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i hate the windows scam
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like these mother fuckers want remote access to my shit..
they can fuck right off... yeah sure your name is steve with an indonesian accent.
do people actually fall for that scam??? they must right?
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23341532 - 06/13/16 10:35 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I got nothing else better to do so I like to pretend I'm doing everything they are telling me to do an then I just hang up at the end. Also I'll act really really dumb an be like i cant access whatever they want me too or my computer won't turn on which has led to some classic troll conversations that I wish I could have recorded.
Like some dude from India is really going to know if you got malware on your computer common. Only works on really old dumb people.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: tdubz]
#23341546 - 06/13/16 10:39 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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i should try that...
see if i can get their name and say, well, how about this, i will buy you a plane ticket.. just come to the house and fix it. and just knock their teeth in when they get here...
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23341575 - 06/13/16 10:47 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Every time the nicest things I say is to go die in a Malaria infested ditch. My favorite is "If you call me again ,again I will tell you that you feed your children by scamming elderly and mentally disabled people. Wake up tomorrow morning that your career is to destroy people's computers and blackmail to keep it running.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23341576 - 06/13/16 10:47 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yup. People do fall for that shit, probably 99% old people and those that don't understand computers or are gullible.
There's alot of good Youtube videos where they troll and mess around with the scum scammers
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: daz01]
#23341593 - 06/13/16 10:50 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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i really need to get into this troll scam the scammer thing...
wonder if they would let me remote into their computer?
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23341611 - 06/13/16 10:54 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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besides personal information what do you think they are after?
drop a cryptovirus on your computer then hold you hostage saying they didnt catch it in time and you gotta pay 500 bucks to get your files back?
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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What is the "windows scam"?
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lucky you..
some asshat that cant make a proper living calls you and basically says you have maleware on your computer and walks you through to letting them remote into your computer.
and while they are there they do whatever the fuck they want.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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I had it happen once while I was really baked, I could barely understand the guy either which made it even more confusing.
After trying to figure out what was going on for a little I asked to speak with someone else and I swear he was replaced by an even worse accent...
When I finally realized they were just trying to scam me I hung up 
I wish they still called me as trolling them would be a ton of fun...
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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Idk what op is actually talking about, but it sounds like there's potential for pranking people who call you? My favorite thing to do is make them repeat a long ass line of info without giving them time to write it down.
Example.
Ok we're almost done, i just need you full name credit card info and address.
K, my legal name is "jim jeffery of jinestown the fourth, blinded at night in winter's moon, my credit card number is 77737494727492749274849194747274747474747473785959(say this as fast as possible) and my address is springing leaping meadows of winter's morn iowa. Can you repeat that for me?
I'll see if i can upload the video i was inspired by, if it doesn't upload right lookup on youtube "tim heidecker brown town prank call". Any of his prank calls are good really.
He has one where a lady is teying to scam some bs medicine (marketed more as a new age vitamin). She's a telemarketer and he uses the fact that she cant stop trying to sell him on it to make her insanely uncomfortable. He tells her he's addicted to some opiate, hasn't gotten out of his bed or eaten in three days and all sorts of depressing shit and she has to tell him it will help with all that.
Video upload attempt: failed. I can.never upload it. I swear to god ifbyou watch it you may OD on laughter. If you know of tim heidecker it's not typical of something you might expect. His show is admittedly really fucking weird. But this is just a funny ass prank call not related to any of his tv persona.
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That vid does not work for me, I will look up and post the one you specified for you though:
Tim And Eric Brown Town Prank
Also I did not know tim or eric did prank calls but that makes total sense and I am excited to check some out
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Once they got me to do it when I was on acid and ruined my computer. I'm usually not that gullible but I was frying and thought it was a Windows call center asking me to check out an updated website instead they remote access it and hold it for ransom.
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would it be illegal if one was to tell them to eat a lead bullet and they should off themselves???
i get about 4 or 5 of these calls a day... i mean, yeah i like the plane ticket idea, to see if they would bite... but sometimes, it seems like they really feel like they are apart of the windows corp.
i am hoping this thread will come up with a great idea for when they call tomorrow... which i know they will.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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How about when they call try and reverse it around onto them, something like telemarketing a fake product or religion perhaps.
Or just make things super awkward and make some shit up about having a home based sex toy operation or something and try to sell them some random stuff.
Just come up with really random things that will make them uncomfortable, maybe tell them you are a nazi or KKK member and try to recruit them.
Something scientology related could also be gold; "I don't seem to be having any issues with my computer but while I have you on the phone have you accepted L Ron Hubbord as your lord and savior? Perhaps I could schedule you for some auditing and enlighten you about the evil alien dictator Xenu."
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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rackem said: would it be illegal if one was to tell them to eat a lead bullet and they should off themselves???
i get about 4 or 5 of these calls a day... i mean, yeah i like the plane ticket idea, to see if they would bite... but sometimes, it seems like they really feel like they are apart of the windows corp.
i am hoping this thread will come up with a great idea for when they call tomorrow... which i know they will.
i cant believe those are real.
ive only gotten the email scams from craigslist. always starts with some legit looking text but its from a some werid ass number.
Then they ask for personal info.
Rackem, why not block their number? or is their number always different?
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Yeah, I used to get those calls on my home line all the time so I unplugged the thing. My friends all call my mobile anyway.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Northerner] 1
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Wtf? I have never received a call like this.
I feel like im really missing out.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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Its incredible, these guys hit me at least once a month. At first I was all polite but now, recently, I am honing the art of saying a single line that is so out there that THEY hang up.
Its outrageous. hey even call me out of bed sometimes because they dont even know which TIMEZONE they target.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
#23342048 - 06/14/16 03:09 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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this is gud
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#23342059 - 06/14/16 03:17 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've heard of people making virtual machines with a screensaver with all different pics of cows being butchered and the odd sick porn pic thrown in. Then just let them connect and enjoy the show whilst they are trying to explain why the machine is infected and you need to pay money.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: ak47myth]
#23342096 - 06/14/16 03:57 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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ak47myth said: Wtf? I have never received a call like this.
I feel like im really missing out.
Maybe you need a landline for them to get access to your number. I really don't know.
I get these calls at least once a week, often when I'm busy doing something, their a pain in the arse.
Whenever I hear an Indian accent giving me the opening line of the spiel I just say "no thanks" and hang up. I came close to hanging up on my doctor once, who was phoning me to give me my blood test result, she has a very mild Indian accent.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: deucedbi9] 1
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I love to point out to them that what they are doing is a crime and that I'm recording the conversation for the police.
That usually gets them to hang up fast.
The callcenter sounds in the background probably are a recording also. Scammers fake ANYTHING to give their story credibility. Sometimes even an Indian accent.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
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Seems odd that Scammers would fake an Indian accent.
I believe there has been some research done to show that people in the UK find a scottish highlander's lilting accent, to be the most pleasing and trustworthy, faking that could be an advantage to the scammer.
Faking a Glaswegian accent, on the other hand, would probably be counterproductive. lol.
I'm sure there are regional accents in all countries that people find more pleasing on the ear.
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Quote:
Seriously_trippin said: Once they got me to do it when I was on acid and ruined my computer. I'm usually not that gullible but I was frying and thought it was a Windows call center asking me to check out an updated website instead they remote access it and hold it for ransom.
That sucks. I was surfing sketchy porn sites on acid and got the virus that seizes your pc and takes your picture with your webcam and claims it is the RCMP (FBI in the USA). It says you are being investigated for illegal porn have to send bitcoins to have your "file closed", which makes no sense even on acid, yeah just send the police bitcoins. Anyway I got rid of it doing system restore point. But I spent hours trying to figure out what to do as I am no computer expert, was tripping balls too, that was a shit trip. Couple of years ago now, the ransomeware these days is impossible to remove I understand. I don't hit unknown porn sites anymore.
I haven't had the call from India lately, my landline is unlisted though. It actually makes sense they would target landlines as old people have them, and old people are their number one target.
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musiclover420 said: How about when they call try and reverse it around onto them, something like telemarketing a fake product or religion perhaps.
Or just make things super awkward and make some shit up about having a home based sex toy operation or something and try to sell them some random stuff.
Just come up with really random things that will make them uncomfortable, maybe tell them you are a nazi or KKK member and try to recruit them.
Something scientology related could also be gold; "I don't seem to be having any issues with my computer but while I have you on the phone have you accepted L Ron Hubbord as your lord and savior? Perhaps I could schedule you for some auditing and enlighten you about the evil alien dictator Xenu."
I used to ask people in prank calls all the time "have you accepted the good lord L ron hubbard into your life as your personal lord and savior?" I just love replacing the name in that statement. We went camping one.time when i was frying and bumped into a guy named mac, i kept telling.my friends how that day i became a born again beleiver and.accepted the good lord mac into my life as my personal lord and savior. Idk it's just a funny sounding phrase
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I posted an ad on Craigslist a few weeks ago and this guy texted me and asked me to accept his call from Washington DC. I was immediately hit with a prompt to press "5-7-0" or whatever. Hung up right then and texted guy back and asked him wtf kind of scam he was up to, and his response was more or less "fuck you mother fucker".
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: plasma]
#23342496 - 06/14/16 08:44 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I consider windows scam calls a golden opportunity to go Tourettes Guy or otherwise ballistic. I used to be shy on the telephone but, I'm losing my excessive shyness across the board.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
#23342536 - 06/14/16 08:59 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Lol this one time a telemarketer or collector called me so I entertained his call for a few before I told him to turn to his left and suck his co-workers dick, then take it to the right
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
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Asante said: I consider windows scam calls a golden opportunity to go Tourettes Guy or otherwise ballistic. I used to be shy on the telephone but, I'm losing my excessive shyness across the board.
I learnt not to do that after I pissed off some random cold caller, trying to sell me some shite or other, not a scammer. He took offence and launched some weird vendetta agaist me.
I was inundated with calls morning, noon and frigging night, for quite some time. I guess it only stopped when the shithead messed with someone, more knowledgeable with 'phone stuff' than I, who reported the prick and got the fucker ousted.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: deucedbi9]
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Wow that sucks.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: ak47myth]
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LogicaL Chaos said: What is the "windows scam"?
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I feel like im really missing out.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: deucedbi9]
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Damn, thats awful.
Sounds like the telemarker from Hell. But a scam artist instead.
Thats why i screen all my calls via answering machine. Safer that way. Caller ID for the Win.
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I got a great idea for the windows scam.
When u answer, have your computer ready with a text-to-voive program and your PC speakers right near the mic of the phone.
Then when the Indian scammer starts talking, type in the text-to-speech program stuff like "Incoming message. Now decoding...." and "Warning: Bullshit detected. Scanning for incoming bullshit" or "Analyze voice speech patterns for emotional affect. Emotion detected: Overwhelming fear." or "A human virus has infected your incoming telephone communication. Please stand by...".
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i like where your head is at on this deal... i gotta load something up like that.... i want to do something.. i dont know why i get so many of these damned calls but, the other day the same dude called me 2 times in a period of ten minutes.
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#23345737 - 06/15/16 01:38 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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rackem said: lucky you..
some asshat that cant make a proper living calls you and basically says you have maleware on your computer and walks you through to letting them remote into your computer.
and while they are there they do whatever the fuck they want.
come on man, dont get your panties in a twist, let the guy walk you through all that, I mean dont do anything but let him tell you all the steps, play dumb, ask him if he has what he needs yet, then say you must have messed up somewhere, then let him walk you through the process again and make sure he doesnt hang up on you, he really needs to spend as much time on the phone as possible, it's how he makes his living
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Prisoner#1]
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just keep asking why after every step to ensure a lengthy conversation... and just wear him out like a lawyer.
not a bad suggestion...
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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act like u know zero about computers: "mouse? whats that?"
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i click both of the buttons at once right???
whats that other window in the upper left why is that there?
if you are from microsoft you should be able to tell me my password to get to the thingy with the start thingy right?
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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ha, yah.
What does the circle with the line coming out of the top do? should i press and hold it to see what happens?
Whats a windows button, is that on the screen? Wheres the power cord go? lol
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Connect your Linux pc and let him try to explain how you have malware. 
Great fun if you already have teamviewer installed.
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getting some great ideas..... maybe set up a voice recorder and put it on speaker see how long i can keep these asshats on the line.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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Then upload the halarious recording to the shroomery 
I think it would be fun to buy one of those kids toys, the ones where u pull the string, and it makes a farm animal noise: "The Cow goes MOOOOOO!". And just randomly pull the string when hes talking. And say, im sorry, i missed that last part - Quacck! - fun will commence.
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act like u know zero about computers: "mouse? whats that?"
They waste enough of my time without me wanting to give up more just to try to annoy them.
I have thought that just putting the phone down, without 'hanging up' and let them give their speil to thin air, until they realise that they are paying for a phone call to talk to a virtual brick wall.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: deucedbi9]
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They're using Skype phone. Just cents per hour...
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Northerner]
#23345813 - 06/15/16 02:28 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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how much cash do you think they are pulling in from this bullshit??
like a call center of complete douche fucktards that all need a swift kick to the nuts for scamming people, what you guestimate?
billions? i mean, if they get in cc information on most computers, crytovirus, how large is that industry?
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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They're working from very poor countries. Even if they make a sting a day that feeds and houses their family. They aren't getting rich, relatively. It's kinda sad how fucked up this world is.
They're not making money like ransomware gangs that's for sure.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Northerner]
#23345828 - 06/15/16 02:36 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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i mean i understand the do anything necessary to keep food on the table, but at some point you got to sleep at night. and for some reason i have a huge distaste for thieves.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23345841 - 06/15/16 02:41 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Fuck thieves.
Thieving annoying bastards. Scam artists have it coming.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
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Yeah, I get you. Capitalism has infected them too. Despite being Hindu they always want more now. They see the money they take as worthless to us, scraps from the kings table. Most don't realise it's the most vulnerable who fall for their trick.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Northerner]
#23345864 - 06/15/16 02:49 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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well put..
still doesnt sit well with me... i would like to meet one in person... see the real truths.. it would probably take every bone in my body not to knock the mother fucker out, but there's gotta be a flip side.
like if you are smart enough in a poor country to be able to remote in and hack random peoples computers, you would think they would be able to make an honest living on the security side of the coin. but i guess with remoting you dont really have to do any loop holes... that kinda crushes that.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23345891 - 06/15/16 03:08 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I bet most of them are working in digital sweat shops where they only get a much smaller percentage of the money they scam, can't even afford pc's or electricity. Much less running water.
India's waaay fucked up in urban areas.
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act like u know zero about computers: "mouse? whats that?"
I did that once, I let him talk me through the whole process and I just kept fucking up so he had to take it a step back and try again. What can I say, he had a charming voice and I was bored In the end I said: "Oh, now I get a popup" At this point he was beyond frustration, and I said: "Oh what do you know, its Windows Office Assistant." he was gasping for air at this point. "He says: "You are being scammed, please hang up the phone." and then immediately I did.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Northerner]
#23345947 - 06/15/16 03:51 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Northerner said: I bet most of them are working in digital sweat shops where they only get a much smaller percentage of the money they scam, can't even afford pc's or electricity. Much less running water.
India's waaay fucked up in urban areas.
As much as they piss me off if their alternative was to live in shanty town
I guess they wouldn't give too much of a fuck about us 'rich westerners'.
And, you can guarantee, the developers that built the high rises in the background, are greedily eying the land those poor fuckers are occupying, and are just waiting for the bribes they've paid to the local politicians for the go ahead to plough them into the ground.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: deucedbi9]
#23345951 - 06/15/16 03:55 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Go to the 'where's Zappa' thread, there's something you've got to see
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: deucedbi9]
#23345958 - 06/15/16 03:59 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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You guys should see some of the mail my grandma gets - it gets forwarded to my parents address since she moved into an assisted living place, and holy shit, I guess all it takes is having an aarp card and giving money to a few shady charities - because they get mountains of those shady ass charity mailings. Some of them have really assertive language and try to present themselves as an official political party trying to appeal to old people who hate Obama and literally demanding ridiculous sums of money. Some of them are corny church things(the whole send a penny get a penny back/send a dollar get a dollar blessed in return bullshit), but looking at some of the letters and the language used in them it's super obvious that they're blatantly trying to take advantage and prey on a very specific demographic - i.e. old people who don't know any better.
Like, even my grandma is skeptical enough to ignore most of them and is mainly getting them out of being put on mailing lists. I can't imagine the amount of money people like that take from elderly individuals who are probably living on a fixed income and really can't afford to give what they give. It literally infuriates me. I've literally sent monopoly money and a bunch of scribbled fuck you's back to one of the more rage inducing organizations just to make myself feel a little better.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Citizen X]
#23345966 - 06/15/16 04:06 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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What. He been caught bribing the local politicians?
Wouldn't surprise me in the least. Land developers, along with politicians, are among the most corrupt proffesions in the world, along with shyster lawyers, second hand car dealers and real estate agents.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
#23346422 - 06/15/16 08:45 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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WTF? The guy admitted it was a scam?
Thats just fucked up. I cant believe he told you to hang up weird stuff out there.
I bet you have a cool voice Asante
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No you misread that. I told him that the popup, the fucking annoying paperclip from windows office 2003, said to hang up and then I hung up.
I first gave him the shocker that I wasnt even on the operating system he had been talking me through for I think 20 minutes, then invoked an utterly annoying image and immediately lost him his scam, his phone money AND his rebuttal.
It was an elaborate way of saying screw you.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
#23346763 - 06/15/16 10:31 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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no shit? the paperclip thing in windows told u it was a scam and to hang up?
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No, again misinterpreted: I faked him that that happened, just to blow his mind.
He wanted to plunder my computer for bank info or whatever they went for once in, so I thought I'd return the favor by putting as big a dent as possible in his day.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
#23346826 - 06/15/16 10:48 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I would've told him to suck his own dick
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Asante]
#23346834 - 06/15/16 10:50 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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oooooohhhh.
U had my mind blown. so confused...
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: plasma]
#23346849 - 06/15/16 10:55 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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My girlfriend's elderly grandad fell for this scam and they sent a ton of emails to his contacts on his email that listed attacks Americans have made against Muslims (or vice versa) and some weird picture that says something like "keep watering the tree" with a liberal watering an Islam tree
I don't remember the full details but I saw it myself and it was really fucking weird
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: tito123]
#23346866 - 06/15/16 10:59 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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that sounds really bizarre. I would fear my life if i saw that email.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: plasma]
#23346868 - 06/15/16 11:00 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Next time they call you, go right ahead.
They are attempting to rob you blind, they are on the other side of the world so they won't get criminal justice.
Be their karma. Every interaction is a transaction, they try to take all your money so, what do you give them in return? I was polite until I realized that NO, they must be discouraged in any way that seems appropriate.
If you successfully guilt trip them, it will draw the moment that they quit, closer. The same with frustrating them, etc. Scare them, say you record the conversation for the police voice recognition software.
Its self defense and defense of others to shove a stick through their spokes.
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Yeah it was really fucking odd. My girlfriend's mom brought it to the local police and they didn't care, so she contacted the FBI, and they said it was just a scam and didn't seem to care.
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: my3rdeye]
#23347421 - 06/15/16 01:46 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Seriously_trippin said: Once they got me to do it when I was on acid and ruined my computer. I'm usually not that gullible but I was frying and thought it was a Windows call center asking me to check out an updated website instead they remote access it and hold it for ransom.
That sucks. I was surfing sketchy porn sites on acid and got the virus that seizes your pc and takes your picture with your webcam and claims it is the RCMP (FBI in the USA). It says you are being investigated for illegal porn have to send bitcoins to have your "file closed", which makes no sense even on acid, yeah just send the police bitcoins. Anyway I got rid of it doing system restore point. But I spent hours trying to figure out what to do as I am no computer expert, was tripping balls too, that was a shit trip. Couple of years ago now, the ransomeware these days is impossible to remove I understand. I don't hit unknown porn sites anymore.
I haven't had the call from India lately, my landline is unlisted though. It actually makes sense they would target landlines as old people have them, and old people are their number one target.
Exactly. Dude that's fucking awful though especially with bitcoins. I've gotten the FBI,IRS,LA COUNTY and so many other scams call me. I only watch porn on my iPhone now because most viruses I know of are PC/Laptop based.
I watch 100% of my porn in my phone because u
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: rackem]
#23347517 - 06/15/16 02:05 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah people do actually fall for that shit. Mostly old people
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Re: i hate the windows scam [Re: Shroomism]
#23347544 - 06/15/16 02:15 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Reminds me of that south park episode about jewelry, shopping tv networks and old people getting scammed.
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