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Thread ID: 135500 2013-11-11 03:52:00 Yet more scam / Spam calls ! Woody (710) Press F1
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1359406 2013-11-11 03:52:00 My computer must be the most evil machine ever.
Four calls over the past six hours from the "Windows Service Department" to advise me that my PC has - from one caller - downloaded programmes which will cause me "lots of trouble" if I don't let them help me correct the problem - and from the other three - my computer is sending "much bad data" onto the internet without my knowledge.
Interesting phone numbers too - 21111111111 and 2333333333333. The others were "Number withheld".
Quite an interesting diversion from an otherwise dull day.
Woody (710)
1359407 2013-11-11 04:05:00 Yep got 2 today, both private number - answer - Silence, 1st I hung up, second I waited when they started to talk I got the jump, over talked them, said I was calling because their computers were ringing random numbers, errrr Umm Pardon -was the response :lol: wainuitech (129)
1359408 2013-11-11 04:41:00 Did u take them on a journey? lead them on? pcnoob83 (17172)
1359409 2013-11-11 04:44:00 Did u take them on a journey? lead them on? Have done in the past, kept them on the phone for roughly 45 minutes. Especially with fake shutdowns, startups ( from windows sounds) But not today, I just laughed after they replied and hung up.

Caller ID is good, its easy to spot them, one number thats common is 0123456789, Ya think ;)
wainuitech (129)
1359410 2013-11-11 09:05:00 Ours' was 0002800504646, must be quite a nest of them now.

Lurking.
Lurking (218)
1359411 2013-11-11 10:04:00 Tell them you are house sitting and pass them the number of the owner,which coincidentally is your local Police Station;) Lawrence (2987)
1359412 2013-11-11 19:28:00 They are stepping up their game. I recently got a call from my auntie saying there was a problem with my computer. I never realized she was so computer savvy and spoke in broken English. Slankydudl (16687)
1359413 2013-11-12 02:14:00 Damn it, none of them call me... pity. I'd have one of the more secure PCs in the area, not being connected to the net in seven months. the_bogan (9949)
1359414 2013-11-12 02:55:00 Caller ID showed up as O/Seas call, told wife to just keep chatting, but b u g g e r, it was a person standing in the Christchurch East by election promoting himself, think it was the Green Party.

Lurking.
Lurking (218)
1359415 2013-11-12 10:15:00 Had one the other evening, told him I was too tired after fixing someone elses computer problems and I just couldn't be bothered talking to him and hung up.

LL
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