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On 15/10/11 21:02, Grant Sewell wrote:
Bad? Its your public duty! I've even thought of setting up a VM with windows in it so I can very very slowly follow them through the process and then at the end just delete the image.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.
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