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kOre
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada3642 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 11:14:42
July 12 2011 20:56 GMT
#1
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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.
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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
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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
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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... :[
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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.
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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 States25550 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.
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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...
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