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Just got the call! 1 Saabers Like This Post! Posted by JerseySaab [Email] (#666) [Profile/Gallery] (more from JerseySaab) on Sat, 5 Mar 2016 07:45:29 In Reply to: Re: I have fun with those guys, JimBlake [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 4 Mar 2016 10:17:56 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
As it happens I just had a call from the "Windows Support" morons. Didn't feel like taking the time to play with them so just asked the questions that usually get an immediate hangup (which computer is it, what's the IP address, read me one of the error messages), but this guy was more persistent than most.
Instead of hanging up he transferred me to a "senior technician," a sharp-voiced woman who practically ordered me to sit in from of my computer so she could save me from the "malicious files" while rapid-firing nonsensical BS in an attempt to pull off a snow job.
I just told her I would not do so because she and her cohorts are running a scam. She asked "How do you know it's a scam?" I told her "Because I've been working in the computer industry for 40 years and have extensive experience in operating systems and networking, and furthermore none of the computers here run Windows - they all run Linux. So your claim to be receiving Windows error messages from 'my computer' is blatantly fraudulent on its face."
Finally I got the satisfying "CLICK!" from the other end. It's really a shame that some people fall for this crap.
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