I just had one of these scam calls this morning. Seem to be a lot of it going around at the moment?
Me: "Hello"
Scammer: *5 seconds later* "He...Hello"
Me: "Hello"
Scammer: *5 seconds later* "He...Hello"
Me: "Hello"
Scammer: *5 seconds later* "He...Hello" *now with increased echo*
Me: "Hello" *I hear myself say hello several times as the long distance call probably from some mobile phone on a foreign island echoes"
Scammer: "mumble mumble Linda and I am calling from Microsoft"
Me: "OK"
Scammer: "I am calling about the computer you are using in the house"
Me: Oh the mac? *I don't own a mac
Scammer: EhYays *yes* we will need to help you remove some virus coming from your computer, is it on now?
Me: "no"
Scammer: "Ok turn it on please"
Me: "no sorry"
Scammer: "Ehyays"
Me: "err no"
Scammer: "Ehyays"
Me: "no it's not on"
Scammer: "Sir please turn on the computer"
Me: "ok, ok, which one?"
Scammer: "All please sir, they are all infected"
Me: "OK I have about 4 laptops and 2 desktops hang on a minute..."
No joke of a lie, I went back to the kitchen 20 minutes later to get a cuppa and forgot I left the phone on, I picked it up and she was still there lol.
Me: "Hello?"
Scammer: "Hello sir are you ready now"
Me: "Err yeah they are all on now"
Scammer: "I can see the traffic immediately"
Me: "Oh dear that bad?"
Scammer: "Ehyays"
Me: "Ok so what do I do, do you need my credit card?"
Scammer: "no no sir, never give out your credit card details, you must follow my instructions to go online and download the correct patches to get rid of this problem on each computer"
Me: "Oh ok. Let me just get the door....."
This time I went for half hour and came back and she was gone....damn. Pushed her too far.
How on earth do they get my ****** number?
Me: "Hello"
Scammer: *5 seconds later* "He...Hello"
Me: "Hello"
Scammer: *5 seconds later* "He...Hello"
Me: "Hello"
Scammer: *5 seconds later* "He...Hello" *now with increased echo*
Me: "Hello" *I hear myself say hello several times as the long distance call probably from some mobile phone on a foreign island echoes"
Scammer: "mumble mumble Linda and I am calling from Microsoft"
Me: "OK"
Scammer: "I am calling about the computer you are using in the house"
Me: Oh the mac? *I don't own a mac
Scammer: EhYays *yes* we will need to help you remove some virus coming from your computer, is it on now?
Me: "no"
Scammer: "Ok turn it on please"
Me: "no sorry"
Scammer: "Ehyays"
Me: "err no"
Scammer: "Ehyays"
Me: "no it's not on"
Scammer: "Sir please turn on the computer"
Me: "ok, ok, which one?"
Scammer: "All please sir, they are all infected"
Me: "OK I have about 4 laptops and 2 desktops hang on a minute..."
No joke of a lie, I went back to the kitchen 20 minutes later to get a cuppa and forgot I left the phone on, I picked it up and she was still there lol.
Me: "Hello?"
Scammer: "Hello sir are you ready now"
Me: "Err yeah they are all on now"
Scammer: "I can see the traffic immediately"
Me: "Oh dear that bad?"
Scammer: "Ehyays"
Me: "Ok so what do I do, do you need my credit card?"
Scammer: "no no sir, never give out your credit card details, you must follow my instructions to go online and download the correct patches to get rid of this problem on each computer"
Me: "Oh ok. Let me just get the door....."
This time I went for half hour and came back and she was gone....damn. Pushed her too far.
How on earth do they get my ****** number?
