Wierd phone call.....

[Fafnir]

So recived a really wierd phonecall from a person with indian accent, lots of voices in the background, saying they where reciving lots of virus messages via windows from my computer...

 

[rynnor]

So recived a really wierd phonecall from a person with indian accent, lots of voices in the background, saying they where reciving lots of virus messages via windows from my computer...

Heh - that old scam - tell em to go f*ck themselves

 

[Hawkwind]

Tell them your cooking and have to quickly turn the gas down, then just walk away and leave the phone line open. Adds nicely to their bill. Works great on UK based call centers as I believe it keeps one of their line open.

 

[DaGaffer]

Thought that had died out. Obviously not.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres

 

[Mabs]

Tell them your cooking and have to quickly turn the gas down, then just walk away and leave the phone line open. Adds nicely to their bill. Works great on UK based call centers as I believe it keeps one of their line open.

afaik, that is no longer true, they can disconnect themselves from their end, so all you end up doing is blocking your own line

 

[Hawkwind]

crap, shame it used to work well when I lived in UK.

 

[Gumbo]

I have an arnie soundboard on a shortcut on my desktop here at work to play with the scammers and the marketers with.

 

[Fafnir]

Just told them sorry i dont have any internet connection, and they just hang up on me the rude bastards.

 

[Access Denied]

Heh, my mate has an older system he uses for just this purpose. Gets 2 or 3 calls like this a week. Gives them access to that system which somehow sends shit to their systems once they connect.

 

[Zarjazz]

Heh, my mate has an older system he uses for just this purpose. Gets 2 or 3 calls like this a week. Gives them access to that system which somehow sends shit to their systems once they connect.

That's a great idea! Now if I only could get some of these calls

 

[Wij]

Attempt to cyber with them.