Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-10 Thread Steve La Rocque
I got a chuckle out of this guy's approach: (See https://plus.google.com/+ChrisBlasko/posts/GzCuzTyUXNq) Today is a good day. I just had a call from a telemarketer. Did I yell and scream at them, you ask? Certainly not. Like a good IT administrator I put my skills to use for their

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-09 Thread Peter Sjöberg
/divdivDate:2014-08-08 2:18 PM (GMT-05:00) /divdivTo: linux@lists.oclug.on.ca /divdivSubject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support /divdiv /divOn 08/08/14 13:06, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: I've strung a couple of them along... One guy told me my computer was infected

[OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-08 Thread Shawn H Corey
I just got a phone call by a woman with an Indian accent for Windows phone support. This is a scam to get you to give them your password. Warn your friends and co-workers who are running Windows not to fall for it. Nobody should give their passwords over the phone. -- Don't stop where the ink

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-08 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 14/08/08, Shawn H Corey wrote: I just got a phone call by a woman with an Indian accent for Windows phone support. This is a scam to get you to give them your password. Warn your friends and co-workers who are running Windows not to fall for it. Nobody should give their passwords over the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-08 Thread Jean-Luc cooke
On 08/08/14 13:06, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: I've strung a couple of them along... One guy told me my computer was infected with a virus. Try following their instructions with unhuh and yup trying to use your memory of what windows looks like. And when they say now you see dis says you have

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-08 Thread dpatte
/divdivSubject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support /divdiv /divOn 08/08/14 13:06, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: I've strung a couple of them along... One guy told me my computer was infected with a virus. Try following their instructions with unhuh and yup trying to use your memory

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-08 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 14-08-08 01:06 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: Any idea how to also get rid of the Air Duct Cleaning Service and Credit Card Services liars too? Well, I always tell them that I just checked and MY DUCKS are clean and swimming in their pond. -- Charles MacDonald