Windows securiy Phone scam

Hi there

I just love it when ridiculous people from Indian Call centres (Sorry India - great I.T, TERRIBLE phone call centres, nice people and love your food and Cricket) but you need to control other "less worthy people" who start phoning people saying "I'm from Microsoft and Your Windows needs security help - can we be of assistance to you?".

I got one of these stupid calls -- my answer was -- I Have local firm xxx who handles my Windows -- I have a Police security approved Triple Glazing so I don't think you can help me " !!!.

The scammer was left totally confused.

It's always a bit of fun egging these people on !! trouble is that even in sophisticated countries education seems to be going BACKWARDS so more people are likely to fall for this tyoe of B/S.

I'm always amazed that in most Western economies where the Financial services and Banks play a huge role in the economies of those countries why NOBODY is ever taught simple things like how a Stock exchange works or how money markets work - I'd love to see 14 year old kids be given basic lessons on how these sorts of markets operate - without getting too political - even here schools seem to be offering more kids facts about "Diversity" and "Transgender" stuff than basic facts about how to manage money and how the economy of most Western European Countries work --you don't have to agree with the philosophy - I'm just saying let's explain to the young kids how the thing actually works today --maybe they'll come up with better ideas --who knows !!.

Cheers
jimbo

Jimbo45, you hit it right on so many levels

I never get those calls anymore, bummer!
They used to be so much fun!

I use to tell them I know it's a scam and hang-up the phone. Now I try to play along with them for as long as I can.

Not a scam but this is a true story about a call from a charity that my mother use to donate to. When the women asked to speak to my mother. I told the woman the truth and said that my mother had past away. Her reply was " Oh! I'll call back later.)

I got the call on my cell phone in a public place. I answered on the speakerphone and the obviously foreign caller started his Microsoft found a problem spiel. I interrupted him and told him that he should be ashamed of scamming people and why didn't he try to find a real job. The caller paused and them started calling me a MF, B, and every other name in the book. I hung up but the people around me got an earful.

My wife likes to answer unknown calls by saying in her best radio DJ voice, "Thanks for calling, you're on the air!" They almost always hang up.