I had the opportunity to enjoy a scam tech phone call, this evening. A woman phoned, advised she was calling from Technoworld, and was phoning about the computer in my home that was generating an error report.
I was delighted! I haven't had a scam or obscene phone call in decades. When I asked her which one was causing the problem, she described it as slow running, and problems connecting, and error reports. I asked her again which one. She was a bit snarky when she said "The one in your house!!!!!" I said that I have four of them, which one do you want????? She told me it was the one I was having trouble with. I told her all four were running like Swiss watches.
She hung up on me. No sense of hahaha!!!!!
Be very careful about anyone calling to report that your machine is not behaving:
1. If you are behind a router, your own ISP might not get any reports of your activity. No one else should call you.
I had the opportunity to enjoy a scam tech phone call, this evening. A woman phoned, advised she was calling from Technoworld, and was phoning about the computer in my home that was generating an error report.
I was delighted! I haven't had a scam or obscene phone call in decades. When I asked her which one was causing the problem, she described it as slow running, and problems connecting, and error reports. I asked her again which one. She was a bit snarky when she said "The one in your house!!!!!" I said that I have four of them, which one do you want????? She told me it was the one I was having trouble with. I told her all four were running like Swiss watches.
She hung up on me. No sense of hahaha!!!!!
Be very careful about anyone calling to report that your machine is not behaving:
1. If you are behind a router, your own ISP might not get any reports of your activity. No one else should call you.
I just received a call from World Support. It sounded very close to the call to delphinium...Is this a scam or what? I got as far as giving them the last 6 digits of my Microsoft ID number and my email address....but then I refused to go any further. I could not figure out how they got my phone number and how they knew I had error reports, etc and my name was sent to them. I am naive I guess but was uncomfortable with the whole thing. They told me that my code was no longer valid and had to get another one which they would provide and dependiong on the extent of the problems I would be charged a minimum of $99.00, and I could take it right out of my bank account and send the money to them. I asked them how they would not access my personal information and was told the the tech that would be working on my "Problems" would be going into screens etc, and I could watch him do it. I was told that Microsoft 7 and Norton could only protect my computer up to a point
So, is this a scam? And did I cut them off in time....
Jeezzzeeee, Quads....i thought that U was smarter than that but they are smooth outfit, and had an answer for everything...I told them that I ws going to ask Microsoft and Norton about them but it didn't even worry them...he kept putting on the pressure. Like I need another bunch of nuts doing what Norton wa already doing...
Jeezzzeeee, Quads....i thought that U was smarter than that
That is why no scammer gets my ID for My PC, or email address, because I am too quick to pick up on their flaws in what is being stated over the Phone or email etc.
It's a variation on a phone scam going on in Aussie and NZ.
But then again TDL was not smart enough for me to remove back when there were no removal tools for people around, or AOL for that matter. But that is a whole other story where, I had to get their Postmaster / Webmaster after emails were not getting through, and they were telling customers it was all the other ISP's that were the problem. I traced from my PC the problem back to Tucson AZ, I phoned them, gave them stick, (they wondered how I traced it back to Tucson AZ (hahaha) within half and hour they had fixed the problem.
They told me that my code was no longer valid and had to get another one which they would provide and dependiong on the extent of the problems I would be charged a minimum of $99.00, and I could take it right out of my bank account and send the money to them.
Sounded familiar:
"A few minutes later, he was back and gave me the unfortunate news that my free support period had ended. He told me I would have to pay $99 for extended support and directed me to a place on the website to enter my credit card information. I'm not sure why, but I smelled a rat, so I hung up on him."
From a Windows Secrets article about these scams that contains a real life example that closely mirrors anne1758's experience:
The exact same thing happened to me word for word as your call. She sounded as though she was from India did you get that same feeling? I have put another post on asking for help with a jumping cursor but every one be aware of the scam phone calls. I have tell prefer service so the call must have come from abroad, I am in the UK by the way. I am sure there will be many from other countries on here
You did not give them my number did you?... We had the same thing happen here...my eldest decided to see what they would do so had them on the line for awhile...while they told him to go here and do this and that,he just told them his security product would not allow him to download anything.
I wonder if the callers Know who they are working for?
I'll cross my fingers for you derbomber. These calls are a big improvement over donations to charities, donations to political parties (although those can be fun too), and the free boat cruises (yeah, right!). I really resent the advertising stuff on answering machines!!!
It looks like New Zealand is a lot more involved in these types of scams than in Canada. I don't think we have a central place to report scams. Complaints made here go to individual RCMP detachments rather than a central government office.