New Scam circling?

geminilady

I have had lots of these calls obviously from India yet they always say they Have an English name like David or Peter,as soon as they say it is about your computer I say I am not interested and put the phone down

Caroline_a

I've worked at Microsoft. So when I've had these calls I tell them... and then ask which office/department they work in. They put the phone down pretty sharpish then! :rotfl:

marywooyeah

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Another giveaway is when they are for me in my maiden name, anyone who needs to speak to me knows differently, so they are just using a very old mailing list.

I've had a few of these and I just play along for a while - "the mouse, which bit's that?" etc. If they use my maiden name eg is Miss X available I just say "there's no one here by that name", which is technically true lol!

karen6743

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i am getting fed up of these people calling. ive tried answering. hanging up. putting them on speaker phone and putting phone next to radio on full blast. yesterday they must have called at least 20 times. this morning they rang about 6 times and i told them i have sold my computer, they hung up then rang again 4 times within 2 mins. i shouted at him, "i dont care if ive got viruses on my comp". the last time he rang i asked for his number and he hasn't rang since.
its harassment.
i work from home and its really winding me up now :mad::mad:

Indout96

Mupette wrote: »

Just tell them you don't own a computer at all.

Better yet, say that you would love to help but you dont have a phone, it takes them a while to get what you have just told them though.

Save4ArainyDay

I have just had the "microsoft scam" call
He had my name and phone number
I gave him a 15 minute nightmare!!! I asked if Microsoft were calling all 10 million households in the UK!
Eventually I said - as a responsible citizen I would take his number and call him back before I handed over control of the computer to his specialist technician
He gave me the number - 0203 582 0789
I did not call and of course I won't - I will however send all my contacts this information.
Cheek of these people

mygirllollypop

I am feeling left out, I have no dodgey phone calls or emails from Nigerian princes

jokeyjo

my rather dozy husband was very nearly taken in by this until i took the phone from him and informed them they had 10 seconds to get off the phone or be deafened by my alarm they went surprise surprise now they phone at least 5 times a week and i always tell them this it gets them off the phone sharpish i was very good this week though i was at an elderly friends house taking her birthday present when they phoned her and she went over to computer and started to turn it on and such i asked who it was she said it was about a virus on computer i then took the phone from her had a right royal rant at them and put the phone down i obviously explained to her who they were and what they were doing and she said if they phone again she will tell them where to get off

spud75

Hello

I registered with this site just to reply to this thread, I do read the forum but never posted.

I get called by the "Windows Malware Scam" team quite regularly, it's a similar scam. Their ultimate goal is to install remote access software on your PC and siphon off your details and charge your credit card hundreds of pounds for the priviledge.

I phoned my local telco to try and block them and they said they get about 30 calls a week about it and I live in a small place. They said they can't do anything about it and the caller ID is either non existant or fake.

Anyway, I'm a tech support guy so I started having fun with them when they call, using my memory to pretend I'm sat at my computer telling them what I can see "on screen" and making stuff up. If you look on youtube there are many of these calls with people pranking them. Get some ideas there...just don't give out any real info! The goal is to waste as much of their time as possible thus reducing the number of people they can scam, and have fun in the process

Not sure it would work internationally on scammers but there is a very funny prank on youtube, he convinces the cold caller that he has phoned a crime scene and the officer is very interested to speak to the cold caller, even gets his address (search "best telemarketer prank" if you want to watch it)

Microsoft will never phone you and ask for payment, if you genuinely have a virus that is causing problems the only people who may phone you is your ISP and they will most likely tell you to fix it or they will cut you off. No one else can link your IP address to your phone number unless you are giving out that information.

The likes of GITS rely on the fact that most people use Windows, the only thing they know is your name and phone number, there is no way they can know your system is sending out anything unless you have previously installed some of their own malware, in which case you wouldn't want to give them any money anyway.

Don't give them access to your PC (even for free) and don't give them any personal info such as credit cards or anything else.