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I had my first support call scam today !

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Fightsback
Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
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I've always wanted one of these to call me and it actually happened today with a muppet in thick Mumbai accent saying there was a problem with my router. I did enjoy stringing the idiot along eventually he asked me what OS I was using after I was pretended to be thick and not able to find things.

Opensuse 13.2 .......clunk.

What are other folks experiences ?
Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,341 Forumite
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    Had a " it's about your accident" one the other day , told him the line was bad and had him shouting down the phone at me before he twigged and cut me off
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  • nickcc
    nickcc Posts: 2,265 Forumite
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    Wish all the recorded PPI reclaim calls would stop, takes all the fun out of winding up the caller.
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,687 Forumite
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    Fightsback wrote: »
    I've always wanted one of these to call me and it actually happened today with a muppet in thick Mumbai accent saying there was a problem with my router. I did enjoy stringing the idiot along eventually he asked me what OS I was using after I was pretended to be thick and not able to find things.

    Opensuse 13.2 .......clunk.

    What are other folks experiences ?

    We had a thread on here a while back, tried to keep them on the phone for as long as possible - there were some quite impressive results posted :rotfl:

    They don't like being strung along, do they ?? :D
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  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,175 Forumite
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    If anyone knows Jamie Murray can you ask him to pay off his car loan, I'm fed up with the calls from the debt collectors.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,490 Forumite
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    GunJack wrote: »
    We had a thread on here a while back, tried to keep them on the phone for as long as possible - there were some quite impressive results posted :rotfl:

    I managed over an hour onve :o
    GunJack wrote: »
    They don't like being strung along, do they ?? :D
    He ended up calling me a mother-sucker ... well, I think that's what it sounded like :D
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
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    when they ring from india , I put on my best Bangladeshis accent, and tell them what I think of india ,


    mother sucker is one of my mild insults
  • grumpycrab
    grumpycrab Posts: 4,992 Forumite
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    A good call blocker (call gaurdian/true call) possibly? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121480349717

    Has anybody reverse-hacked these support call scams. That would be impressive.
    If you put your general location in your Profile, somebody here may be able to come and help you.
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
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    why use windows+d , if using classic shell? , clicking on the extreme right of your lower toolbar (next to vol and network) takes you to desktop without using two fingers on a keyboard
  • grumpycrab
    grumpycrab Posts: 4,992 Forumite
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    ^ yer OK; I guess lots of ways of doing the same thing is a good thing;)
    If you put your general location in your Profile, somebody here may be able to come and help you.
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
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    ok , had me checking that one out ,
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