Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 Some Indian bloke claiming to be from Windows just phoned me 5 minutes ago. This might sound like me on the wind up, but I swear on my nieces lives he said "hello, this is DANIEL BRYAN from Windows". I had to ask him to repeat himself a few times. "Daniel Bryan, from Windows". Now I know this is a scam call, but either this lot are really big WWE fans or Daniel Bryan is such a generic name that was an easy brain fart when thinking of pretend handle. Â On serious note, I'm quite annoyed that these people are ringing me up. I had to tell him to not ring the house again after a minute of telling me the computer has a virus. Anyone else get them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I know of a old couple who live opposite my parents had one of these scammers call them and sadly they fell for it. Â Thankfully they mentioned it to someone shortly after and were told to cancel their bank cards immediately because they had given the details to the scammer to 'fix' the problem on their computer. Â I'd love for one of them to call me on day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clumsy Dad Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I had a guy with a German accent try the same thing about two years ago. He claimed he was working for a company that Virgin had hired and that something at his end said we had a virus. When I said it was a load of rubbish he got really shirty and started going on about what a big mistake I was making and how my computer was in urgent need of his help, I told him he was talking shite and I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 I've had loads of them. I used to insist that I didn't own a computer just to see how'd they'd handle it but I can't be bothered now and just don't answer when the Caller ID has a foreign number on it. Â I'm pretty sure that the reason I get so many of them is because I live in my Grandparents old house and so whatever information they are using has me down as being in my eighties. I get loads of British scammers as well, pretending to be from the Scottish Government trying to sell me loft insulation, and D.M Design phone every so often using fake company names to try and convince me that I've won a free kitchen. I've got a call blocker now though so those are easy to stop. Â My all time favourite was the Indian guy who just flat out asked me for my bank details. I didn't, obviously, but I appreciated his honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidPunx Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Yeah i would love to get a call from them. Â Is there any way you can solicit these guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Azrall Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 I had one not so long ago, some Indian woman called, saying she was responding to the call I had logged with them about the virus on my PC. Great stuff. She couldn't remember the reference number after I asked her and blabbed on about how it wasn't important anyway. Â I then told her to fuck off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugaziuk Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Yeah these have been going around for a while now. I had a call a few months ago telling me he worked at Microsoft and my PC needed fixing - when i told him i had a mac he just hung up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovanist Pig Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 They constantly used to phone me a few months back. I used to play along and wind them right up pretending to be a thicko cunt when it came to computers. Usually they were the ones that put the phone down in the end due to despair.  Bit like   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jaffa Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 I worked for RBS a few years ago and a guy in the call centre was telling me about how the staff were encouraged to choose 'Western' names when answering the phone. Their people went home and did some research and the next day they were loaded with staff called Buffy or Angel. Â My ex is teaching in Beijing and has a pupil who has taken the western name Megatron. I've met him. Fucking mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 On serious note, I'm quite annoyed that these people are ringing me up. I had to tell him to not ring the house again after a minute of telling me the computer has a virus. Anyone else get them? Get them all the time, brah. Pretty nasty really. Obviously trying to con the unsuspecting. I'd love to phone the police on them, but how would you start if they are based in India? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members neil's bitch Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 I worked for RBS a few years ago and a guy in the call centre was telling me about how the staff were encouraged to choose 'Western' names when answering the phone. Their people went home and did some research and the next day they were loaded with staff called Buffy or Angel. My ex is teaching in Beijing and has a pupil who has taken the western name Megatron. I've met him. Fucking mental.  I work in IT support, and our help line for internal problems, is based in Kuala Lumpur. They have the same thing were they are assigned English/Western names, and are told to ask us about the weather or stuff like, (once confirming you follow them of course), "did you see those Manchester Uniteds last weekend? Man, they totally destroyed those Liverpool idiots". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Reminds me of when I used to call HP business tech support and a guy with a thick Indian accent would answer 'Hello, my name is Dave, how may I help you'. Â Right...... Dave it is then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 Tell them your computer has just ran out of petrol, or that it just needs a new phlange. Or better yet, you don't own one. It's against your religion to own one. Or try and baffle them with a sales pitch. Â "Now Daniel, the first thing you should know is this is NOT pyramid selling." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Up Chuck Posted November 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2012 We had one the other day that actually started off with "Hello, my name is Doc, I'm not selling you anything." Â Fucking right you aren't. And you can piss off getting my hopes up about an Aces and Eights call-up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 When I had the "computer virus" bloke phoning up, I just kept him on the phone messing about. In the end, I asked him to wait a minute and just played music and porn down the phone. My usual tactic with cold callers. He'd hung up by the end of the song. He phoned back though. I repeated this trick about four times before he started shouting and getting angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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