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Post by dazasmalt on May 6, 2011 16:10:51 GMT 10
Same phone call, he wouldn't beleive me when I said I don't have a computer after some dicussions he took my advice and F##### Off
Cheers Daza
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Post by wally on May 7, 2011 9:13:23 GMT 10
Yep, someone rang my So in Law pretending to be Microsoft a few weeks ago. He strung them along for a bit until they wanted remote access to his computer and Neil asked them if they thought he was that stupid and hung up on them.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2011 19:30:33 GMT 10
See they did a story on this tonight on A Current Affair . Trying to warn people , hopefully they will take notice .
Ron
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2011 14:41:01 GMT 10
They finally made it up this way , just received THE call , said sorry , don't own a computer , was asked about any other family members , he didn't like my reply .Can't understand why . ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Ric on Jun 16, 2011 20:59:04 GMT 10
They are persistent. We have had three calls over the last few months.
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...I wonder why?? ;D ;D