"The FTC announces a crackdown on a massive international computer tech support scam that allegedly swindled tens of thousands of consumers in six countries..."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57...ors_picks=true
Regulators shut down global PC 'tech support' scam
"The FTC announces a crackdown on a massive international computer tech support scam that allegedly swindled tens of thousands of consumers in six countries..."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57...ors_picks=true
I have been receiving calls from that mob for more than a year...sometimes three times a day...We just hang up on them but they persist....Many people have been taken in by them at a cost....Just goes to show, private enterprise will use any means to make a buck....Jerks..
Bob..VK3ZL..
I wonder if that's the bunch that used to call me up and say "I'm calling about your Windows computer." I used to mess wth their heads, sometimes kept the poor schmucks on the line for a good twenty minutes with double talk and pseudo tech jargon before they'd finally get their fill and hang up the phone.
Last edited by NQ6U; 10-03-2012 at 08:54 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Don't some of you have Caller ID? Or is it that you simply can't resist picking up a ringing phone?
We don't answer anything we don't recognize. We also don't pick up any number that starts with 800, 866, 877, etc.
The voicemail system is there for a reason. Either you leave a message, or you can fuck off. ;)
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Amazing! It's 2012, personal computers have been in the mainstream for many years and people still fall for these kinds of scams.
^^^True that...
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This ^^^, especially the toll free shit.Originally Posted by KJ3N
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you have idiots who fall for the 419 scam still!
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
I can. My wife can't.
She'll look at the caller ID, say "who's this?", answers the phone, and then hands it to me to deal with.
Then when I lose my temper with the telemarketer who is illegally calling (we're on the DNC list, for all the good THAT does anymore) AGAIN to try and con me into switching electric suppliers, she gets mad at me for being rude.
I love her, but sometimes, I think I need to get an unlisted wife.
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BAN THE DH!
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Here's how that works at our place:
*ring*
She looks at the Caller ID.
Me: "Unavailable, or 800 something?"
Her: "Yep"
We go back to what we were doing.
Apparently, mine's smart than yours, Ron. My sympathies. :(
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