Call from MS today!

"Bucky Breeder" wrote in message
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Popkin posted
this via :

The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was
downloading malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.

Here's what happens : a very personable Asian or Mid-Eastern or Indian
lady or gentleman calls on the telephone - the Caller-ID number is spoofed
- and when I answer "Hello..." they say "Hello, how are you doing? I'm
calling about your Windows computer..."

I respond "I don't think my windows have computers, they are the manual
kind."

They are obviously off-their-programmed message sheet, and repeat, "No, I
am calling about YOUR COMPUTER, your *Windows* COMPUTER."

I say "What!?! Me!?! HOORAY! Have I won a computer?" Then I direct my
voice away from the telephone and shout "Hey baby, we just won a computer!
Do you know how to drive a computer?"

They say "NO! I am calling YOU about YOUR [Windows] computer."

I say "Well, I really don't need any computers for my windows because of
the climate here. I keep them closed all the time and run air-conditioning
or heat. Do you have computers for my air-conditioner?"

By this time they usually just go blank, like they have me on hold to ask
their supervisors for assistance...

I then say "Hello... Hello... Don't you need my address so you know where
to send my computer?" I wait for a few seconds, then hang up.

They never call me back... I guess I'm never gonna get those computers I
keep winning. Whaaaaa... Makes me a little bit sad, but who needs new
fangled computers anyway?

HTH.


Fun. I thought if you really ****ed them off you would be put on the Global
and continuous scam caller list.
Anyways, very good.
The last one that called me weeks ago told me something about my Windows
doing something, so I asked him if he had Windows.
He said Yes, and then I said "Open one up and jump out of it".
--
Buffalo

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.


I've had it for six months or so. It's been great!

Now that I think about it, it was in a post by you that I learned about
nomorobo.
Thanks,
--
Buffalo

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:12:17 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
.. .

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.


I've had it for six months or so. It's been great!

Now that I think about it, it was in a post by you that I learned about
nomorobo.


Could be, but it might have been from someone else here. I learned
about it from a post by someone, but I don't remember who. Was it in
this newsgroup? I think so, but I don't remember for sure.

On 4/19/2016 8:54 PM, Buffalo's fingers rattled off:
"Bucky Breeder" wrote in message
...

Popkin posted
this via :

The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was
downloading malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.

Here's what happens : a very personable Asian or Mid-Eastern or Indian
lady or gentleman calls on the telephone - the Caller-ID number is
spoofed
- and when I answer "Hello..." they say "Hello, how are you doing? I'm
calling about your Windows computer..."

I respond "I don't think my windows have computers, they are the manual
kind."

They are obviously off-their-programmed message sheet, and repeat, "No, I
am calling about YOUR COMPUTER, your *Windows* COMPUTER."

I say "What!?! Me!?! HOORAY! Have I won a computer?" Then I direct my
voice away from the telephone and shout "Hey baby, we just won a
computer!
Do you know how to drive a computer?"

They say "NO! I am calling YOU about YOUR [Windows] computer."

I say "Well, I really don't need any computers for my windows because of
the climate here. I keep them closed all the time and run
air-conditioning
or heat. Do you have computers for my air-conditioner?"

By this time they usually just go blank, like they have me on hold to ask
their supervisors for assistance...

I then say "Hello... Hello... Don't you need my address so you know where
to send my computer?" I wait for a few seconds, then hang up.

They never call me back... I guess I'm never gonna get those computers I
keep winning. Whaaaaa... Makes me a little bit sad, but who needs new
fangled computers anyway?

HTH.


Fun. I thought if you really ****ed them off you would be put on the
Global and continuous scam caller list.
Anyways, very good.
The last one that called me weeks ago told me something about my Windows
doing something, so I asked him if he had Windows.
He said Yes, and then I said "Open one up and jump out of it".

I got tired of playing with them. You guys really ought to try Nomorobo.

It works.


--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
If women wear a pair of pants, a pair of glasses, and a pair of
earrings, why don't they wear a pair of bras?

On 4/19/2016 7:33 PM, Buffalo's fingers rattled off:
"Popkin" wrote in message ...

The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was
downloading malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.


Been using it for a few months. It is fantastic. 99% effective.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
In the game of life, always remember the Rule of Holes - "When you're
already in one, stop digging!"

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, Buffalo wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.

Does it work in the UK?

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:28:24 -0400, "Popkin" wrote:

The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was downloading
malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.

One on of those calls, I told him I had only port holes and hatches.
No windows. Knocked hi off stride for a moment. Usually, I just call
them a liar and hang up.

Buffalo posted this via news:nf6krh$s1m$1@dont-
email.me:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.


I've had it for six months or so. It's been great!

Now that I think about it, it was in a post by you that I learned about
nomorobo.
Thanks,

For years I used PhoneTray - the free version. It is very flexible and can
be used to either whitelist or blacklist numbers. You can also download or
record your own .WAV files to play... Essentially, you can key a separate
..WAV file to each number you have listed. I used it to block every number
that I had not specifically whitelisted. After a while I quit using the
cutsie .WAV files which I had targeted to specific numbers - and/or ranges
of numbers - using instead the default dead-air no-sound disconnect. This
tended to eliminate the particularly tenacious players who were bound and
determined to harass me into buying their service/product, etc., but were
incentivized to keep calling back because my specific messages let them
know that the line was an active telephone number. After a while, most of
the nonsense calls subsided. Since PhoneTray generates it's own incoming
call log, if I missed a number which I wanted to allow, I could simply add
it to the whitelist and call back the folks explaining that they would no
longer have any trouble getting through to me at that number...

Here's the contingencies : You have to have a 56k voice modem and you have
to have your computer running 24/7/365. You essentially loop your landline
through the computer to your telephone configuration. The software
examines the incoming Caller ID, and if it's not whitelisted, it zaps the
call by disconnecting it. If it is whitelisted, it simply allows the
incoming call to proceed to your telephone equipement. It logs all
incoming calls and their disposition.

A couple of things happened along the way. I was using WinXP-Pro-SP3 as an
admin machine on my LAN, thereby leaving it running [nearly] all the time.
Also, PhoneTray went to a $pay$ version which better accommodated the newer
versions of Windows coming out. You could - and still can - readily
download the last free version, v1.39... but I also upgraded my Win8.1 box
to Windows 10, and since this bugger is soooooo fassssst at EVERYTHING, I
only boot it for a session, then I shut down until I need it again.

That essentially obviated the practicality of using PhoneTray, plus this
newer 64-bit Windows box does NOT have a 56k modem... I could make it work
by using a USB data/FAX modem which is compatible with PhoneTray, but after
years of using it on my WinXP box, my unwanted telephone calls have receded
so much that I barely get any junk calls anymore.

Whoaaaa.... went long... essentially PhoneTray Free (v1.39) is a good tool
for many to help control their phone call situation. The $pay$ware is
probably worth the money as well, but in my case, the free version had
everything I needed.

--

I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^;

"Give me ambiguity or
give me something else!" -- Somebody, some time ago

.... and I approve this message!

bentot posted this via
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:28:24 -0400, "Popkin" wrote:

The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was
downloading malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.

One on of those calls, I told him I had only port holes and hatches.
No windows. Knocked hi off stride for a moment. Usually, I just call
them a liar and hang up.

Racist! LOL!

--

I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^;

"Give me ambiguity or
give me something else!" -- Somebody, some time ago

.... and I approve this message!

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:12:17 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
. ..

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.


I've had it for six months or so. It's been great!

Now that I think about it, it was in a post by you that I learned about
nomorobo.


Could be, but it might have been from someone else here. I learned
about it from a post by someone, but I don't remember who. Was it in
this newsgroup? I think so, but I don't remember for sure.


It was on Apr3, I believe in a post titled: Anyone get a call from "A
Microsoft Technician"?

--
Buffalo

In message , mechanic
writes
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, Buffalo wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.

Does it work in the UK?

When I looked at it I got no further than the message that it doesn't
work on traditional analog lines.
--
Bill

On 4/18/2016 3:28 PM, Popkin wrote:
The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was
downloading malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.
I received one of these calls while temporarily living in another part
of the country. I listened to the guy's schpiel, and then told him how
odd it was that my 'puter was sending out messages, since it and my
router had been turned off for five weeks (not a lie). He immediately
hung up, but I did get a laugh out of it.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:50:57 +0100, Bill wrote:

In message , mechanic
writes
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:33:51 -0600, Buffalo wrote:

Anyone here ever use NoMoRoBo?
https://www.nomorobo.com/
I just installed it two days ago and so far so good.

Does it work in the UK?

When I looked at it I got no further than the message that it doesn't
work on traditional analog lines.

Unfortunately, I got no further than seeing that US-based wireless carriers
are not currently supported.

I do have a VoIP-based home phone but only use it for outbound calls now and
then, so the ringer is turned off. My cell phone is my primary phone, and
Nomorobo doesn't work with that.

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:59:30 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

On 2016-04-19 11:58, Wolf K wrote:
On 2016-04-19 10:41, Johnny B Good wrote: [...]
the great unwashed consumer masses and their offspring.
[...]

Corrected:

You're one too. You get can't out of the game.


I'm sure this is a reference to something you said to a previous poster
but I couldn't find your previous post to check exactly what you said.

Sadly, (if by game you're referring to some dependency on Microsoft
Windows) there's still an element of truth in that statement. However, my
dependency is now somewhat watered down to running win2k and winXP VMs
specifically to run MpegStreamClip to process the mt2 files being created
by Kaffeine running in the host OS (oh and enjoying a decent game of
Solitaire when I have a few minutes to kill whilst waiting on a process
to complete :-)

I monitor this group to remind me that my change to Linux Mint wasn't
*really* such a dumb idea after all.

--
Johnny B Good

On 18/04/2016 20:28, Popkin wrote:
The nice Asian gentleman, John Lewis, told me my computer was
downloading malicious code.

I told him he was FOS and to FO.

Next time just say you can't hear. "Could you speak a bit louder
please" Continue repeating this until he/she gets fed up. They will
just say "you are a dick head" and slam the phone down!. Obviously, this
is an insult to your intellectual ability but it is better than calling
them names. You only use that sort of language on these newsgroups
where some posters are worst than those nuisance callers!!

Clearly, some people can't handle nuisance calls which are part of our
lives in the 21st century now that snail mail is almost declined because
of the cost!!



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