Scam Phone Call - PC Problem Warning - Page 4

terri501 · 20-08-2012, 05:56

@ MargaretR: yeah, heard about that app, too. Have you tried it? I'm not sure but I'm skeptical.

terri501 · 20-08-2012, 06:00

Thanks for the heads up! I got a call like that, too. The guy had exactly the same script like there was a virus in my computer and it's gonna crash my system down. Hmmppfff! Like I was born yesterday.

jaysay · 20-08-2012, 08:12

They were trying to tell me I was entitled to £200 grant for loft insulation, don't think they found it funny when I said oh goody goody loft insulation in a ground floor flat, they just hung up on me, twice

AccyJay · 20-08-2012, 11:38

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I found this when browsing

trueCall - your nuisance call blocker

It is expensive but may be the answer if your call problem is life disruptive.

I saw the pitch for investment on Dragons_Den.

Margaret Pilkington · 20-08-2012, 14:21

Yes, I saw that too....I did consider buying one, but they are just a bit on the expensive side........I will wait until they come down in price.

jaysay · 20-08-2012, 17:49

Got another call from our Indian friends this aft, for a change he spoke very good English, which was fine until he said I think your having trouble with your computer, the second word was off

Retlaw · 20-08-2012, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, I saw that too....I did consider buying one, but they are just a bit on the expensive side........I will wait until they come down in price.

Huddy Blell I should think so, undered quid fur thad, cheapur tu led calls gu to thanserin machine, as soon us thad kicks in theyul ang up.

Margaret Pilkington · 20-08-2012, 18:28

I can't do that Retlaw.....My ma is dependent on me and if the phone goes I pick it up in case it is her(or worse) about her

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Gordon Booth · 20-08-2012, 18:40

I've been feeling quite left out of all this fun, upset they never rang me.
At last, I've finally had two calls in two weeks!
This morning-'Hello, is that Mr Booth?'
'Yes, who's that?'
'My name is Harry, calling you from ??? company about your Microsoft computer'. His accent was so heavily Indian I could hardly follow him so I don't think his name was Harry.
'Who said I had a computer?'
'You have a Microsoft computer'.
'I'll ask you again, who told you I have a computer?.
Phone went dead.
I'm sorry now I didn't play him along, next time I'll have fun like Neil does.

Gremlin · 20-08-2012, 19:15

Hands up all those who have a Microsoft computer, I have a Toshiba and have other makes in the past but never seen a Microsoft computer advertised.

Even Microsoft store doesn't sell them but they do sell a lot of other makes.
So when the man says you have a Microsoft computer tell him "yes I am unique".

Gordon Booth · 20-08-2012, 19:22

That's what gets me, Gremlin. They're so unprofessional, surely no one falls for a scam so badly done.
And yet, it must work sometimes or they wouldn't keep trying.

Studio25 · 20-08-2012, 22:43

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

...surely no one falls for a scam so badly done.

You wouldn't think so, unless (like me) you've quite legitimately asked someone which browser they use and their response is "google"...

jaysay · 21-08-2012, 08:55

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

That's what gets me, Gremlin. They're so unprofessional, surely no one falls for a scam so badly done.
And yet, it must work sometimes or they wouldn't keep trying.

Gordon you keep seeing these programs on the telly where people have been scammed by letter by phone even by cold calling at the front door, yet some people are still gullible, and believe me there are quite a lot who are intelligent people with responsible jobs. I'm a great believer in the saying "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is"

phil8715 · 21-08-2012, 09:11

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

Hands up all those who have a Microsoft computer, I have a Toshiba and have other makes in the past but never seen a Microsoft computer advertised.

Even Microsoft store doesn't sell them but they do sell a lot of other makes.
So when the man says you have a Microsoft computer tell him "yes I am unique".

Microsoft don't make computers, they make the operating system that runs a computer.

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jaysay · 21-08-2012, 09:36

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Originally Posted by phil8715

Microsoft don't make computers, they make the operating system that runs a computer.

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Exactly, think thats the point Gremlin was making along with everybody else