There's a problem with your computer scam

FOREVER21

Robisere wrote: »

"I don't have a computer."

Caller hangs up.

Simples.

Tried. that, couldn' t believe it when they replied "Are you calling me a liar" Yeh says me and then I hung up.

Now have caller ID and ignore, number withheld, unavailable etc.

DCFC79

Just hang up.

[Deleted User]

If bored, string them along pretending to press the keys they tell you to. Then tell them you have to go to the bathroom and leave the phone off the hook while you pretend to do so. Return to the 'phone and say you are a different person. I once had a call centre scammer tell me to F off for doing this to him.

If not bored, then just hang up without ceremony.

ballyblack

I look forward to them, cheap entertainment!

Got 20 minutes from the last one :T

and.why.not

cepheus wrote: »

Another idea is a redirect 'time wasting bot' which keeps the conversation going as long as possible.

This guy in America has a number of 'time wasting bots' which you can divert these calls to here if you don't mind the cost of diverting the call to a USA number.

A UK number is also available here - only one 'bot' on this number unfortunately.

rmg1

There's a thread on here where there was a competition to see who could keep them on the line the longest.
I think the current record is 1 hour 45 minutes.

ifstar

I was getting loads of these and various other calls but I bought a BT Guardian set of phones and they require the caller to say their name before it rings through to the handsets. None of the people on these type of calls end up leaving their name and you can choose to automatically reject their number in the future.

[Deleted User]

So the other day, I got a phone call from someone with a heavy Indian accent, saying they were from Microsoft...

Turns out I'd forgotten that I'd signed up for a bit of developer software from Microsoft, and it WAS them.

Sometimes.. Microsoft IS Microsoft calling.

Richard53

ifstar wrote: »

I was getting loads of these and various other calls but I bought a BT Guardian set of phones and they require the caller to say their name before it rings through to the handsets. None of the people on these type of calls end up leaving their name and you can choose to automatically reject their number in the future.

I bought a Truecall device which does the same thing. Best £99 I ever spent. Not one call telling me that I have a virus and offering to remove it in two-and-a-half years.

cepheus

esuhl wrote: »

Am I the only one who has never had such a call...? :undecided

Perhaps you are careful who you given your phone number to when filling forms? It might be a lesson for the rest of us.

I suppose I'm calling for some sort of action against the scammers. It's amazing how modern technology always helps the criminals more than the victims.