I got a call from a computer scammer purporting to be from Microsoft. He kept trying to get me to enter certain commands that would allow him access to my computer. I played dumb for awhile and finally told him I have an Apple computer. No problem, I’ll switch you over to the Apple tech. Apparently he didn’t realize that the real Microsoft isn’t going to be able to help out Apple users or he thought I was that dumb. So the “Apple” tech also starts to try and give me commands to enter so he can have access to my computer. Again, I play dumb for awhile and then tell him I have a Windows based computer. No problem, I’ll switch you over to the Microsoft tech, which he does. He must of sent me back to the original caller, who recognized me and cursed me out before hanging up. When you’re retired, you can actually have some fun with these scammers.
I just uttered a single “quack” after everything the scammer said. He became frustrated with me and put his “supervisor” on the phone. With time to spare, I kept this up for a good 15 minutes until the “supervisor” said he was going to “track [me] down and rape my daughters” before he slammed down the phone. True story ... though his threat would be difficult to accomplish from the turd-world country he was calling from. We all had a good laugh over here!
These people call time and again. I’ve reported them.
To the peanut gallery: Never use the word “yes” or repeat your name or anything else ... people have used recordings of things like that to help steal identities.