"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
02/29/2016 at 12:13 • Filed to: scams, super replicas of drive-by unsolicited phone calls
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
02/29/2016 at 12:13 • Filed to: scams, super replicas of drive-by unsolicited phone calls | 0
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I keep getting phone calls from people who keep claiming to be from “the computer support department” or something along those lines (they never specifically identify themselves, it’s always “computer support” with claims that they’re either doing a monthly checkup based on a subscription I never signed up for, or are responding to a phone call I never made, and always speak in broken English which is a sure sign it’s legit). Usually I just hang up but I’ve gotten fed up with the increasing frequency of the calls. Lately I’ve been telling them very specifically don’t call back - then don’t call back or I’ll call the police - and now I’ve just had this exchange:
(after saying hello? hello? into the phone for a number of seconds which I’ve learned is usually an indication that a scam is on the other end)
Scammer: hello I am here to do a computer checkup that you requested for (or something along those lines - he never identifies himself or the specific company he works for)
Me: If you call this number again I’m calling the police and having you arrested
Scammer: What are you calling the police for?
Me: Because you are a scammer and literally a criminal
Scammer: You are a good person
Me: And you are a scammer and a criminal
Scammer: yes yes I am a criminal
(at that point I had a good laugh, figured I’ve vented enough and hung up)
But seriously I’m sick and tired of this. Is there any way I can get a reverse phone look-up and report the number to the police?
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 12:19 |
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I have a windows virtual machine set up just for them, unfortunately I’ve never been called so I have yet had the chance to fuck with them. Basically what would happen is I’d pretend to be the most computer illiterate person and make them take as long as possible to go through the VM. Once they lock it up and tell me to pay, I’ll laugh at them and tell them that it’s a virtual machine running on a Linux box and GTFAC.
Most times these guys are outside the country so there isn’t much you can do about it other than waste their time and get a laugh out of it.
WiscoProud
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
02/29/2016 at 12:24 |
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That seems like a lot of work for little reward. I just ask them over and over who they work for until they hang up on me.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> WiscoProud
02/29/2016 at 12:30 |
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I have a little petty jerk inside of me, sometimes he needs to have his fun and just being able to occupy another human beings time just to tell them at the end you wasted their time can be fun.
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WiscoProud
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
02/29/2016 at 12:34 |
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Fair enough
TheRealBicycleBuck
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 12:41 |
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Forward the calls to the Jolly Rogers Telephone Company.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3OxC…
Bad Idea Hat
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 12:41 |
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This is a theoretical. I’m planning on doing this when my work isn’t going crazy, but the guy never calls when I’m bored.
Scammer - “Yes, I am from computer support department at Microsoft, you have a virus” (appended, it was much longer and more BS the last time the guy called)
Me - “Oh wow, that’s not good. What do you need me to do, I’m great at computers! I love my new OS 8 Windows, but I didn’t realize viruses were such a problem.”
Scammer - “I need you to-” (at this point I’ve probably stopped paying attention, because I’m quickly trying to get something going)
Me - *Windows XP shutdown sound*
Scammer - “Did you shut down your PC?”
Me - “Oh yeah, I thought that’s what you were going to want me to do.”
Scammer - “No”
We wait for it to come back up
Me - “Okay, what do you want me to do?”
Scammer - “I need you to-” (once again, I’ve stopped paying attention)
Me - *Windows XP shutdown sound*
ttyymmnn
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 12:45 |
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I got into a shouting match with some asshole scammer on the phone when I told him to stop calling. He said I had to say “Please.” So I said, “Please, fucker.” Later that evening, he called back to say that he had arranged for some prostitutes to come to my house. They never showed up. That’s why I simply never answer my landline phone any more. The machine picks it up and nobody ever leaves a message. And if it’s a number from out of state on my mobile, I ignore it and then block it.
Berang
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 13:20 |
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Tell them the computer is not home right now, but you can take a message.
StingrayJake
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 13:50 |
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About a year ago I started getting similar calls telling me they were with Norton/Windows/McAfee/whoever and that they had received a signal telling them that my computer had been infected with a virus. I knew this was bogus but I liked telling them that I didn’t own a computer just to hear their excuses.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 13:54 |
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Put your number on the do not call list, then report every time someone calls you with a scam. I also block the number on my phone.
https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
SirDrivesAlot (now with hybrid powerrrr)
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
02/29/2016 at 15:15 |
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I have got a few of those calls, usually I just tell them to F**k off and hang up. The last time I told them I did not have a Windows machine, that I had a Mac. Silence.........
pip bip - choose Corrour
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/01/2016 at 03:59 |
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do what Ted Danson did on “Becker” and blast an airhorn down the line.