Hi my name is Linda and I am calling from Microsoft...

xJcBx · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:14

I've done it before with a Virtual Machine on my Mac, they didn't get past my antivirus. Dragged it out for at least half an hour though

Rubbish virus was rubbish.

Cheetah Designs · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:18

jaybee said:
How on earth do they get my ****** number?

Http://www.192.com

NathanT · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:30

Getting hit with a lot of these recently.

I've now resorted to taking the phone in to the garden, telling the guy on the phone I live next to a train line and my reception is horrible, getting them to hang on for 5/10 minutes just leaving my phone in the garden while I "sort it", then going back to the phone and giving it a good long 20 second blast with one of these bad boys

http://www.google.co.uk/products/ca...=X&ei=61SLTan4H4WyhAfGttm1Dg&ved=0CFkQ8wIwAA#

Normally stops them from calling.

Von Smallhausen · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:46

I always find that ' You do realise this is the serious fraud office economic crime unit you have rang ? ' has a good effect.

* click *

ic1male · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:48

Von Smallhausen said:
I always find that ' You do realise this is the serious fraud office economic crime unit you have rang ? ' has a good effect.

Ooh, that's a good idea. I'll answer the phone by saying Cheshire Police for withheld/unknown numbers now.

Shayper · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:52

Might go for one of those vent spam things, like The Duke

Relentless81 · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:59

jaybee said:
"Ehyays"

This makes me do an lol when I say it in my head

No-One · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:15

Von Smallhausen said:
I always find that ' You do realise this is the serious fraud office economic crime unit you have rang ? ' has a good effect.

* click *

Except it gets rid of them too quickly. The longer you keep them hanging on the less time they have to rip off another person

Retromatic · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:27

misterPK said:
They get a hamster drunk and then let it stagger around on a phone keypad. The silence you heard at the start of the call was due to the caller having to clean it's vomit off the redial button.

PK!

EdGey · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:35

I laughed like hell at 'Ehyays'.

Awesome.

Jakeee · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:36

http://www.bitterwallet.com/microsoft-phone-scam-being-run-from-indian-call-centres/32278

Theguy · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:39

I have had a few of these over the last few months.
Basic, they want you to go to this nasty looking website, where you download some remote login software. I had that 1 guy on the phone for about 30mins once... yes I was bored at the time.

joemo13 · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:53

Someone that I know fell for one of these, It was a pain getting it off his computer!

CaptainRAVE · 24 Mar 2011 at 17:11

My dad received one of these calls - having little understanding of computers he was really concerned. Luckily he checked with me before he did anything! Funny thing is, he just moved to a new house with a new number and he hasn't even connected to the internet yet :rolleyes:

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Mar 2011 at 17:44

I've heard about these tech support scam calls but thankfully haven't had one yet. I only have a mobile number, so I don't tend to get cold callers or scams as it costs them a bomb.

If I did get one of these though, perhaps I should answer it by playing a murloc sound

Grimley · 24 Mar 2011 at 17:51

Von Smallhausen said:
I always find that ' You do realise this is the serious fraud office economic crime unit you have rang ? ' has a good effect.

* click *

I had one of these phone the other day. I said no pc's here, this is a holiday home!

mattyfez · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:50

No-One said:
Except it gets rid of them too quickly. The longer you keep them hanging on the less time they have to rip off another person

And I would hope the more it costs them for the call, the longer you string them along the better!

SexyGreyFox · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:59

About 30 minutes ago:

Hello, I'm Frank (Asian) from Talk Talk, can I speak to the person who pays the bills?
That's me
I see you are on a cable phone with Virgin Media?
No
Yes you are
No, I'm not, I don't have a landline
But I have rang you on it
I don't have a landline, in fact I'm at a pub having a drink outside - everybody shout hello to Frank (there were 3 of my family sitting outside my patio door)
But I have rang you on a normal number
Sorry mate but my mobile number begins 07580
So it must divert from a landline?
No, I don't pay for a landline
I am confused
You're confused, I'm going to the police because I'm a member of the Secret Service and you should not have my phone number, expect a visit Frank.

mattyfez · 24 Mar 2011 at 19:04

Lol. It's for this reason I rarely even plug my landline in, if if wasn't for ADSL, I wouldn't even have a lamdline... they are so 90's!

mistercrabb · 24 Mar 2011 at 19:06

.. And this is exactly why my parents do not have admin access to the family computer they paid for.