virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

Boden Matthews boden.matthews at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 12:22:53 UTC 2012


Last time they called I told them I had a Mac (They claimed to be from
Microsoft). I don't actually have a Mac, but it makes them hang up :D

Regards,
Boden Matthews,
http://bodenm.wordpress.com



On 20 June 2012 22:20, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> 'We have been getting phone calls say "your computer has a problem..."
> Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10
> question or some wacky replies
>
>  1 What Operating System I am I using?
>  2 What's my local/network IP address?
>  3 What's my router's IP address?
>  4 What's my Internet IP address?
>
>  * Must be my Atari 2600, How did that get on the Internet?
>  * let me drag out my PDP-10.... do you want to debug that for me?
>  * Where my ARPANET IMP?
> '
> I am wondering what question or wacky replies would you come up with?
>
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