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Post by ChrisB on Jul 14, 2016 22:15:56 GMT
Have you ever had a phone call....
.........that made perfect sense to you at the time, but sounds utterly and completely crazy to everyone else?
Here's the gist of one I received about 11 years ago:
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Post by MartinT on Jul 15, 2016 5:17:30 GMT
Err...
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 15, 2016 6:37:10 GMT
I rest my case m'lud.
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Post by stanleyb on Jul 15, 2016 7:18:48 GMT
I had one of them about two weeks ago.
Me, "How's the wedding preparation going?"
Caller,"There's a funeral to prepare first!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 14:04:14 GMT
I had one of these.. Andre 'it's work', 'i know it's your day off, but you were suppose to be at work 6:00am this morning'
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Post by MartinT on Jul 15, 2016 14:43:03 GMT
Hah!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 22:57:36 GMT
I had a call a couple of weeks ago that went along the lines of... your Windows computer has got a virus... I proceeded to explain that I do not have any Windows machines at home, they are all Apple Mac's... they then said well you definitely have an issue with a Windows machine, so I repeated that I don't have any Windows machines... they then said that if I would like to have the virus removed from my Windows machine, I could pay an amount, at which point I became even more sarcastic and pointed out that I don't have a Windows machine so therefore don't have a virus on it... at which point they abruptly hung up... con artists! Had I been elderly or vulnerable person, they would have potentially got payment for something that was nonsense... really scary when you think about it. I did think afterwards that employer's laptop is Windows based and was connected to my network at the time, but they didn't need to know that  |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 15, 2016 23:00:54 GMT
Of course, the correct answer to any unsolicited phone call about Windows is to say "No thank you, I already have double glazing" and then to slam the phone down.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 23:05:40 GMT
Of course, the correct answer to any unsolicited phone call about Windows is to say "No thank you, I already have double glazing" and then to slam the phone down. Now that is a good idea - I should have thought about that... to be honest I was more interested in keeping them on the line for a few minutes just to waist their phone bill  |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 16, 2016 7:32:52 GMT
Just ask them for your IP address to confirm they're really looking at your machine. Of course, they're not at that point, so it's all blather to try to get you to believe them. I consider it a public duty to string them along and waste their time.
If you do fall for it, what they will do is get you to allow them access and then they will sabotage your machine and demand money to remove what they 'found'. Nasty people.
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Post by AlanS on Jul 16, 2016 15:14:33 GMT
If it is the pseudo Microsoft crew you should ask them how they got your phone number.
I have had one on my home number and four on my work number. It becomes enjoyable thinking up new catch thems. A simple response to I am from the Microsoft support centre was - no you are not. The last time I was going out so said could they call back later as it was not convenient now. That elicited a curse and dropped line.
There are tails on the Wam of an aged parent falling for it and loosing all his money. No joke
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Post by MartinT on Jul 16, 2016 16:15:57 GMT
You can't protect the stupid from themselves.
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Post by Clive on Jul 16, 2016 21:31:49 GMT
My neighbour was caught, he realised quickly, it only cost him a small amount from his credit card plus a rebuild of his hard drive.
As my current and previous employers are massive US IT companies I usually offer to put the scammers in touch with our support team. The line goes dead.... Also my current work machine is a Mac - not my preference but I struggle along.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 16, 2016 21:41:27 GMT
Also my current work machine is a Mac - not my preference but I struggle along. My sympathies |
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Post by Clive on Jul 16, 2016 22:00:32 GMT
Also my current work machine is a Mac - not my preference but I struggle along. My sympathies It's been an interesting journey. What its demonstrated to me is that Macs are no more stable than Windows machines. It believe what happens with Macs is that most Mac users stick with Apple software so it all works quite smoothly. Windows users tend to stay with all sorts of software which can be less reliable. My non-Apple corporate software on my Mac is less than great. Instead of blue screens I get hangs. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 16, 2016 22:32:36 GMT
I tend to keep my Windows machines (work and home) very clean and free of crapware. Consequently, they are both very stable.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 16, 2016 22:35:25 GMT
Back to phone calls, I get home to endless messages about PPI claims and the odd 'accident' I've had. All annoying, and I'm signed up with TPS, but I let the answerphone do the vetting.
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jul 17, 2016 8:03:45 GMT
Have you ever had a phone call.... .........that made perfect sense to you at the time, but sounds utterly and completely crazy to everyone else? Here's the gist of one I received about 11 years ago: … Did you buy it then?… |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 17, 2016 8:24:20 GMT
No - we were already buying thousands of tonnes of squished up olives!
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Post by davidf on Jul 17, 2016 11:26:05 GMT
I'd have gone with the toast crumbs - they'll keep for longer.
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