This sounds like the same guy who called me "a stupid STUPID lady". I get calls like this two or three times a week. This time I told him I would ask my "IT guy" who just "happened to be here". Then I put him on hold for 45 minutes. I am on a no call list but it doesn't seem to help with these scammers.
HAHAH! I did something along those lines. I just kept messing with him the the url he gave me to log in did not work. he tried everything. I kept messing with him untill he got upset, then I started to insult him. "People Dont take offense as it was just ment for him" I started to ask him questions as I pretended that i wsa trying to log into his web site so he could access my computer.
I started to attack him on a personal level to get into his head. I managed to do a very good job to rile him up by asking if his mom knew he was a scammer. he tried the same thing and said it was not a scam. I asked if they worshiped cows? he said they were like gods. I explained we eat them here. and asked why he had "relations" with cows when he thought his family was not looking and how dispointed his parents would be to know he was violating the cow. Now of coarse i used more of a harsh term with him that i care not to repeat here But Im sure thse reading this know I was far from polite.
I figured the longer i kept this goof on the line the less he could call others. I sure wish i could have recorded it for youtube..
Calling on behalf of "Microsoft Industries" - SCAMMER.
Caller had a heavy Indian accent, claiming to be from "Microsoft Industries", saying that I have a computer running Microsoft and it has a virus. I asked him to prove it and he would not answer. Asked where he was calling from - he said "Washington", I asked city or state? After a long pause, he said state. I asked why his caller id info says New York? Long pause again. He hung up before I could ask more questions. Reporting this to the FTC. Added it to my "block call" software.
Fake Microsoft Windows Customer Support. Never let anyone you don't know and trust tell you there's something wrong with your computer. If these guys trick you into giving them access to your computer for "repairs", they will virtually destroy it. Then they will charge you hundreds of dollars to "repair" it. Your computer will forever be unsafe to use once you give them access.
I got three calls from this number within 2 hours this morning that rang on my Fax line . Of course the Fax answer signal was all they got, but it sounds like a redial of anything not answered. Or, these could have been "overload" calls that people experience ,with no one on the line because the scammers dial several at a time and get engaged on one when others connect.
It is strange that when called back the numbers "don't exist"- Where could they find the kind of "cover number" that is "not in service ", or are they just making them up because peole attempt to screen out calls with no number?
Earlier scams had a connection to the #s they gave, and I had a very entertaining time a couple of years ago with a woman in Las Vegas, who chatted casually,and very boldly about how they weren't selling anything etc etc, told me the company name that was actually listed with an address in a building there. I got it up on my screen in Street View. and then I threw in little vague references and details about it and it's surroundings . Then I announced that I was part of a Bust the Telemarketers movement and she had given me lots of solid info. She hung up in the middle of my last word.
It is risky to challenge or shame these people, though- if you inadvertently push the wrong person's buttons, they could cause you a lot of harassment and grief if they choose to. Especially since they appear to be able to completely cloak their calling number. I resist playing games .