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Thread ID: 117853 2011-05-07 19:47:00 Windows Phone-Scams In Ireland Too SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1200159 2011-05-07 19:47:00 Listening to Leo LePorte ( . kfiam640 . com/mediaplayer/?station=KFI-AM&action=listenlive&channel_title=" target="_blank">www . kfiam640 . com) and he has a guy from Ireland telling that they are getting multiple calls a week from scammers telling that the user's computers have security problems coming from their units .

Wasn't this just going on in Upsidedown Land too recently?

I haven't had any of these calls yet - wondering if the US is next .

YouTube Link here ( . youtube . com/watch?v=8nfN_pQNqrg" target="_blank">www . youtube . com)
SurferJoe46 (51)
1200160 2011-05-09 01:16:00 I tried the link that you posted but site appears to be temporarily down. Bobh (5192)
1200161 2011-05-09 03:00:00 It may be zone-licensed for the US only or YouTube doesn't like Upsidedown Land.

it's still operating here.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1200162 2011-05-09 03:11:00 Yup its happened in Oz too. And a lot of people got sucked into this on the MS Answers site. Speedy Gonzales (78)
1200163 2011-05-15 16:08:00 but this scam is really global, it's not just nz or ireland, people are getting calls in brisbane Australia and even small places like Guelph in Canada

here is another video (www.youtube.com) and more reports from people (callercenter.com)
turiya (16364)
1200164 2011-05-15 16:19:00 but this scam is really global, it's not just nz or ireland, people are getting calls in brisbane Australia and even small places like Guelph in Canada

here is another video ( . youtube . com/watch?v=vy5E1trg2H0" target="_blank">www . youtube . com) and more reports from people ( . com/800-698-9034 . html" target="_blank">callercenter . com)

Oh rats! And I thought Guelph was so pristine yet .

< walks away shattered >
SurferJoe46 (51)
1200165 2011-05-15 23:43:00 I have had a number of calls from these scammers .

They are most persistent, and I like to string them along for a bit of funhttp://pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz/images/icons/icon10 . gif .

The last one I mucked him about then told him I had Linux .

Phone went quite then - he hung up .
woc (13210)
1200166 2011-05-16 00:21:00 We've had three a week in the last month.

I'd thought of blowing a loud whistle down the 'phone but I recollect reading somewhere that loud noises are electronically attenuated.

Is this true?
bonzo29 (2348)
1200167 2011-05-16 05:48:00 A "little old lady" I know got a call last week. Luckily she'd remembered enough of our conversations together to tell them to "%*^! off"!! tuiruru (12277)
1200168 2011-05-16 05:53:00 I have had a number of calls from these scammers .

They are most persistent, and I like to string them along for a bit of funhttp://pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz/images/icons/icon10 . gif .

The last one I mucked him about then told him I had Linux .

Phone went quite then - he hung up .

That link doesn't seem to work :crying
tuiruru (12277)
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