News Item: Yet Another Telephone Scam Attempt
(Category: Comment)
Posted by Brad R
Tuesday 12 April 2016 - 14:14:41

I got another one of those calls, claiming to be from "Windows Technical Support" and working up to telling me my computer was infected. It didn't get that far:

Him: "Hello sir, I am calling from Windows technical support. Do you have a computer or laptop?"
Me: "You can safely assume that."
Him: (pause) "I know that you have a computer, sir. Do you know?"
Me: "Certainly I know whether or not I have a computer."
Him: (sounding confused) "Do you have a Windows computer?"
Me: "Oh! No."
Him: (sounding more confused) "Am I talking to the person who owns the computer in your house?"
Me: "That's a reasonable assumption to make."
Him: *click*

I'll have to use this gambit more often. I've never rid myself of one of these pests so quickly, short of simply hanging up on them.



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