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screenxpress:

--- Quote from: DKgrafix on October 10, 2011, 01:35:18 PM ---Got this one in today :)

Where are they coming up with this sh!t?

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http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Police-warn-against-traffic-ticket-email-hoax-2077027.php

squeezee:
I got a call with an Indian accent from 'your computer support supplier', 'your computer is showing up on the internet as being full of viruses and malware'
me: so you are from Microsoft?
them: 'yes, we are your computer support supplier'
'Can you switch your computer on?'
me: 'OK, it's very old, it'll take about 5 minutes to boot' (which is about how long it takes to make a pot of coffee)
'OK, I'm up'
She asked me to bring up the event logs etc. to point out the critical errors on my PC that they would fix for $185.  Funnily enough none of the keys on my PC seemed to work, the line was really bad and she had to keep repeating the instructions.
After 15 minutes she passed me to her supervisor who quickly worked out that I was taking the piss and launched a tirade of abuse in Anglo-Saxon that put his command of English to shame.
It's laughable really and I did laugh at him, but this stuff does generate money for these crooks.
Knowledge is the key.

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