New (to me) scam? Windows license expired !

[aharbi]

Thought I've heard them all, (IRS, tech support, etc.) guess not. Did a web search and this one has been around since 2010. The phone call was an EMERGENCY call this time that my Windows License has expired. I played around with him like I was in a panic, didn't know Linux used a Windows license? How could that be? Please explain?, before I asked him what kind of fool did he think he was talking to. He said FU and hung up ;-) Which surprised me, I know their training has tought them to use American names but didn't know it was so extensive in using our superlatives as well

[etcswjoe]

They are fun to mess with, I have been called several nice names by "John Smith from Microsoft" , the bad part is people that don't know any better fall for this crap.

[djh3]

I have had a couple. The last one was "from Microsoft" and the nice man was informing me I had serious infections and bugs in my system. I said really which one? He say your home PC, again I said which one? Third time he says your home PC, I repeated myself again. then he says how its going to lock up and all this stuff. I'm like "really" So I ask which OS is he speaking of. Well windows 7 and your severe yada yada. I said well you have me confused with someone else, because my home machine is on XP. Good Day Habib. I got a similar FU.

[JohnMidnight]

Don't worry about the call. Most often then not its legitimate bs. Only one person I know who went thru with it. Everything was fine til I ran a health check. Imagine my mock surprise when I watch MalwareBytes number start climbing on infected files found. It was a God damn mess.

 

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[Leftcoaster]

My latest endeavor is to ask the caller to wait until I can get the 'boss'

then put the sucker on hold until he disconnects himself. I think it might save at least

one other person from having to endure the spiel!

 

[Doug royal86]

I got a call on my phone at 1 am that my master card had been locked. Then it said press 1 to unlock it. So I pressed to hang up. I don't have a master card so I knew off the back it was a scam to get a credit card number

[bikerjohn]

back when i had a home phone i got smart and would blow a whistle into the phone. never called again.

[mraf]

Last one that called here said I was a a$$h. Its nice to be recognized.

[rickardracing]

CO2 powered air horn from a boat shot right into the phone works pretty good.......Not that I have ever done something like that. A friend of mine did it..Yeah...that's who it was... a friend..........

[bongobobny]

Yah!! The trick is to start speaking softer and softer so they are listening really hard...