Re: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-26 Thread Tony Francis
I have had a couple of these calls, the first I managed to convince these people that I couldn't possibly have a problem as all my e-mails came through the Mac server, which would mean that had the Mac server had a problem they would have resolved their problem and mine in the process, I

Re: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Crisp
Yes, I have personally tried this approach "I use Windows 3.11" which results in the same confusion and "you can't use that, it's not on my list"!! Much enjoyment for me during this windup. Regards Peter. On 26/03/2011, at 5:43 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: > > I have not had any of these calls.

Re: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread Kevin
I got lots of these calls and I got to the point at each call where I told them that I don't want what they are selling. That caused dozens of nuisance calls both on landline and VOiP phones for about a week. Seems to have stopped now. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Sealy
I have not had any of these calls. I read somewhere of an amusing response to take if you so wish. Allow the caller to rabbit on till they reach the point of asking you which Windows version you have. Then answer 'WIN 95'. This apparently is not included in the caller's written script and resul

Re: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread mince and pud
which allows the cold caller to gain remote access to your computer.You can see this as the curser moves when you are not using the mouse. The scammer can alter security or anti-virus software settings, or add a keystroke recorder to your PC. This means that your secure personal details may be f

Re: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread Ian Reid
eft by allowing the cold-callers to remotely access their PCs. You may be asked to log onto a website which allows the cold caller to gain remote access to your computer.You can see this as the curser moves when you are not using the mouse. The scammer can alter security or anti-virus so

Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread David Noel
o over-the-phone scammers posing as Microsoft computer technicians.  They have put themselves at risk of identity theft by allowing the cold-callers to remotely access their PCs. You may be asked to log onto a website which allows the cold caller to gain remote access to your computer.    You c

Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.

2011-03-25 Thread David Noel
-- One of our friends was recently taken in by a telephone scam, and handed over her credit card details. -- Now just this afternoon I received two calls from the same scammer. The first was from a foreign-accent woman saying she was calling from the "Computer Maintaining Department of Windows Op

your computer

2004-08-21 Thread Tom Lewis
Sorry - that should have been sent privately... Happy to buy as described and pay for freight to Canberra. Can you just tell me what a Rev D is - do you have a pic handy? Tom Lewis, now not in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz, but in cold cold Canberra

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2004-08-21 Thread Tom Lewis
Happy to buy as described and pay for freight to Canberra. Can you just tell me what a Rev D is - do you have a pic handy? Tom Lewis, now not in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz, but in cold cold Canberra

Re: Is your computer in this list?

2004-03-05 Thread James Devenish
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 09:35:35AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's good to see that Multimedia products and Video Conferencing are > considered obsolete by Apple. :P I guess this one way of saying "of course that stuff is obsolete -- we started doing multimed

Re: Is your computer in this list?

2004-03-05 Thread Mark Secker
Here's a fascinating page on Apple's site regarding "Vintage" and obsolete products. The list is huge! http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112142 hmm ... might be time to open a antique computer shop let me look in the dark corners of my shed SE SE 30 LC LC III PM 7300 (

Re: Is your computer in this list?

2004-03-05 Thread cameronm
It's good to see that Multimedia products and Video Conferencing are considered obsolete by Apple. :P Cam Earlier today Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > Here's a fascinating page on Apple's site regarding "Vintage" and > obsolete products. The list is huge! > > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.htm

Is your computer in this list?

2004-03-05 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
Here's a fascinating page on Apple's site regarding "Vintage" and obsolete products. The list is huge! http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112142 -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth,

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