On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
The phone rings, I pick up, there's a variable duration interval of silence, then a pooiip! popping sound (their system connecting this call to one of their operators, now that I answered), then a usually very Indian sounding voice (M or F) says something like "Hello, this is Microsoft security service" or "Hello this is product testing group." I never bother to go along with it to see what their intent is. Just hang up usually.
"Windows Technical Department" "Windows Company" !!?! I had one jerk, with a very heavy accent claim to be Paul Allen! I said, "Is this about the money that you owe me?" and he hung up. (No, Paul Allen doesn't owe me any money) Oddly, they usually hang up if I say, "What kind of computer do you think that I have?" or "Do you think that I have a computer??"
