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Re: "I am calling from Windows" scammer calls ARS.....

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:43:07 EDT

Kalford posted : I let the Canada Consumer Agency do my dirty work (or whatever department it was that I wound up talking to by the end of the phone number & transfer parade). . .least I could do . . . with it being their 3 year anniversary and all. :p

Pleasantly surprising fact. . . I didn't actually tell the folks investigating anything they didn't already know - they were already right on top of them. :-)

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:19:42 EDT

peterboro posted :

said by Kalford:

That, and they really really didn't take too kindly to the fact I knew all their names. :)

Bravo, call them at home and tell them you are with the clique mob and will dead them with death unless they shut down. :D

Or post their names in the scam forums and let others do your dirty work.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:07:11 EDT

Kalford posted : I haven't had the opportunity to have fun with anyone on this scam, but I did get to have some fun with some fake invoice scammers who were operating out of the Gatineau area a few years back. Before calling them, I was able to track down their names through their qst number. Then I found their prior fraud convictions - it seems that every three years they got busted. For some strange reason they got a little testy when reminded them their anniversary was coming up. That, and they really really didn't take too kindly to the fact I knew all their names. :)

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:40:34 EDT

Paolo posted : i too get these calls from windows and doors, i simply tell them i do not have windows in my home
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:23:35 EDT

MaynardKrebs posted :

said by Ian:

They're obviously "bunk" in the first place to anyone with an IQ above room temperature.

In Celsius.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:27:15 EDT

Ian posted :

said by elwoodblues:

The Q-ray bracelet was debunked on CBC's Marketplace, yet they are still selling them

The astonishing thing about people's ignorance is that such ridiculous things need to be "debunked". They're obviously "bunk" in the first place to anyone with an IQ above room temperature. People are morons. And that's why scams like this one continue to work, and will always.
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:14:12 EDT

elwoodblues posted : The Q-ray bracelet was debunked on CBC's Marketplace, yet they are still selling them

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:10:42 EDT

MaynardKrebs posted : I tell the scammers that I have to go to the washroom and could they please call me back
in 5 minutes @ {insert your local police department switchboard telephone number here}

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:05:44 EDT

Tig posted : Audio track of a local media guy messing with them.
»soundcloud.com/scotttech1/ammyy-···ng-to-be
Pretty funny at times.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:42:05 EDT

Ian posted : I did not make that up.

»www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/01/enforma.shtm

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:32:59 EDT

Davesnothere posted :

said by Ian:

....People pay money for Q-Ray Ionized Bracelets and "Exercise in a Bottle" too....

'Exercise in a Bottle' ?

I'd pay for some of THAT ! :p

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:28:46 EDT

Ian posted : So.... Long story short, "There's a sucker born every minute, and unscrupulous individuals around to exploit them."

Yes, this is a repeat from 1,10,100,1000,10,000 years ago. :)

People pay money for Q-Ray Ionized Bracelets and "Exercise in a Bottle" too.

I've never talked to any of these clowns either. But curiosity never causes me to answer the phone for "Private" or "unknown to me", numbers. Those go to voice mail....always.
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:24:27 EDT

J E F F posted :

said by donoreo:

Fun ensues!

»arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012···echnica/

See, this is the reason why I run Microsoft Mac Edition. Virus Free.
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:14:47 EDT

BonezX posted :

said by ruddypict:

I remember the last time these boneheads called me.

Caller: This is Windows technical support. We are calling because your Windows PC has viruses.
Me: Uhm, I don't run Windows, I run Linux.
Caller: Yes I know, its Microsoft Linux.

And yes, the moron proceeds to try to tell me how to get to the event viewer.

sounds almost like what my mom did with them, she corrected what they did wrong

"hi i'm calling from windows"
"your a moron, windows is a product not a company, you want to say your calling from Microsoft"
*click*

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:55:33 EDT

dennilfloss posted : I get those buggering calls 3-4 times a month.

(dennil is also an Arsian and an AnandTecher.)

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:33:06 EDT

ruddypict posted : I remember the last time these boneheads called me.

Caller: This is Windows technical support. We are calling because your Windows PC has viruses.
Me: Uhm, I don't run Windows, I run Linux.
Caller: Yes I know, its Microsoft Linux.

And yes, the moron proceeds to try to tell me how to get to the event viewer.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:46:37 EDT

LazMan posted :

said by elwoodblues:

First I can dispel believe in TV very easily, most of it is BS.

My sister who downloads "Linux distros" daily is uber paranoid somebody will catch her, even though it's not possible since she's not sharing anything and I encrypted her connections.

Not to derail the thread... but you're wrong with that part...

Completely POSSIBLE to track who d/l's distro's; and work it back to an actual ISP and account holder... But the copyright cop's don't care enough to; when there's far larger fish to fry. Anyways...

As for the scammers - I've never gottne a call from them - but my parent's have gotten several; including one that ALMOST got my mom to go along... Her spidey-sense didn't start tingling until the guy got super-pushy when she asked for a call-back number, so that her son (me...) could be come over and be on the computer to help.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:43:41 EDT

elwoodblues posted :

said by donoreo:

I was just going to say that. I have not watched this weeks episode. I was watching last week's when I got paged for work last night.

Wait till you see her playing pool. :D

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:42:36 EDT

elwoodblues posted :

said by donoreo:

said by elwoodblues:

First I can dispel believe in TV very easily, most of it is BS.
I'm watching Hawaii Five O last night and one of the characters is in her car, in a back ally, fires up her laptop which automatically connects her to the Marshall Services database.

Then she proceeds to social engineer a password from a recording she made playing pool with a Marshall.

She must have tried several times before she got it right.

Was it Kono? She is hot so it does not matter.

Not it's the < a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1218924 "/> Navy woman Mcgarret has been seeing, she's on the show F/T now.

While we're at it, sometime ago, somebody asked me what a 40yr old woman should look like....Grace Park is 38,. but damn.....
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:41:59 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by BigSensFan:

said by donoreo:

said by elwoodblues:

Was it Kono? She is hot so it does not matter.

No it was Steve's 'girlfriend' that worked on a Navy Ship the last season, but now is on leave and helping the 5-0-

She is not bad looking either

I was just going to say that. I have not watched this weeks episode. I was watching last week's when I got paged for work last night.
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I cannot deny anything I did not say.
A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly.
I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:40:41 EDT

BigSensFan posted :

said by donoreo:

said by elwoodblues:

Was it Kono? She is hot so it does not matter.

No it was Steve's 'girlfriend' that worked on a Navy Ship the last season, but now is on leave and helping the 5-0-

She is not bad looking either
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:38:59 EDT

urbanriot posted :

said by donoreo:

Fun ensues!

Hah, I had the pleasure of doing this inside a VM once and my last call was a marathon hour and a half. I took snapshots of my VM and kept restoring them while he was inside so it really jerked him around each time I reverted and he reconnected.

Fortunately some have been temporarily stopped...

»www.zdnet.com/regulators-smash-g···0005195/

»www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/pecon.shtm

Not quite the punishment they deserve for bilking people and holding their data hostage and nowhere near dissuading enough to offset the crime. It's like handing a drug cartel boss a parking ticket...

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:38:09 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by elwoodblues:

Was it Kono? She is hot so it does not matter.
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The irony of common sense, it is not that common.
I cannot deny anything I did not say.
A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly.
I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:35:50 EDT

elwoodblues posted : And the funny part is a I have an XP VM they can play with to their hearts content.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:35:15 EDT

elwoodblues posted : First I can dispel belief in TV very easily, most of it is BS.
I'm watching Hawaii Five O last night and one of the characters is in her car, in a back ally, fires up her laptop which automatically connects her to the Marshall Services database.

Then she proceeds to social engineer a password from a recording she made playing pool with a Marshall.

She must have tried several times before she got it right.

RIGHT, so you type in the wrong password into a US Government Database,you don't get locked out nor does your miraculous internet connection get tracked back to you.

And that's my point, any IT person with smarts will see BS when they see it,but the average schome? Not so much.

My sister who downloads "Linux distros" daily is uber paranoid somebody will catch her, even though it's not possible since she's not sharing anything and I encrypted her connections.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:35:06 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by HiVolt:

I only wish one of these people would call me... I would have so much fun...

I have had them call....6 or more times in the past few months. Each time I have not had the time to play with them.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:34:19 EDT

HiVolt posted : I only wish one of these people would call me... I would have so much fun...

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:28:13 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by elwoodblues:

said by donoreo:

said by elwoodblues:

Mac is a virus-free edition."

Too much.

I don't think these guys are scammers as much as the people who are paying them to make the calls.

No on can be so stupid to not know what they are doing.

No, she is way too smart. Which of course does bring up the obvious question of why she married me.....
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The irony of common sense, it is not that common.
I cannot deny anything I did not say.
A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly.
I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:25:55 EDT

elwoodblues posted :

said by donoreo:

said by elwoodblues:

Mac is a virus-free edition."

Too much.

I don't think these guys are scammers as much as the people who are paying them to make the calls.

No on can be so stupid to not know what they are doing.

Yes they can, you are some guy in Mumbai being paid $15/day to make calls. You're reading from a provided script. This may be a bad example, but compare yourself to your wife, if she wasn't married to you , would she believe this stuff?
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No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......

Re: "I am calling from Windows" scammer calls ARS.....

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:21:20 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by elwoodblues:

Mac is a virus-free edition."

Too much.

I don't think these guys are scammers as much as the people who are paying them to make the calls.

No on can be so stupid to not know what they are doing.
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The irony of common sense, it is not that common.
I cannot deny anything I did not say.
A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly.
I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:19:46 EDT

elwoodblues posted : Mac is a virus-free edition."

Too much.

I don't think these guys are scammers as much as the people who are paying them to make the calls.

"I am calling from Windows" scammer calls ARS.....

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:11:05 EDT

donoreo posted : Fun ensues!

»arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012···echnica/

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