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csziggy

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14. The Microsoft Technical Support scammers were the most fun to play with

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #12)

Thu May 9, 2019, 04:33 PM

May 2019

I've told them I had a Mac (when I will never own another Apple product), or Linux (that flummoxed the guy), or no computers at all. Once they told me my computer had a virus and I asked sweetly, "Which computer?" He said, "YOUR computer!" I asked again, "Which one? I have several computers here." And I began listing them. At the time we had a collection of old computers from a Tandy 1000, a 286, 486, Windows 98 through Vista, as well as the one I use and the one my husband uses every day. The scammer hung up before I could finish my list. I think the Tandy blew his mind.

I left out the Texas Instrument TI99 that has never been taken out of the box and the Commodore 64 that my Dad wore out but that I saved for posterity.

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The calls are coming from INSIDE the house! [View all] csziggy May 2019 OP

FCC lunasun May 2019 #1

Thank you! csziggy May 2019 #3

I Usually Tell Them Me. May 2019 #2

That doesn't work for robocalls csziggy May 2019 #4

I also had fun like that. Until the asshole punished me by entering NCjack May 2019 #10

Maybe that is what happened here BUT csziggy May 2019 #13

True Me. May 2019 #16

Search FCC spoofing for info on complaining. nt NCjack May 2019 #5

I just put in a complaint on the link supplied by lunasun csziggy May 2019 #6

Remember this -- the real Microsoft will never call you for any reason -- it's a fact. earthshine May 2019 #7

Oh, I know csziggy May 2019 #9

I Keep Getting Daily Calls About My Expiring Extended Car Warranty That I Don't Have Indykatie May 2019 #8

The part that pisses me off is that we have the technology to stop the calls csziggy May 2019 #11

NoMoRobo seems to be working for spoofed robocalls. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #23

I got a call from "Microsoft" once PJMcK May 2019 #12

The Microsoft Technical Support scammers were the most fun to play with csziggy May 2019 #14

I loved the Commodore 64 PJMcK May 2019 #15

My first computer was an Apple ][ csziggy May 2019 #17

Good story PJMcK May 2019 #18

I amused myself once with those guys - the caller told me there was a problem with my "windows." The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #24

I've done the Mac thing and Linux csziggy May 2019 #25

Almost can do nothing coolcat_riley May 2019 #19

I remembered that our new phone can block numbers csziggy May 2019 #20

Yep, a new enterprise must have just kicked in. Fla Dem May 2019 #21

The State Attorney General's Office Evergreen Emerald May 2019 #22

Ooooh - I might call on Monday! csziggy May 2019 #26

I used to get that call. I now use a 'robo call blocker'. The silence is GOLDEN Siwsan May 2019 #27

Same here for medical stuff - I can't not answer the phone csziggy May 2019 #28

I got 2 robocalls today about liens on my Social Security, which I know is a scam because I don't vsrazdem May 2019 #29

Great - a type of scam call I haven't gotten yet csziggy May 2019 #30

I used to get the IRS ones, now they're moving on to Social Security. I guess they figure its older vsrazdem May 2019 #31