Latest phone call from "Microsoft Security"

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  1. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Latest phone call from "Microsoft Security"


    Had yet another call purporting to come from MS "Vindows" security department. Led him (Martin?) on a bit and eventually told him that I didn't have a computer. He then got very abusive and called me a liar. He was almost threatening. Doesn't cut any ice with me but I help a number of oldies with their minor PC problems and I think one or two of them who are even older than me will feel quite intimidated by these nasty calls. I will contact my little group and assure them that the best thing to do is just put the phone down and forget them. I have the originator's UK phone number and will make a few enquiries to see if anything can be done to curb this practice.
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  2. Posts : 2,774
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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    Forgot the phone numbers, usually, a black box masks the real number. Definitely assure your group to:
    -- quickly, quietly, hang up the phone [do not blow whistles, do not curse, do not bang down the receiver]
    -- do not engage in conversation or argument [do not curse, do not yell]
    If one gives no opening to such callers, most if not all will simply move onto other possible targets.
    The above is what my wife and I have done for some time now.
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  3. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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    The problem with any scammers phone numbers you might see is that they are almost always fake.
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  4. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Thanks Roland. That's basically what I have already told them but still it causes some of them concerns. We oldies tend to always find something to worry about.
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  5. Posts : 2,774
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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    I can relate! I even worry about the worrying I already do! -- Roland Dangerfield
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  6. Posts : 9,746
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp1
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    The most annoying part of these scammers is that they keep ringing you when you have told them to get lost. Obviously they have an automatic dialling system & it rotates the answered phone to the first available scammer, because there is always a delay when you answer the phone.

    I have told them on many occasions to remove my phone number from their database, but they stupidly persist, even after I have repeatedly told them they are a rip off scam.
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  7. Posts : 336
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64
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    The other way of dealing with such callers is to ask them to hold on for a moment while you e.g. answer the door, then put the phone down on the desk and leave it. The caller will very likely hang on for a while until finally realising you're not returning, and that is time he cannot devote to conning someone else.
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  8. Posts : 3,724
    Windows 10x64 Build 1709
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    Seffrid said:
    The other way of dealing with such callers is to ask them to hold on for a moment while you e.g. answer the door, then put the phone down on the desk and leave it. The caller will very likely hang on for a while until finally realising you're not returning, and that is time he cannot devote to conning someone else.
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  9. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    What I have done on occasion, if it is a slow day for me, is continue to talk to the guy and give him strange answers to his questions. After a while he hangs up on me. :)
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  10. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
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    I just tell them I have a Mac. They usually hang up right away and they eventually stop calling.
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