G+_William Burlingame Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I have just spent nearly an hour on the phone with a person from “Windows Tech Support” who had a strong Indian accent and whose name was Max. He claimed he had detected errors on my computer from a remote location. I had just installed Windows 7 on Virtual Box. I had no personal information on the Windows 7 virtual computer. He later handed me off to another person with a strong Indian accent name Justin. Both used Anglo surnames. They said they found 89,000+ problems. I installed it less than a week ago and only used it to set up a fake ID and email address. When he got to the point where he wanted me to pay for some software to protect my computer, I told him what I had done. He was very upset, but didn’t swear at me like others have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Smith Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Those battards used to call me three times a day. I finally went and bought an air horn to nail them with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bryan Burnett Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 That's crazy! Totally a scam, nobody from Microsoft is going to call you to let you know that your computer is "infected". Don't give your info out over the phone or pay for software over the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Smith Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 This scam has been going on for a few years now. MS has publicly denounced it. I just keep my air horn handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_William Burlingame Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Bryan Burnett, I hope you understand that I was baiting them. I just wanted to have them spin their wheels for a while. I deleted that virtual machine when I was done. I gave them a fake name, but they could probably do a reverse number look up to get my real name. I think I'll do a Linux for the next time. BTW, I'm retired and have time to play the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bryan Burnett Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Haha, glad you messed with them! I had a friend that fell for it years ago and i can't help to get mad thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_K Branch jr Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hey my 14yr daughter got the some call, she had a lot of fun with it . I told them I would track there computer down and rip a hole in it .. The caller hung up on me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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