Baker Street
ET Moderator
A few months back I started getting the old "problems with Windows" scam phone calls.
http://www.informationweek.com/security/management/microsoft-windows-support-call-scams-7-f/240005023
I just hung up but they persisted, and I was getting calls about every week. So one day I was bored and decided to have some fun -
scammer "Hi I am soandso from the technical department of Windows operating system and we have received a report from your computer that you have a virus on the computer."
me "What that's terrible - what can I do ?"
scammer (getting excited) "Yes, yes, yes I am here to help you. Are you sitting at your computer ?"
me "Yes"
scammer "Good, good - now press the windows key and R together"
me "OK - done that"
scammer "Now type blah blah blah and hit enter"
me "Ok -done that" (I hadn't)
scammer "Now tell me what does the screen say?"
me "I don't know"
Silence -
scammer "Why don't you know?"
me "I can't read the screen"
scammer "Why can't you read the screen?"
me "I am blind"
Longer silence -
scammer "How can you use the computer if you are blind?"
me "I have a Braille keyboard"
Another long silence then *click beep beep*
Made my day :)
http://www.informationweek.com/security/management/microsoft-windows-support-call-scams-7-f/240005023
I just hung up but they persisted, and I was getting calls about every week. So one day I was bored and decided to have some fun -
scammer "Hi I am soandso from the technical department of Windows operating system and we have received a report from your computer that you have a virus on the computer."
me "What that's terrible - what can I do ?"
scammer (getting excited) "Yes, yes, yes I am here to help you. Are you sitting at your computer ?"
me "Yes"
scammer "Good, good - now press the windows key and R together"
me "OK - done that"
scammer "Now type blah blah blah and hit enter"
me "Ok -done that" (I hadn't)
scammer "Now tell me what does the screen say?"
me "I don't know"
Silence -
scammer "Why don't you know?"
me "I can't read the screen"
scammer "Why can't you read the screen?"
me "I am blind"
Longer silence -
scammer "How can you use the computer if you are blind?"
me "I have a Braille keyboard"
Another long silence then *click beep beep*
Made my day :)