Caught in the wild: Indian Windows security scammer

It’s a little long, but…it delivers.  FYI one NSFW F-bomb at the end, but it is sooo worth it.

I myself have had three of these calls on my wife’s phone.  I HATE THEM SO MUCH.

via: [cptnJm @ Reddit\TalesfromTechSupport]

Completely relevant link: Extortionware PSA: Now via phone – are you effing serious?

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  • Maplehighlander

    You know, I just wish something like this would happen to me, It seems like a good 10 minutes of entertainment listening to a guy sweat.

  • gtrcar5

    I had one of these recently, when they said there “is a problem with your windows computer” I replied “Well that’s odd. There are no Windows computers in this house. There one Mac and 3 machines running Linux” (not strictly true… There’s also 3 windows machines)

    “Well sir, we are also detecting problems with them as well.”

    At which point I stopped listening, grabbed my guitar and put the phone up to the amplifier.

  • Katieminna

    This was highly entertaining.  I really want this to happen to me at work just for the entertainment value.  The only scary thing is: if you didn’t have a good enough knowledge of what the inf folder was, you might believe it….  I’ve made it a point to share this with my non-IT friends and family so they don’t get suckered.

  • http://www.facebook.com/josh.boggess.10 Josh Boggess

    lol iv gotten one of these calls before. i just hung up

  • Hachya

    The balls it takes from a scammer to tell the other guy to fuck off….of course it’s the same as being behind a keyboard I guess.

    “You called me, YOU FUCK OFF!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/andrea.mcvey.9 Andrea McVey

    Wow. Wooooooooow. I can assure you – I can assssssssssssure you – that you are an idiot.

  • Vylkrom

    Not to draw any attention or flak, but I’m an Indian too. I know these kind of pranksters all too well, and sometimes, they’re actually from a neighboring country like Pakistan or Bangladesh, pretending to be from India.

    I’m not saying Indians are a clean lot, but they do get blamed for a lot of stuff they’re not responsible for a lot of times.

  • TheGeezer

    I quickly realised what the call was and asked the caller, “You are aware that you called the IT Security officer for NASA, aren’t you?” . . .”Uh” . . . . . . . .

    FAIL!

  • http://www.facebook.com/david.birkhead David Birkhead

    It would help them if they knew SOMETHING about IT…