End of OT thread in the interest of reducing the list noise level. 73,
Eric List moderator elecraft.com _..._ On Sep 4, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> wrote: > Actually, he doesn’t claim to be from Microsoft exactly, but the unwary could > get that impressions he claims to be from “Windows support”. I had one of > these a year or so ago. > > Here’s a recording of someone winding up one of these fellas: > > http://buddy.brannan.name/hacker.mp3 > > Sorry. I forget where I originally found this, likely on audio boo or > something, but this isn’t me, of course. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Sep 4, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > >> While OT, still important. There is a new scam, prevalent on the US west >> coast but might be elsewhere. You receive a phone call from a fast-talking >> dude who obliquely purports to be from Microsoft. His pitch goes something >> like, "blah blah this is windows support, we're getting error messages from >> your computer. Can you get to your computer now ... blah ... we can solve >> it ... it's all very secure ... blah," at which point I hung up. Have now >> had 3 more of them. >> >> While there's probably no one on this list who would fall for this, it might >> be wise to advise less-technically inclined family members of this and to >> hang up immediately. >> >> 73, >> >> Fred K6DGW >> - Northern California Contest Club >> - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 >> - www.cqp.org >> >> On 9/3/2013 9:08 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> >>> Be safe and be aware, call the phone number on your billing account for >>> your ISP before sending email to any requests like that. >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
