The number could be from anywhere in the world! Yes, the 'computer Tech' guys really try hard to speak with an American accent and use a typical 'American' name. I've been called numerous times over the years and had played my own games with 'Alex'...who got very mad when I told him I would not turn my computer over to him. I hung up when the swearing started. He called me back....twice. Last time I said I'd called the FBI.or FTC. He hung up. Two week after that, "Alex" called again. I reminded that I'd called the FBI, all my calls are now recorded. It's been almost a year. And so the scams start again with a new batch of idiots
These baffoons never stop. Hadji called and said he was with the computer technical service and need to fix the errors on my computer. I played along and let him do his speal. I then become irate and told him that my computer screen went black. He then told me to unplug it and plug it back in. I told him to wait and dialed up some hard core death metal music on you tube and put the phone right up to the speaking. After about 2 minutes of this, he hung up.
We keep getting calls from these guys with Indian accents who say they are from Microsoft and that they are receiving error messages from our computers. (We use only Apple products.) Sometimes I tell them that I don't own any devices using microsoft and they argue with me. They try to insist that they are working under the authority of the federal government but they cannot tell me which department they work for. They insist that I am breaking the law by not cooperating with them. Other times I pretend that I don't speak English which really frustrates them. I have asked them to speak louder so I could hear them...this gets a fast hangup when they are shouting! Once one asked "how are you" and I started going through a list of things such as diarrhea, boils, scabies, lice, reflux (describing everything in lurid detail). He finally had enough and hung up. Actually it could be a fun pastime for a retiree to dream up ways of frustrating these guys. Blocking their number does no good as they promptly call back on other ones.