If it wasn't so sad, I would have put it in jokes.
I just got a call from "Windows", imagine that windows him or herself. INterrestingly enough, the first person on the phone (female) had such a thick Indian accent that I barely understand her. She informed me that they had been monitoring my computer and saw a lot of error messages and warnings (I thought for a minute they were with the NSA, LOL). She was concerned about my safety and security, so she transferred me to her supervisor (male).
He told me that he was going to intervene and fix what was wrong with my machine. He first asked me to turn my computer on (I wondered how they could monitor it if it was off). I told him it was on. He verified my name (Which he had) , my address which was incorrect (I did not correct), he verified my three digit Zip Code (Wonder how I got that) and then he asked what version of Windows that I was running. I told him that I was running Linux. He guided me (So he thought) through opening my browser and directed me to clear out my address bar and he was going to give me something to type in.
At that point I said "Officer Smith, this is the caller that I have asked you to monitor. He is a scammer trying to infect computers with a virus so he can ask for money to take it out". He was undaunted and offered to sell me two antivirus programs for $99.00. When I told him that I wasn't interested he thanked me for my time and hung up.
You just can't make this up.
I just got a call from "Windows", imagine that windows him or herself. INterrestingly enough, the first person on the phone (female) had such a thick Indian accent that I barely understand her. She informed me that they had been monitoring my computer and saw a lot of error messages and warnings (I thought for a minute they were with the NSA, LOL). She was concerned about my safety and security, so she transferred me to her supervisor (male).
He told me that he was going to intervene and fix what was wrong with my machine. He first asked me to turn my computer on (I wondered how they could monitor it if it was off). I told him it was on. He verified my name (Which he had) , my address which was incorrect (I did not correct), he verified my three digit Zip Code (Wonder how I got that) and then he asked what version of Windows that I was running. I told him that I was running Linux. He guided me (So he thought) through opening my browser and directed me to clear out my address bar and he was going to give me something to type in.
At that point I said "Officer Smith, this is the caller that I have asked you to monitor. He is a scammer trying to infect computers with a virus so he can ask for money to take it out". He was undaunted and offered to sell me two antivirus programs for $99.00. When I told him that I wasn't interested he thanked me for my time and hung up.
You just can't make this up.