I actually enjoy the scammers especially the “Microsoft” guys.
The call, and I break out my Linux system and drive them up the wall with it.
Then I get them to give me THEIR IP address, and then begin a DoS attack on them from multiple locations.
It’s really funny when they start complaining that their computer is slowing down, and they can’t figure out why. Bit by bit, I keep launching larger and larger attacks. Then I deliver the Coup d’Grace and lock them up. When they are completely locked up, I tell them it was I who launched a DoS attack on THEM and tell them that I will release the DoS if they PAY ME $500.
I haven’t had one of those calls in over a year since I did this last.
Oh, to have the knowledge to do that. Be still my heart.