Interesting phone call

[hemibee]

I had an interesting phone call today from the Windows Support Group, better known as scam central. If you get a call from 530-619-3038, have a little fun with the gooberheaded peckerwood on the other end of the line. Here's my call as best as I can remember it.

First Call
ME: Hello
WSG: silence
ME: (I can hear talking in background) H E L L O O O
WSG: This is the Windows Service Group calling, we getting virus reports from your computer, please go to your computer, is it running?
ME: No, it's just sitting there
WSG: What?
ME: hung up

Second call a couple minutes later
ME: Hello
WSG: Hello
ME: Hello
WSG: Hello
ME: silence
WSG: Hello? Hello? Hello? This is Windows Service Group, is your computer running? We getting multiple virus messages from your computer.
ME: Good-bye

Third Call
ME: silience
WSG: Hello? Hello? Hello? Are you there?
ME: No I'm over here
WSG: What?
ME: I'm not there, I'm here
WSG: This is the Windows Service Group calling, we getting virus reports from your computer. I need you to go to your computer.
ME: Ok, I'm here (actually I was in the garage)
WSG: Is your computer running?
ME: No
WSG: I need you to turn it on
ME: I'm not into that kind of kinky stuff
WSG: What?
ME: I'm not a pervert
WSG: No, I need you to power up your computer
ME: Which one?
WSG: silence
ME: Hello?
WSG: Are you in front of the computer?
ME: Which one?
WSG: Your computer
ME: There's 7 computers in the house, which one are you talking about?
WSG: silence
ME: OO
WSG: What?
ME: Which computer
WSG: Your computer
ME: I bought all of them so I guess they are all mine, which one?
WSG: The one you use most
ME: Ok
WSG: Is it running?
ME: No
WSG: Have you turn it on?
ME: No, I'm still not into that kinky stuff
WSG: Have you booted your computer?
ME: No, I've shook it a couple times in the past but never kicked it.
WSG: What?
ME: OK it's turned on but I not doing anything else kinky
WSG: What?
WSG: Ok, look at your keyboard
ME: Ok
WSG: Press the Windows key
ME: Where's the Window key
WSG: To the left of your spacebar
ME: I don't see it
WSG: (it was hard to understand him in his Indian English but he was trying to tell me what the Windows key looked like) Do you see it?
ME: No
WSG: Its to the left of the spacebar
ME: My left or the computer left?
WSG: What?
ME: Wait a minute let me get my glasses
WSG: You didn't have your glasses on?
ME: No, I just wanted to go look for them. . . Here's your sign!
WSG: What?
ME: Ok, I'm ready
WSG: Ok, do you see the Windows key?
ME: Why?
WSG: I need you to press it
ME: Why?
WSG: Because we are getting a virus message from your Window
ME: From my Window?
WSG: Yes
ME: But I have the curtain closed, how are you getting a message from my window?
WSG: What?
ME: I - have - my - curtain - closed, - how - are - you - getting - messages - thru - the - curtain?
WSG: No, your computer
ME: My computer what?
WSG: We getting virus reports from your computer. I need you to press the Windows key
ME: What good will pressing my window do?
WSG: Not your window, your Windows Key
ME: Where is it?
WSG: to your left of the spacebar
ME: I don't have a Windows Key
WSG: Sir, is this an old keyboard?
ME: No, it came with the computer when I bought it a couple of years ago.
WSG: Sir, then there is a Windows Key to the left of the spacebar.
ME: That is not a Windows Key to the left of my spacebar
WSG: Ok, I see problem, the key next to the spacebar is the ALT key
ME: How do you spell that
WSG: A- L- T
ME: I see A-S-D to the left and two rows above my spacebar
WSG: What? No No, on same row as spacebar
ME: OH, my mistake
WSG: Did you press the Windows Key?
ME: No
WSG: I need you to follow my directions and press the Windows Key
ME: I don't have one
WSG: Sir you have new keyboard, there is a Windows Key
ME: Not on my MAC, goodbye

I haven't heard back from him. I wonder why?

 

[devo]

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

A few years back a mate of mine kept getting phone calls from Double Glazing firms and Conservatory firms. This particular day, a Conservatory salesman phoned up and started to go into the normal programmed waffle. Well to this salesman's surprise, my mate said, " Oh great I've been looking to buy a conservatory ".
The salesman was now on the hook, over the next 15 minutes or so, the salesman went through the normal waffle, and my mate was answering him all very politely, my mate was giving this chap the dimensions that he wanted and the type of glass that he'd like fitted, and the style of the conservatory.
The salesman confirmed everything that my mate wanted, they then arranged a date for the workmen to come round and install the said conservatory. Now being a good salesman he asked my friend if there were any questions that he would like to ask before he hung up.
"Yes", said my mate, " How the hell are you going to attach it to my first floor flat?? "
Like you Hemibee, he never got another phone call.
Sometimes you just have to wind them up

:y24:

 

[CarlS]

:y24: :y24:

You guys did it RIGHT!

 

[harper6t]

Brilliant stuff - me, I just put the phone down and hang up after a couple of minutes, but my wife likes to lead them on and waste their time.

 

[DaveM]

I also just put the phone down as I just get a bit when I get these types of calls

 

[Rocky]

Fun knee stuff
If the caller ID doesn't show anyone I know or want to talk to I just let it ring and let the answering service pick it up.
But for some reason they never leave a message

 

[DaveM]

The sad thing is they do catch out people and they end up loosing plenty in the process

 

[Rocky]

I'm able to register my telephones with a government agency which has a "no-call" feature.
That slowed down those annoying calls, but we still get a few.
Non-profit agencies and such are exempt from the list.

 

[CarlS]

That is the same here. In addition, politicians campaigns are exempt from the no calls list here.

 

[hemibee]

Same here Rocky.

I don't normally answer a call from blocked caller ID numbers or blocked names. I had been getting several over the past couple weeks from the same area code this one came from (the name was blocked but not the number) and I had listened to the phone ring to the point I was going to tie them up for a little while, maybe save someone else from getting a call. With the number showing up so many times I figured they would try to call back at least once so I gave it a try.

I had an uncle that would talk to anyone and he loved to talk to telemarketers and scam artist. I thought this sure didn't sound like the man I grew up knowing until I was visiting with him one day when a telemarketer called. By time the call had ended I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe. When the call ended I realized the stroke he had had (lost some of his short term memory) had not taken away the man I knew. After a couple of the calls I asked why he did it. His answer was: "Well I've had my stroke and can't work. The doctor said to keep active, exercise my brain as much as possible but since I sold my company and retired there isn't very much to challenge my mind. These phone calls can be fun, besides if I can keep them tied up on the phone long enough I save two or a couple dozen others from getting these." He might have lost some of the short term memory but he was still sharp as a tack and was really good at getting multiple folks from the telemarketing firms tied up in each of the phone calls, he could get the original caller, the supervisor and sometimes additional folks all on a conference call and get them so confused they began arguing among themselves and he would just sit back and listen. If the argument was easing up he would inject a comment or two to get them going again.

 

[Rocky]

Great story

 

[CarlS]

That is a great and funny story.

 

[The Seeker]

I get these guys that call and say that if I give them $1000.00 they can turn it into $100,000 in less than a week....and it's foolproof of course.

My two standard replies are:

1) Why don't you lend me the $1000 and in a week I'll give them back $50,000.

2) If you know how to turn $1000 into $100,000 in a week, why are you such a loser that you need to work at calling people all day long?