Hahahaha. I need me one of those calls! A GF got one a few months ago. I was visiting her well educated college grad-gee-ated (not a typo)English major azz. She tells me, "Microsoft called and said they found a virus on my computer. He is going to call me back today after he gets done reviewing my computer. He wanted my credit card information the other day, but my husband wasn't home, I wanted to get permission to put one hundred and fifty something dollars on the card.." I stopped her from continuing. I explained no one calls you to tell you a virus is on your computer and can fix it from afar. She buts in, "That's why I gave him access to my computer. He told me what to do, so he can take a closer look." By this point, I wanted to grab her jug of wine and guzzle it. I explained it is a scam, never give anyone information about your computer over the phone, or follow his instructions and especially do not give your credit card numbers! She still did not get it. She says, "Well, you know me, I know nothin bout' (southern accent)computers. I am glad you are here, cuz I no nothin about them. We can't leave yet, cuz he is supposed to call back today." I said, "What? I said it was a scam, you believe me, but you still want to wait for him to get back with you because he was in your computer????" Oh, man, Alex, give one of those scammers a one two.. The middle American closet drinking, Southern Baptists demographics are a good gold mine for Mr. Tech., "Good day, Madam, I am with Microsoft and here to help you with your computer virus," bunch.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-19/indian-rupee-collapses-worst-da\ > > y-20-years > > <http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-19/indian-rupee-collapses-worst-d\ > > ay-20-years> > > > > Don't worry, they'll be able to prop it up with all the US Dollars that > Indian scammers must be raking in by calling Americans on the phone and > claiming to be from Microsoft tech support. I finally got my first one of > those calls the other day, and all I could say was, "Well, that's very > interesting, considering I have a Mac." (which is technically true, since I > do, in fact, own a Macbook and an iMac, even though my main PC is Windows.) > The guy hung up on me, and then it hit me: Dammit!!! This was the perfect > opportunity to totally offend an Indian with my Indian accent by having Swami > Gulabjamunanda give him an angry sermon about bad karma... "Lord Shiva is > going to be ripping you a new asshole! Let me tell you!" > > So, today, I get back home after Bananagrams at Revs and shopping, and there > were two calls to my land line while I was out. I Googled the numbers, and > one of them was an Indian tech support scammer. Dammit again!!! I swear, I am > not going to leave this house until another Indian scammer calls me and gets > an earful of the good Swami. I don't care if I have to dress in rags and live > on opossum and raccoon stew! I am not leaving this house! > > Or, maybe I'll just forward my land line to my cellphone, hang out at Revs, > and sponge off of Rory's darshan. >
