WhackyWill Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) So my house phone rings and I answer it (this rarely happens!) I get a 'foreign' chap on the end of it trying to tell me that he's from Microsoft Windows and my computer has been hacked and is infected with a "bad worm". Sooooo I decided to have some fun and play along for a bit, asking lots of questions, pretending to be shocked ...... and then when he said he'd fix it for a charge of £60 payable now by credit card , I told him I'd traced his number, recorded the whole conversation and was going to the police as I was fully aware it was a scam. He couldn't put the phone own fast enough ! They did the same to my 75 year old neighbour last year and conned he out of £100, then when she gave them her credit card details they ran up £2,000 on her card. If I knew who it was I would remove "bad worm" from his ass with my boot..!!! :rant: Edited January 14, 2014 by WhackyWill 3 Quote
WhackyWill Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 Why do I never get these calls I'm sure if I give him your number he'll call you.. 1 Quote
Fodder Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 I had one the other day for the first time in months. Strung him along for 5 minutes or so then realised I was making dinner and needed to attend to that so told him I knew what he was up to and put the phone down. Quote
magicayrton Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 So my house phone rings and I answer it (this rarely happens!) I get a 'foreign' chap on the end of it trying to tell me that he's from Microsoft Windows and my computer has been hacked and is infected with a "bad worm". Sooooo I decided to have some fun and play along for a bit, asking lots of questions, pretending to be shocked ...... and then when he said he'd fix it for a charge of £60 payable now by credit card , I told him I'd traced his number, recorded the whole conversation and was going to the police as I was fully aware it was a scam. He couldn't put the phone own fast enough ! They did the same to my 75 year old neighbour last year and conned he out of £100, then when she gave them her credit card details they ran up £2,000 on her card. If I knew who it was I would remove "bad worm" from his ass with my boot..!!! :rant: Well done that man. Quote
Dblock Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Also this has been happening since 1999. 1 Quote
WhackyWill Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Also this has been happening since 1999. I'll ignore your comments as usual..!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Dblock Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Also this has been happening since 1999. I'll ignore your comments as usual..!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk But you just replied to it? 2 Quote
HARMLU Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Haha I had someone calling up saying that I'd won a great prize! All I had to do was confirm my card details.... As I wasn't up to much that evening I thought I would have a laugh with him. Delivery address 10 Downing Street, London (had never heard of it). Went round and round in circles, and then I decided to get my iPad out and get some 'fart noises' off YouTube... Needless to say the conversation didn't last too long after that point. I think I was on the phone for about 40 minutes!! Yes very immature but haven't had a call like that since! That was only about 2 months ago Quote
JetSet Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) I've had these phone calls from the Microsoft Widows help department, oh, maybe 10 times in all. In fact my phone number must be known to every marketing company in the world, used to get 4 or 5 calls a day from PPI Claims, Industrial Deafness, Injury lawyers, Sky protection, Lifestyle surveys, Charities, etc..... I just zapped them with a Phone Blocker, now all is peaceful, best £50 I ever spent. I sometimes scroll through the numbers that have attempted to call me and google them. This week, 5 calls from a company called EMCAS and one from The Roux Brothers Childrens charity. Pete Edited January 14, 2014 by JetSet Quote
ioneabee Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 just this second had a phone call from a friend of a friend - who had a "BT Engineer" tell ther she had a virus and needed access to her computer..........................and she let them it wasn't until they asked her for £180 and credit card details did she hang up so what do you reckon they've installed - laptops on its way over to my place as I type Quote
DoogyRev Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Also this has been happening since 1999. I'll ignore your comments as usual..!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk But you just replied to it? Quote
ioneabee Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Why? because dblock is being an *rse again Quote
ZEUS Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 I get all sorts of calls like this because my number is in yellow pages I guess. I have to keep my landline on permanent silent other wise it would ring almost constantly (I see it light up with calls every few minutes) luckily most of my customers are regulars so leave a message or use my mobile. A real pain though ! Quote
ZEUS Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Why? because dblock is being an *rse again :lol: Quote
Dblock Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Why? Becauss will seems to get robbed everyday by someone foreign. Apparently they stole his car mobile number identity shoes etc etc. Quote
martinmac Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 I had this one last week, I was busy and didnt look at the caller display. Just asked him to hang on a minute while I got my glasses then went for a coffee. He was gone when I got back. Quote
Dblock Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Firstly I doubt this happened. Why? because dblock is being an *rse again Big talk there. I've not said anything to you. Quote
Ekona Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Not big talk at all, in fact he didn't use a single capital letter 3 Quote
Dblock Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 not even in your fist letter Is that some sort of threat? A fist letter? Like a knuckle sandwich? 1 Quote
glrnet Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Blocky, does it not ever occur to you why so many people challenge/argue/disagree with you on such a regular basis? Even ioneabee, it would seem, has had enough now which is saying something as he is one of the most polite and mild mannered people you could wish to meet. You, of course, might be too (I don't know because I haven't met you) but that certainly isn't the way you present yourself on here, sadly all too frequently. 1 Quote
ioneabee Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) oops *first edit - obviously a fraudian slip Edited January 14, 2014 by ioneabee Quote
Neilp Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 not even in your fist letter Is that some sort of threat? A fist letter? Like a knuckle sandwich? lol Quote
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