• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 22:54
CET 03:54
KST 11:54
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy7ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool48Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win42026 KungFu Cup Announcement6BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12
StarCraft 2
General
Potential Updates Coming to the SC2 CN Server What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw?
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open RSL Season 4 announced for March-April WardiTV Team League Season 10 KSL Week 87
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat Mutation # 516 Specter of Death
Brood War
General
Which mirror match you like most or least? How much money terran looses from gas steal? Gypsy to Korea BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ mca64Launcher - New Version with StarCraft: Remast
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group C [ASL21] Ro24 Group B [Megathread] Daily Proleagues 2026 Changsha Offline Cup
Strategy
What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Dawn of War IV
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
Cricket [SPORT] 2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 6672 users

Phone Scams?

Blogs > kOre
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
kOre
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada3642 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 11:14:42
July 12 2011 20:56 GMT
#1
Unified Caster Rating System (also known as the U.C.R. System)

1. Knowledge
- Players
- Current trends
- Build orders
- Analyzing what is going on

2. Fluidity
- Casting flow
- With or without a co-caster

3. Originality
- Humor

4. Unknown
- Voice and pronunciation
- Fairness (not showing bias to certain players)

****
http://www.starcraftmecca.net - Founder
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
July 12 2011 20:59 GMT
#2
Lol owned. Nice job. Definitely an odd scam, never heard of somebody calling up in regards to computer information. I guess their theory is that most people just assume everything coming from the internet is bound to be a scam so hearing a voice on the phone has some more credibility. Only an idiot though would fall for that one.
kOre
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada3642 Posts
July 12 2011 21:01 GMT
#3
Not ass funny as what some other people have posted about screwing around with scammers but this was the only thing I could think of on such short notice.
http://www.starcraftmecca.net - Founder
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
July 12 2011 21:02 GMT
#4
I got called about a month ago by somebody with a thick russian accent who asked "Do you have a windows computer" (of course I do) so I just told him that microsoft is the devil and I only buy macintosh computers because they're the way of the gifted.

He hung up before I could finish my rant
Hi.
Graham
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada1259 Posts
July 12 2011 21:07 GMT
#5
We got a call like that from someone claiming to be in Miami saying that he had received error messages that our computer had a virus on it and that we should do basically what you described.

Was an obvious scam to me but I could see where non-computer-savvy adults/etc wouldn't be able to pick up on it and fall for it.
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
July 12 2011 21:11 GMT
#6
lol funny shit kOre
RIP MBC Game Hero
kOre
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada3642 Posts
July 12 2011 21:12 GMT
#7
Now that I think about it I should have ended the call by saving something like "This is what I see on my computer screen." and link him to an image of troll face ... DAMN IT, oh well, next time :D
http://www.starcraftmecca.net - Founder
Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
July 12 2011 21:16 GMT
#8
Surprisingly, I've never been called by a scammer, just random emails from people telling me my WoW account's been hacked sent to an email that only has SC2 associated with it. Maybe I'll try replying to one of those sometime, haha.

"We are the secret computer police. Your PC is in mortal danger, please follow our telephone instructions." Wut?
you gotta dance
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
July 12 2011 21:18 GMT
#9
Epic.

Win.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
July 12 2011 21:24 GMT
#10
If only phone calls were recorded and could be accessed by the public... :[
133 221 333 123 111
itachisan
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Canada109 Posts
July 12 2011 21:27 GMT
#11
LOLOLOLOL had a good lawls for half an hour :3
good job sir!
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
July 12 2011 21:39 GMT
#12
Hahahahh very nice! I would have liked to hear this conversation.
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
July 12 2011 21:53 GMT
#13
Haha. My grandma trolled a scammer. Same sort of thing. My grandma's hearing is really bad, and she kept getting the URL wrong. I was there with my aunt when she got the call, so we let her uh, twist them around.
nekuodah
Profile Joined August 2010
England2409 Posts
July 12 2011 21:55 GMT
#14
Hahah you hero.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
July 12 2011 22:40 GMT
#15
Dude... shouting "me gusta" is basically the best thing ever. I wish you had made a recording of this... Would have been hilarious.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
TL+ Member
ketomai
Profile Joined June 2007
United States2789 Posts
July 12 2011 22:42 GMT
#16
hahaha. Niceee. Don't do it to a cop though!!!
deconduo
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Ireland4122 Posts
July 12 2011 22:49 GMT
#17
They've been hitting a lot of people over here. Unfortunately there are quite a lot of the older generation that fall for this scam. These guys are the scum of the earth. Theres a thread about it on one of my local forums

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055837564
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
July 12 2011 23:06 GMT
#18
You should have tried to make him cough up more information about himself.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
July 12 2011 23:18 GMT
#19
No recording? ): I r sad.

Fucking funny though, what a dumbass. It's really sad people try to take advantage of those technologically unsavvy to gain entry into private information?
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
aphorism
Profile Joined February 2011
United States226 Posts
July 12 2011 23:30 GMT
#20
On July 13 2011 08:18 Torte de Lini wrote:
It's really sad people try to take advantage of those technologically unsavvy to gain entry into private information?


Yes. Yes, it is.

Frankly, this is the type of thing that shouldn't work on anyone, regardless of how technologically not-savvy they are - it's common sense not to give credit card information to complete strangers...
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
WardiTV Mondays #76
CranKy Ducklings107
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 234
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 5061
Shuttle 360
sSak 46
NaDa 33
Noble 17
Bale 9
League of Legends
JimRising 507
Counter-Strike
taco 1108
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox1611
Other Games
summit1g10593
WinterStarcraft324
C9.Mang0275
PiGStarcraft237
Maynarde126
ViBE117
Organizations
Other Games
BasetradeTV62
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream29
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH184
• Hupsaiya 64
• EnkiAlexander 55
• musti20045 46
• davetesta31
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP3
• intothetv
• Kozan
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• RayReign 49
• Azhi_Dahaki14
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Doublelift5510
Upcoming Events
KCM Race Survival
6h 7m
The PondCast
7h 7m
WardiTV Team League
9h 7m
BASILISK vs Team Liquid
OSC
9h 7m
Replay Cast
21h 7m
WardiTV Team League
1d 9h
Big Brain Bouts
1d 14h
Fjant vs SortOf
YoungYakov vs Krystianer
Reynor vs HeRoMaRinE
RSL Revival
2 days
Cure vs Zoun
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Team League
2 days
Platinum Heroes Events
2 days
[ Show More ]
BSL
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
ByuN vs Maru
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
WardiTV Team League
3 days
BSL
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Light vs Calm
Royal vs Mind
Wardi Open
4 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
OSC
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
Rush vs PianO
Flash vs Speed
Replay Cast
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
BeSt vs Leta
Queen vs Jaedong
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-24
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
NationLESS Cup
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

2026 Changsha Offline CUP
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.