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IT Phone Scammer rings an IT department by accident!
Loopz
Posts: 39 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
We made a film about this yesterday.
Basically we had an indian gentleman ring up our department, saying that one of the machines was reporting errors. Unknown to him, he was ringing the IT department. We basically got recording, had a bit of fun acting like a thick user and then confessed we knew he was on a scam all along.
The film is called "24 minutes" and can be found on my loopzorbital blog. Hope this brings a smile to all those that have suffered from these idiots!
I'd like to post the link but i'm too new so if someone could contact me, i can advise of the link to them. OR just google loopzorbital and it's the top page. For info, the Loopzorbital blog is normally used to promote music by ORBITAL but on this occasion we are trying to promote awareness of this common scam. We ask you inform friends and family because its now becoming very common and they are ripping off a lot of people.
Cheers
Steve
Basically we had an indian gentleman ring up our department, saying that one of the machines was reporting errors. Unknown to him, he was ringing the IT department. We basically got recording, had a bit of fun acting like a thick user and then confessed we knew he was on a scam all along.
The film is called "24 minutes" and can be found on my loopzorbital blog. Hope this brings a smile to all those that have suffered from these idiots!
I'd like to post the link but i'm too new so if someone could contact me, i can advise of the link to them. OR just google loopzorbital and it's the top page. For info, the Loopzorbital blog is normally used to promote music by ORBITAL but on this occasion we are trying to promote awareness of this common scam. We ask you inform friends and family because its now becoming very common and they are ripping off a lot of people.
Cheers
Steve
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when you go to the page its flagged with a drive by virus,dont go there0
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There is no viruses on there. It used to be ORBITAL's official website. Where on earth are you getting that information from ?0
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Threat Report
Total threats found: 1
Drive-By Downloads (what's this?) Threats found: 1
Here is a complete list: (for more information about a specific threat, click on the Threat Name below)
Threat Name: HTTP Fake AV Redirect Request Location: http://www.loopzorbital.com/catalog/0 -
go check it in avgthreatlabs dot com. It's totally safe - please contact me if you need advice on how to check websites in future, before making a rash comment in a public forum. Some people out there would react a lot differently to liable comments like that, so be careful.0
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why would i need to contact you when my antivrus is flagging it?0
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because your wrong that's why.0
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lol what an answer0
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spank you are wrong lol0
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