I'm getting calls from 212-051-####, 212-061-####, 211-056-####, 212-077-### - notice a pattern? ALL of them have wanted to "access my Windows computer" so they can "optimize" it for me. They are ALL scammers. The last one rattled off in some jibber jabber I couldn't understand. I waited until he was done with his yammering and said "you're not speaking English". He hung up on me.
A man called me from this number and wanted to talk to me about my "windows computer", when I told him I would have someone call him back, he just continued to talk and I hung up on him. The phone # 212 051-4459 came up but name said unavailable.
Called me, someone who barely spoke English tried telling me that my Computer was throwing critical errors to Microsoft and they needed info from me to repair, had my name and address, must be from phone listing! I work in IT, my PC's are fine!
I'm getting calls from 212-051-####, 212-061-####, 211-056-####, 212-077-### - notice a pattern? ALL of them have wanted to "access my Windows computer" so they can "optimize" it for me. They are ALL scammers. The last one rattled off in some jibber jabber I couldn't understand. I waited until he was done with his yammering and said "you're not speaking English". He hung up on me.
"PC Speedy" who I never had any contact with before this, cold-called me today and wanted me to turn control of my PC over to them to fix it (Just "Run www.ammyy.com" and it will analyze and fix your PC). They must think I just fell off the turnip truck. They had India accents and English names: Nelson and Sylvester (but he couldn't spell it for me, ha-ha). I knew from the beginning it was a scam to take control of my PC and put a virus on it, probably steal my information, passwords, bank account, credit cards, etc.
So I decided to play with them, I was able to keep them on the phone 1.5 hours. Sylvester got so annoyed with me because other clients were waiting to talk to him (I could hear them in the background), but I kept asking him questions, asking him to repeat himself because I couldn't understand his accent, I asked about his religion (Hindu), I told him he'd go to Hell if he was trying to put a virus on my PC. He got upset, I told him to talk to his holy man (he goes to temple once a week). I said I realized people in India are very poor and will do anything to feed their family. He got hotter and said the USA is in decline, the US Petrol Dollar is going to crash and everybody knows it and Indians are smart and own gold. I agreed with him on that.
I asked what he thought about the Chinese troops invading and controlling parts of NE India, he
hadn't heard about that. I said our gov't and media hide things from us also. All this time I was
searching the web and finding stories about the PC Speedy scam. I was really having fun and took 1.5 hours of their time so they couldn't sign up any suckers. He actually seemed like a nice guy and may actually believe its not a scam. I told him to google it, and gave him the benefit of the doubt and suggested the Utah company were evil people. I said little old ladies eating cat food are falling for this scam, how can you live with yourself? Go talk to your Hindu holy man at the temple. He replied India respects old people and Americans don't. He said old Americans will learn a hard lesson when the Social Security runs out of money. I agreed with that, too. I was on a roll and he was too polite to hang up on me, so I finally said "no thanks" and let him go 'help' the people waiting for him.
I also got 2 fillings today at the dental office without novocain and no pain. When I got home there
was an email asking me to take a survey on my dental work; I gave him 5 stars and a favorable
comment. Also bought and installed a new battery for the car's key fob. And the thanksgiving
leftovers I just ate were good. Its been a good day. This is why I'm not a TV Zombie, I still have an
interesting life.