Posted on 02/09/2017 9:01:22 AM PST by Rebelbase
Some guy has developed a phone bot that will call the Indian scamming "Windows Support" phone numbers that appear on the "You're computer has been infected, call this number" virus screens than we have all seen at one time or another.
The call is automated with a pre-recorded "Hello.........can you hear me.......yes......uh-huh....yes.....un-huh......yes.....Hold on a sec, there's someone at the door.......Sorry, I got distracted, can you start over again....yes.....un-huh....", etc.
He claims he was able to call one center 300 times and the center phone was eventually disconnected.
Voice recordings of the calls at the link.
(Excerpt) Read more at jollyrogertelephone.com ...
donotcall.gov
One of the few things...
I never get crap calls like that.Enjoy!It’s not my fault! :)
I had a co-worker that enjoyed these calls for his hobby. He told me his hobby started when he an annoying vinyl siding company that would not stop calling him. He finally kept them on the phone for 35 minutes and acted really excited about their product. Then he asked what kind of glue they used to make it stick to his brick house - CLICK.
Sounds hinky
Unfortunately I picked up on this post quite late. I had purchased a card from Norton Security to install an anti-virus system. It advised for the more unskilled persons that a site existed to "walk one through" the installation.
Somehow I was put on to Guru-Aid of Mumbai, India. It does have offices in - I believe Massachusetts. To cut a long story short, they took over my computer and scammed me for $225 US dollars to install the Norton system. No such installation took place and Norton never replied to my query. Their phones were busy even at 2am in the morning.
A hard lesson but cured me and I have always used Google to identify various so called systems. Microsoft, it is said does not call. Nor advises users to contact a technician.
A bit of a ramble, but I feel better for putting it down.
I got that twice.
I told them it was impossible that I have Windows problems because I have no computers.
Back in the 70’s, my dad would get calls about putting siding on the house. He would mess with them telling them that he was interested in siding his brick home.
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