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Re: [LUG] Indian "MCSE" phone phishers again

 

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:49:19 +0100
> Martijn Grooten wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Tony Sumner wrote:
>> > I had one of these calls. She said her name was 'Nancy' and told
>> > me I had a Trojan. I said 'I don't use Windows' and told
>> > her that proved she was a b. liar. She got quite upset and said
>> > no I was the liar for saying I don't run Windows and hey I realised
>> > that I have a laptop that does have windows on it and it seems
>> > likely that she did have access to MS information. She also knew
>> > my address. A web site I looked at said that they tend to target
>> > older people (like me) so they may have a source of information
>> > that includes age and address.
>>
>> I (33) have had several of these calls, so I don't think they
>> specifically target older people. I am also certain they do not
>> co-operate with Microsoft and that the latter, if they possess this
>> kind of information (which I doubt they do), have not provided them
>> with it. I think they use the electoral roll or something to get hold
>> of the name and phone number. As for insisting you don't have Windows
>> - there are probably very few households that don't, so it is a safe
>> bet.
>>
>> I have told them several times this was a scam and that they knew it
>> and rather than closing the connection, they kept on insisting it
>> wasn't.
>>
>> Martijn.
>
> Is it bad of me to really want them to call me so I can tag them along
> playing dumb for as long as possible?
>
> Grant.


It would certainly be nice to even the score somehow....?

Roly :-)

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