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#176 |
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I just put the phone down on them
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#177 |
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I've had two of those this week. Of course they deny it's a scam!
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#178 |
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I had a call earlier asking to speak to the home owner, I said thats me etc
This indian guy in not very good english then said he was calling from Microsoft as they had noticed that I had some viruses on in my Windows software and that my current anti virus protection wouldnt be able to correct this. He then proceeded to tell me he could correct this for me via the internet... At this point I said can you connect me to Bill Gates to discuss further to which it went silent... He then asked if I had credit cards.. I said yes thanks, why do you sell them too ? Again silence. I then said i would much prefer if he came round and sorted it as I prefer to deal in cash... Again silence. I then started laughing lots and he hung up, how rude lol So I think that was a con, anyone had anything similar ? |
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#179 |
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this guy knows how to deal with them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvn6m...eature=related |
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#180 |
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So I think that was a con?
Why did DS ever bother with the pinned sticky on this subject, maybe the mods should make it BIGGER and bright red
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#181 |
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I have a simple solution - if the call is International I don't pick up.
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#182 |
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wish they'd ring me as i could spend hours wasting their money before i reveal i'm currently only 7 years old and my machine is powered by some ancient ibm mainframe that daddy uses
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#183 |
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I have a simple solution - if the call is International I don't pick up.
Just tell them your not interested and hang up unless you plan on trolling them, in which case be sure to post it up on here if its a good one.
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#184 |
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There's a sticky at the top of this forum about this.
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#185 |
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I just put the phone down on them
Then leave the phone for 10 mins or so,return and then hang up
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#186 |
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I have a simple solution - if the call is International I don't pick up.
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#187 |
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There's a sticky at the top of this forum about this.
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#188 |
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I got some advice from TPS
Unsolicited calls here begin either "Hallo." "Hallo, may I speak to Mrs Aitch?" "Mrs Aitch, my mother, lives in Thistown. I'm Miss Aitch. "Oh, sorry, Miss Aitch." If I don't have business with their company, the conversation turns to my explaining I'm with the Telephone Preference Service. Or "Hallo." "Hallo, may I speak to Mrs Arr?" "Mrs Arr moved [number of] months ago." I explain that I am with the Telephone Preference Service and ask for the name of the business and number they are calling from as I wish to stop receiving unsolicited sales and marketing calls. I usually find they hang up at this point. |
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#189 |
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wow first time I've heard of this scam
http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy...w=1540&bih=819 or the top of this forum
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#190 |
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The second I realise that the person on the other end is an Indian, the phone goes down.
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The second I realise that the person on the other end is an Indian, the phone goes down.
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#192 |
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Fair enough if the caller ID reveals that, but half the time it just comes up as unknown. For many people, blocking anonymous calls is not an option either.
Just tell them your not interested and hang up unless you plan on trolling them, in which case be sure to post it up on here if its a good one. ![]() |
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#193 |
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I just got a call. Told him I have no computer to which he apologized and hung up.
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#194 |
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You don't need windows for BT infinity.
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You don't need windows for BT infinity.
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They soon put the phone down when I tell them we have a Mac
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Will people please stop replying to this thread and use the bloody sticky!
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My aunt got this call today. She is very gullible and not computer literate so she fell for it. She called me earlier to tell me about it and I told her it was a scam. She was reluctant to believe me at first and told me several times that the Indian woman named Jessica Smith 'sounded genuine'.
Anyway, she didn't pay the £99 asked but, from what I can tell, she did everything else she was instructed (though she can't remember exactly what it was). What should I tell her to do? |
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Tell her that no-one will phone her from support and not to talk to anyone who phones about her computer. If they are insistent tell them to leave their number and that her niece will phone them back.
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Tell her that no-one will phone her from support and not to talk to anyone who phones about her computer. If they are insistent tell them to leave their number and that her niece will phone them back.
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