old rooster Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Oh golly gosh, my Vindows computer has been attacked by hackers but the technical department are on the case and going to sort it out........... The question is, who has kept one of these scamming lowlifes on the phone for the longest time?? My best is just over an hour and when I got fed up at the end of that time told them that I knew what a scam it all was got the biggest torrent of foul mouthed abuse you could imagine. Haven't had the call for ages now but got one this morning which I couldn't do full justice to as I'm working away from the PC. They seem to hit a wall when you tell them you are still using a 286 (that is an old computah to you young whippersnappers) and that there is no "vindows" key on the keyboard. LOL The bit that really makes me chuckle is how they painstakingly try to explain to me, in my own native language, what I need to do to put the problems right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 A chap in Luton got prosecuted for this. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/microsoft-scam-call-conman-mohammed-3341579 In my opinion his sentence was way too lenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) He based his vindows business in Vembley mate, innit bro! Edited April 4, 2014 by keg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I once received one from a 'company' which claimed I had been downloading kiddie porn and that my laptop would be unlocked for the fee of 150 quid.I found I could scroll down to reveal a list of the offences I was guilty of and evidence in the form of jpegs, many of which I recognised as jpegs of my own artwork, which were paintings of dogs etc! If I didn't pay I was liable to a fine of £5000 and a jail sentence of up to 5 years, after which I would be placed on the sex offenders register. The page had a poor facsimile of Cheshire Constabulary's home page(?) It was all rather amusing and very amateurish until I realised they had indeed locked me out! Didn't take a lot of putting right, but bloody annoying. It wasn't even that convincing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 A chap in Luton got prosecuted for this. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/microsoft-scam-call-conman-mohammed-3341579 In my opinion his sentence was way too lenient. I think I'd have to agree, surely if his illegal business took in a million pounds the fines he got were laughable and just what those who fancy a go at internet con artistry would be encouraged by? Should have seized all his assets as they sometimes do with other crims and shipped him back to wherever he came from. He was given a suspended four-month jail sentence and ordered to pay a fine of £5,000, costs of £13,929 and compensation of £5,665. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/microsoft-scam-call-conman-mohammed-3341579#ixzz2xuViyOJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Anything less than a custodial sentence is just the cost of doing business. For some, even a paltry prison sentence is a low cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I wish I could get away with tax of £24,594 on a million pound turnover! The profit ratio must be very high, running costs minimal. This farcical episode must surely be counter productive in the message it is sending out to would be scammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I normally keep them on for about twenty minutes. When they ask me to type in "eventvwr" - it pops up with errors. I insist on reading them all - pausing only to tell them how glad I am that they have alerted me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) I tell them to ***** off. Primitive but satisfying. Get at least one every week. Edited April 4, 2014 by Grandalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleFieldRelics Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I ask them to hold the line. Then come back 3 hours later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del T Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I ask them to be patient with me as I pretend to be a computer newbie pensioner. Have also told them someone was at the front door and they held the line for half hour lol. They also like thrash metal down the phone too whilst they hold . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Wonderful thing is how they find you phone number which you never losted WITH windows? You dont need a phone number to.set it up? When they try it on, and you tell them you run Linux, they just dont take the hint! Tell them to jog on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I tried to place an order for windows all round the house plus a conservatory. Ranjit (he told me his name was Claude in very broken English) tried to tell me it was not that sort of Window problem, I said it was as they were draughty. The call did not last too much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 On a serious note my mum gets at least one call every single day from foreign scammers. She's wised up so it's not a risk, just bloody annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingo15 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 This is why I tend not to answer the house phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88b Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 A chap in Luton got prosecuted for this. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/microsoft-scam-call-conman-mohammed-3341579 In my opinion his sentence was way too lenient. Suspended sentence , he should have been suspended by the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drut Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 This is why I tend not to answer the house phone. Me too,unless I recognize number,sorry state of affairs though just the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 On a serious note my mum gets at least one call every single day from foreign scammers. She's wised up so it's not a risk, just bloody annoying! We, The Memsahib and me, get two or three every day. Had two today. Ruddy annoying when the lady was ill and I would rush to the phone expecting doctor or nurses to find some burk trying to con me out of my hard earned pension. Hanging should be bought back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100milesaway Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I have had a Shaun and a Paul both with very strong foreign accents, ask for me I tell them i will get my mum and then come back on line as Mrs Patel. If they can do it so can I. from Auntie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safc1973 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 i tell them i havent got a computer and they still insist i've got a virus and need to access the computer i told them i didnt have. morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elby Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Mr ***** I'm calling about a car accident you've had in the last 3 years Which one? Have you had more than one? Yes a guy hit me in 2012 then again in 2013. What happened in 2012? This bloke run into my car and broke both my legs, can you get me money? Yes we can Mr Brooks, what happened in 2013? The same bloke came back and rammed me again this time breaking 3 arms He broke your arm in 3 places? No he broke all 3 of my arms, can you get me money cos I'm worried he'll be back this year. Mr Brooks are you having a joke with me? No, can you get me money? Yes if you are telling the truth. How much can you get me? one of my 3 arms don't work now? Goodbye Mr ******* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1966 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 we had a call from them last week but it was screened by my truecall unit and did not get through, pity really as i did like winding them up the last time they rang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 hear, hear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Enjoyed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Read this. Fascinating and tragic at the same time. It's very weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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