The friendly folks at Microsoft
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:43 amI just got a call from the friendly folks at Microsoft. Some wonderful Indian gal giving me a heads up on a virus infection that is spreading around the area where I live and an offer to check & fix my computer for me.
Thank god for all these wonderful watch dogs, especially the ones that will take the time to give you a personal phone call to let you know about all the bad, bad, bad, things on the internet.
Stupid Cunt, no one is going to call you from Microsoft and offer to fix your computer over the phone.
If I had to guess this is the "exact" same person who called. Watch how she tries to fool this (willing and knowing) person into screwing up his computer by showing him "perfectly normal" things that take place in the background and making him believe there is something wrong that only she and her team can fix. I love how she directed him to the "event viewer" first to show him all the errors. There will always be errors and warnings there. I love it next when she tells him that the files in "prefetch" folder are all infections / hacking files. Followed up by a trip to the configuration panel to show him with his own eyes (as she put it) all the "services" that were not running that only a Microsoft tech could get going again. Actually a pretty good scam set up for anyone who does not know better. And such a deal at $299.00 [:)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_edowfgl8
I heard about this scam before but never actually got a call from anyone. The video is long and rather boring but watch what happens at the end when the scammers figure out there won't be any money. Wonder if there is any chance she is related to "Rachel from Cardholder Services'.
Thank god for all these wonderful watch dogs, especially the ones that will take the time to give you a personal phone call to let you know about all the bad, bad, bad, things on the internet.
Stupid Cunt, no one is going to call you from Microsoft and offer to fix your computer over the phone.
If I had to guess this is the "exact" same person who called. Watch how she tries to fool this (willing and knowing) person into screwing up his computer by showing him "perfectly normal" things that take place in the background and making him believe there is something wrong that only she and her team can fix. I love how she directed him to the "event viewer" first to show him all the errors. There will always be errors and warnings there. I love it next when she tells him that the files in "prefetch" folder are all infections / hacking files. Followed up by a trip to the configuration panel to show him with his own eyes (as she put it) all the "services" that were not running that only a Microsoft tech could get going again. Actually a pretty good scam set up for anyone who does not know better. And such a deal at $299.00 [:)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_edowfgl8
I heard about this scam before but never actually got a call from anyone. The video is long and rather boring but watch what happens at the end when the scammers figure out there won't be any money. Wonder if there is any chance she is related to "Rachel from Cardholder Services'.