"Microsoft" support scam

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by flymo

you should be cautious playing along, another equally successful scam allows them to bill your account for the call. Best to hang up.

Which account would that be?

[flymo]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Which account would that be?

your phone account, seen instances of customers being cleverly directed from one call to another that the scammer earns money from (like an 0898 type call) without you knowing

[L3nny]

Originally Posted by embee

If it's a mk.1 and you want to upgrade it, I have a spare set of decade setwheels from a mk.2 going cheap, but you would need the special fitting tool which I can let you have for £19 3s 11d

Stick an Apple logo on it and some idiot will rip your arm off

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Berlin

I just kept talking about completely random stuff. If he's on the phone to me, he's not scamming other people. and I kept switching to German.

Yes, I've done this, also left the phone near the Tv speaker

Also pretend they're trying to sell you something like a helicopter, and then you protest and say 'I'm sorry I have no need for a helicopter'

Or like one of my colleagues who had a double glazing salesman try and sell him a conservatory. He lived in a 1st floor flat

[littleoldman2]

Originally Posted by flymo

you should be cautious playing along, another equally successful scam allows them to bill your account for the call. Best to hang up.

How does that work then and how do we stop all and sundrie doing it ?.

[flymo]

Originally Posted by littleoldman2

How does that work then and how do we stop all and sundrie doing it ?.

Like I said, hang up right away.

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by Berlin

I had this about three weeks ago. I had the guy utterly and completely baffled with the gibberish I was speaking and ended up selling him the phone I was using, but he had to come and pick it up! )

after an hour he still had no idea what was happening so I just kept talking about completely random stuff. If he's on the phone to me, he's not scamming other people. and I kept switching to German.

oh, and I described every single internal part of my Dell laptop but reversed every detail.

He gave up after about 1hour 45 minutes

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Should have spoke a bit Japanese and Taiwanese as well mate

Had these people on a while ago, said I worked for the serious fraud office and the call was being traced. The receiver was down by office

[ruddlad]

For a way to deal with marketing calls check this link, old but quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdoogjic4I

[Bri w]

I string 'em along and say yes please but I have to get my carer to say yes too. Always works

One of these phoned Mrs DJF's dad a couple of weeks ago. He enjoys winding up unwanted callers so he got them to tell him the details of the files they were supposedly looking at. Then he asked if the computer needed to be on! This threw the guy a bit but he apparently rallied and said, yes, he should turn the computer on. So father in law got him to wait while he found the on switch and then "Oooh, the weather has just come on." "Excuse me?" "The weather. Oh, this must be the TV." Click