scam ...

Big Sarge · 06-18-2014, 06:51 PM

do they send hobos to your house?

tw · 06-18-2014, 08:54 PM

Got the same call. Except the girl immediately handed me off to a "Microsoft Supervisor" after I told her I am viewing event viewer. Then gave the guy some bogus information from event viewer that both intrigued and bothered him. So he immediately wanted me to load TeamViewer. I did not without an internet connection. Then played with him for a while even intentionally reading back wrong letters. Eventually stated we are on a special secure network he cannot access. Then invented so fictional high tech jargon to further define this secret network function. He asked who I worked for. I told him I cannot say and he need not know. Then that this network has not tracked him. Then asked him to wait a second while we can recover his home address.

Then told him we are the people he works for. That he did not do his job properly. And this I was required to give him his only warning. I told him this group also has a staff in India. And that because he was doing his job so badly, management will dispatch the appropriate people. He should watch his back. Since part of our game only exonerates those who use sufficient caution. Click.

They never called back.

Hopefully I wasted enough time just having him reread each letter again and again. T as in Tangle. E as in Echo. A as Sun. Constantly followed by "Oh you meant A ... This line is not that clear." Actually encouraging him to feel I could not understand his accent - to keep him even more confused.

mbpark · 06-21-2014, 05:08 AM

I have had to issue advisories at work due to one of these calls going to a department.

Between the "Microsoft" calls, the toner scammers, telecom scams, phishing, spear phishing, payroll scams, the phone calls from the Caribbean, and Heartbleed, I have significantly improved my communication skills over the past year.

tw · 06-22-2014, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mbpark

I have significantly improved my communication skills over the past year.

You mean you stopped using profanity because it does not help?

BigV · 06-25-2014, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

You mean you stopped using profanity because it does not help?

THAT is a GODDAMN LIE!!!

tw · 06-26-2014, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

THAT is a GODDAMN LIE!!!

No four letter words. That's socially acceptable.

06-18-2014, 06:51 PM	#1
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	do they send hobos to your house? __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

06-18-2014, 08:54 PM	#2
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Got the same call. Except the girl immediately handed me off to a "Microsoft Supervisor" after I told her I am viewing event viewer. Then gave the guy some bogus information from event viewer that both intrigued and bothered him. So he immediately wanted me to load TeamViewer. I did not without an internet connection. Then played with him for a while even intentionally reading back wrong letters. Eventually stated we are on a special secure network he cannot access. Then invented so fictional high tech jargon to further define this secret network function. He asked who I worked for. I told him I cannot say and he need not know. Then that this network has not tracked him. Then asked him to wait a second while we can recover his home address. Then told him we are the people he works for. That he did not do his job properly. And this I was required to give him his only warning. I told him this group also has a staff in India. And that because he was doing his job so badly, management will dispatch the appropriate people. He should watch his back. Since part of our game only exonerates those who use sufficient caution. Click. They never called back. Hopefully I wasted enough time just having him reread each letter again and again. T as in Tangle. E as in Echo. A as Sun. Constantly followed by "Oh you meant A ... This line is not that clear." Actually encouraging him to feel I could not understand his accent - to keep him even more confused. Last edited by tw; 06-18-2014 at 08:59 PM.

06-21-2014, 05:08 AM	#3
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Warnings I have had to issue advisories at work due to one of these calls going to a department. Between the "Microsoft" calls, the toner scammers, telecom scams, phishing, spear phishing, payroll scams, the phone calls from the Caribbean, and Heartbleed, I have significantly improved my communication skills over the past year.

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