Yes same here- I didn't give him the chance to get annywhere when could bairly say Microsoft I just hung up. That virln(Roach) is probably scurring around I doubt that the kind of person that goes to or is on the FRIAM list is his mark.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Edward Angel <an...@cs.unm.edu> wrote: > I got the call a couple of months ago. He tried to give the impression > that he was working for Microsoft and they were doing the monitoring. He > got very flustered when I pointed out that I had only Apple hardware and > didn't run Windows. That didn't stop him from continuing his pitch. I > finally had to shut him up by telling him what crook he was and hanging up. > Actually I probably didn't shut him up but only moved him to the next one > on his robodialer. > > Ed > __________ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory > (ARTS Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > Can anybody confirm this as a new form of pfishing? **** > ** ** > I got a call from a number in DC today, somebody with a strong Indian > sub-continent accident, telling me that my computer was sending error > messages to the network and offering to help me correct them. (I have the > number in my phone trap, and would report it if I knew where to report it > to.) The next step involved my going on my computer and connect it to > them, I assume. These guys were pretty bad at what they were doing,, but > I can imagine a more subtle line that I might have fallen for. **** > ** ** > Does anybody recognize this?**** > ** ** > N**** > ** ** > Nicholas S. Thompson**** > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology**** > Clark University**** > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/**** > http://www.cusf.org**** > ** ** > ** ** > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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