virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

[Boden Matthews]

On notes to the VM, I have a Vista VM setup that I made to look like an
actual PC - wallpaper, desktop covered in crap, shittons of bloatware and
no antivirus. Whenever they call next, I'm going to have some fun with them
>:)

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



On 20 June 2012 22:46, Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com> wrote:

> On 20/06/12 22:20, Tom Sparks 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
>>
> ...
>
>  I am wondering what question or wacky replies would you come up with?
>>
>>
> One night I tied them up for almost an hour. I just played along being a
> really stupid user.
>
> The most annoying this was that my credit card was flagged as stolen just
> days before, I wanted to give them the number to pay for their services,
> but they wouldn't take it until they were done.  I couldn't get an XP VM
> installed in time for them to login to it.
>
> In the end I told them that they had called an IT consultant and that I
> had enough information to track them down.  During the call they gave me a
> callback number which I tried from my mobile to see  if it was legit, it
> worked during the call and immediately after it, 20 mins later it stopped
> working. Based on some research it was a SkypeIn number.  I also reported
> them to GoToMyPC or whatever service they were using for the remote login,
> I got a positive response from them in a few hours.  I have never got a
> "virus" call since.
>
> Every time you string them along it is a lot potential victims they can't
> call because they are busy with you.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
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