WARNING Microsoft Phone Scam

[nitros]

Was just contacted by someone claiming to be from Microsoft on the phone.

They were asking what system I was operating and began to ask if it was running slow etc. They then wanted me to follow instructions on how to remove infected issues on computer.

If you get a Phone call similar to this POLITELY TELL THEM TO PHARK OFF!

This is a scam.

Warning on microsoft web page

www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/post/Microsoft-issues-warning-on-phone-scam


Didn't know where to post so if Admin wish to move to correct place
No prob.

Just trying to get the message out there.

[jonty]

Yep I told the indian prick to phark off a few weeks back!! 1st time for everything on the phone. These guys make my blood boil and I hope I burst his ear drum when I yelled it down the line to his curry house

[rocket60]

No doubt you've heard the one where the person that is called pretends to be from the police and asks the caller to report to the station because he was the last person to be in contact with the deceased.
Well I'm leading senior sergeant Ivan Milat to a pest caller on a mates phone and I can tell you that these callers panic and tell you all sorts of stuff,like how they got the number,where they are calling from etc.and they don't call back if they think that they are talking to a policeman who wants to interview them.
The other thing that is good for getting rid of them is to say go ahead when they ask the first question and put your phone down somewhere for 5 of 10 minutes so their line is locked up and no one is listening to them.One of my mates fruit bowl can probably recite several sales spiels word for word.

[wayne]

yeah i got the same stupid call the other day too,quite weird since i bought my copy of windows from pirate bay haha , i said linux , linux no windows computer here

[phillstorm]

Yeah I let fruit bowl sort them out as my kids wont do it any more. I once lost it and gave it to a Indian telemarketer and he kept calling back and not speaking as payback. Last call after midnight so I called local police. They do nothing of course as he is not speeding or commiting a crime.

[alpal]

Acting like a deviate soon pisses them off, we don't get any calls anymore, shame really as i was starting to enjoy it

[incy]

I got the call and thought it was for real. But I asked them to tell me where to find the problem and I would fix it. Then she said "remote access" and I was on to it.
I then read about it in the paper 3 day later.

[jonty]

Got a call on Sunday again on this topic.. FFS I strung the guy out this time for a few minutes and had comments like 'oh my GOD', 'are your for real'.... bah bah bah he had many long pauses and probably thought he was on a winner until I said, I don't own a computer and then phone line went dead. I'm not racist but wish his neighbor would drop a nuke in his backyard and maybe all the call centres in Nigeria as well!!!

[jonty]

Okay....Twice this week... I am a little sick of it..... Anyone know how to bar international calls from the sub continent only? They are a disgrace their nation is all I can say!!

[gomesyj]

These b@stards give us Aussie/Indians a bad name. I just abuse them in their own language & tell them to Phark Off.....

[rocket60]

Gomesy can you share with the rest of us how to tell them to Phark Off in their own lingo.

[stormalong]

Having a Scottish accent and the ability to speak Hindi can be very effective. It sounds very much like a native speaker I am told.