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Thread ID: 113914 2010-11-09 18:42:00 Con artists at it again. nedkelly (9059) PC World Chat
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1151631 2010-11-09 18:42:00 www.nzherald.co.nz
www.geekzone.co.nz

I would so love to have someone call me, just so I can wind them up.
nedkelly (9059)
1151632 2010-11-09 19:07:00 Had two of my customers call me asking if it were legit yesterday.

Both times they asked for a NZ phone number so they could callback.

They were given a number in Auckland, which they called - then you heard a "Click" so they said, and transferred someplace else.

One of them had been warned and "played them" for around an hour. (so she said)

The other simply told them to F**k off.
wainuitech (129)
1151633 2010-11-09 20:02:00 Why would you do anything a complete stranger told you to do? Unfortunately there are still many gullible people around.

I would have thought that the thing to do was to tell them you are an 82 years old geriatric and don't own a computer. What can they say about that?
Roscoe (6288)
1151634 2010-11-10 00:15:00 I want to get one. send them to my test PC and log what they do. see if I can get enough info to counter attack. its a game of cat and mouse. i want to win! The Error Guy (14052)
1151635 2010-11-10 08:32:00 Oh please please please wont one of them call me. PLEASE! pine-o-cleen (2955)
1151636 2010-11-10 13:58:00 I want one to call me too.

Oh the fun I could have...

Should I go for the 'I'm no good with computers, I'll trust you' approach, or the 'I don't have a computer, why are you calling me, mate, who are you working for, mate, just tell me, mate, what are you hiding, mate, you obviously know something, mate' or.... yeah.

On a side note, I've been getting a few recorded message calls telling me I've won a vegas holiday or something (it has to do with Las Vegas, I remember that much), to press 9 now, press it, and I'm too slow.
ubergeek85 (131)
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