Fake microsoft "your computer is infected" call

On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:20:34 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , micky
writes:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:18:31 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , micky
writes:
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:46:36 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:



I guess it's like email spammers and the applications that'll bounce the
email in a manner that looks as if your email address is invalid; though
I still do it (as it's only Ctrl-Alt-J in my email software), I am very

What software is that?
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Turnpike.

I had not heeard of that. I'll look into it. Thanks.

I fear you'll find it is no longer available, and doesn't work on 64-bit
operating systems (except via virtualisation).

I think I'll give up then. I'm still pretty happy with Eudora

But FTR, I once bought a computer speakerphone/microphone that had
instructions that said there was software at the address it listed.

I went there and the page was gone. I thought the software was
essential, so I tried the Wayback machine, and not only was the page
there, but when I clicked on Download, it downloaded the file!
(Which turned out not to be essential, but was nice nonetheless)

In article ,
Moe DeLoughan wrote:

On 11/13/2013 10:35 AM, Bob F wrote:
I just got my second one of these calls.

Hi: I'm from microsoft support calling to warn you that your computer has
many
infections...... and I am calling to help you get rid of them"


I wonder how many people get scammed by this? Must be a lot to have a room
full
of people doing this.

One of my sisters was taken in by this, because she was desperate for
help regaining access to her third Gmail account (she keeps losing her
password and totally losing access, thus requiring her to create a new
account). He strung her along using the standard ploy and she bought
into it completely - well, until he told her he needed $300 to clean
her pc and regain her password. She's broke and unemployed. She told
him she didn't have that much in her savings account. He obligingly
lowered the fee to just below what she told him was left in her
savings account. She belatedly acquired some common sense, declined,
and hung up.

He called back. This time the fee was a mere ninety-nine cents. She
refused and hung up again.

He kept calling the rest of the afternoon.


If you get such a call, have a little fun too. Let's really waste their
time.
Anyone think my action will get me off their call list?

No, because they haven't got a call list. They have sequential
diallers that phone numbers in sequence.

If you annoy them, they're ready and willing to annoy you right back.
Personally, I see nothing to be gained by interacting with criminals.
Safer and faster to just hang up.

Once , I got such a call. They asked for me and I said Oh, I'll go get
him. then I left the phone off the hook for 1/3 hour. I wonder how long
they waited for me to come back. Hey, I'll never know.
Another thing i'll never know.
Oh, well.
Now, I let the machine field all incoming calls. My friends don't call
the land line.
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Karma ; what a concept!