[Coco] Just got a call from my "computer technician"

[John Guin]

I managed to keep the guy on line for almost 15 minutes.  I felt pretty good that at least I could slow down the scam a little, tiny bit.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Gabriel Holland via Coco
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 10:49 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Cc: Gabriel Holland
Subject: Re: [Coco] Just got a call from my "computer technician"

Yes.  Someone just tried that on us last week while I was at work.  My wife called me in  a bit of a panic.  I told her it was nonsense.  The guy claimed out computer was downloading harmful software.  One minor detail though - the computer was shut off.  Nice try, jerk!
 


     On Saturday, May 2, 2015 1:25 PM, Joe Grubbs <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:
   

 Coincidentally I got a call like this the other day. The person had a very distinct accent and was clearly in a very noisy environment. He claimed that he could "see" viruses on my Windows PC.

He knew my name and asked if I was Joe Grubbs. I said that I was but that I have no Windows PCs in my house. I had to reiterate that about five times before he finally conceded and said "Okay, have a nice day"



> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 13:22:42 -0400
> From: alhartman6 at optonline.net
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Just got a call from my "computer technician"
> 
> I tell them, "Just a moment while I  re-boot my computer. Hey...  what 
> do think aboutthose people from India and Pakistan who call pretending 
> to be technicians and want to pretend to fix your computer while they 
> are really installing malware to steal your passwords and financial data?"
> 
> Most of the time they hang up. Some times I learn curse words in their 
> native language before they do.
> 

                         

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