11-07-2018, 09:05 PM
"Hello this is Microsoft, your computer is infected" "Where are you?" "Reading" "Well, your dialing code is Dublin" Click
"Hello this is Microsoft, your computer is infected" "Where are you?" "Reading" "That is interesting, I work for Microsoft in Reading in IT security" Click
"Hello this is Microsoft, your computer is infected" "Really? What is my IP address from my Internet headers?" Click
"Hello this is BT, we will be disconnecting your line" "Where are you" Head office" "Head office where?" "London" "Well, your dialing code is Cardiff" Click
Or even when they hear a no-nonsense male voice, they hang up. They usually look for someone vulnerable - elderly, stressed people or just plain gullible.
There was even a scam who were spoofing Abingdon numbers (01235). I live three miles from Abingdon. I therefore offered to call in at their offices. Click, click click.
"Hello this is Microsoft, your computer is infected" "Where are you?" "Reading" "That is interesting, I work for Microsoft in Reading in IT security" Click
"Hello this is Microsoft, your computer is infected" "Really? What is my IP address from my Internet headers?" Click
"Hello this is BT, we will be disconnecting your line" "Where are you" Head office" "Head office where?" "London" "Well, your dialing code is Cardiff" Click
Or even when they hear a no-nonsense male voice, they hang up. They usually look for someone vulnerable - elderly, stressed people or just plain gullible.
There was even a scam who were spoofing Abingdon numbers (01235). I live three miles from Abingdon. I therefore offered to call in at their offices. Click, click click.
