I kee3p them on the line for 10 - 15 minutes playing stupid. If they are wasting their time with me, they can't make any progress in installing the "hijacker" malware, and won't be scamming someone else during that time.
I also do something quite rude. I have purchased a whistle - metal whistle like an athletic referee would use. I keep the scammer on as long as possible, until I sense they are losing patience and are going to hang up Then I suddlenly "get smart" and find whatever key they have been trying to get me to use, and I announce: "Yes, I've found it. Here it is. Its my whistle and I'm blowing it on you, you thief" Then I blow the whistle as loudly as I can into the phone microphone. It feels good to me. I don't think it sounds so good to the scammer. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Pierson <bpierson...@gmail.com> wrote: > My 84 year old mother received a call from someone claiming to be from > Microsoft. She too, had fun playing with them. She is a good example of a > Luddite when it comes to computers. I never got her to use one, > > *"The Department of Redundancy Department"* > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:36 PM, James Knott <james.kn...@rogers.com> > wrote: > > > On 07/07/2015 06:13 PM, Mike B. Martisko wrote: > > > I just received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Apache, > > wanting to scan my computer, and install new drivers for the software I > > have. Open Office, 4.01. Is this a valid call? Please respond. > > > > One thing you can be sure of is when anyone calls you claiming to be > > Apache, Microsoft, your ISP etc., it's a scam where they're trying to > > install malware on your computer. I have had calls from "Microsoft" > > about problems on my computer. Funny thing is, I run Linux. I have let > > them run their line, where they tell me to click on the Start button > > etc. I then play dumb and tell them I can't see a Start button... I > > have a bit of fun that way, before they finally give up. ;-) > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > >
