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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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.
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.
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.
lol iv gotten one of these calls before. i just hung up
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!”
Wow. Wooooooooow. I can assure you – I can assssssssssssure you – that you are an idiot.
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.
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!
It would help them if they knew SOMETHING about IT…