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wolf · 06-18-2014, 11:02 AM

Evil Indian hackers ... got a call today from one.

http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-s...-and-trash-pc/

DanaC · 06-18-2014, 11:04 AM

They call me most weeks at the moment :p

BigV · 06-18-2014, 11:15 AM

very interesting, thanks for posting this wolf. I like how the person who answered the call gave them all the rope they needed to hang themselves, and then suffered no damage himself. "The old fire-up-the-virtual-machine-during-the-phone-call trick" gets 'em every time.

DanaC · 06-18-2014, 11:18 AM

if you ask them lots of questions then tell them how the scam works they start swearing at you and threatening to 'send some men round'.

Undertoad · 06-18-2014, 11:27 AM

If you get a mobile call from a number you don't recognize, and it only rings once, don't call it back. Scammers.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2014, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

if you ask them lots of questions then tell them how the scam works they start swearing at you and threatening to 'send some men round'.

Tell them, 'Oh goody, I could use a couple, hope they're handsome'.

DanaC · 06-18-2014, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Tell them, 'Oh goody, I could use a couple, hope they're handsome'.

The last time that happened Carrot was doing his terribly fierce guard dog bark, so I just said I'd let them play with the dog.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2014, 12:41 PM

Touche.

Clodfobble · 06-18-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

if you ask them lots of questions then tell them how the scam works they start swearing at you and threatening to 'send some men round'.

This particular scam seems to be full of very angry men. The first time I got one of these calls a few years ago, he politely told me that there was a problem with my PC, and when I replied, "No, there's not," more in confusion than anything else, he suddenly screamed, "YES THERE FUCKING IS!"

Gravdigr · 06-18-2014, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

if you ask them lots of questions then tell them how the scam works they start swearing at you and threatening to 'send some men round'.

Send as many as you like, you'll find their bodies by the backdoor, stacked like cordwood.

Yeah, that might be a bit extreme, but, I get angry when I'm getting scammed. They've called here I don't know how many times. If it's the Indian folks (several have been perfectly Merkin-sounding folk), I get a little racist on they asses. As soon as I recognize what the call is, I interrupt with "Tenk yoo, come again.", and hang up. I really hope it upsets them enough that it ruins their entire day.

wolf · 06-18-2014, 03:25 PM

Okay, so if I'm sending viruses everywhere, what is my ip address?

Nope. You're wrong. And that's a bullshit license number you just rattled off ...

*click*

Big Sarge · 06-18-2014, 06:51 PM

do they send hobos to your house?

tw · 06-18-2014, 08:54 PM

Got the same call. Except the girl immediately handed me off to a "Microsoft Supervisor" after I told her I am viewing event viewer. Then gave the guy some bogus information from event viewer that both intrigued and bothered him. So he immediately wanted me to load TeamViewer. I did not without an internet connection. Then played with him for a while even intentionally reading back wrong letters. Eventually stated we are on a special secure network he cannot access. Then invented so fictional high tech jargon to further define this secret network function. He asked who I worked for. I told him I cannot say and he need not know. Then that this network has not tracked him. Then asked him to wait a second while we can recover his home address.

Then told him we are the people he works for. That he did not do his job properly. And this I was required to give him his only warning. I told him this group also has a staff in India. And that because he was doing his job so badly, management will dispatch the appropriate people. He should watch his back. Since part of our game only exonerates those who use sufficient caution. Click.

They never called back.

Hopefully I wasted enough time just having him reread each letter again and again. T as in Tangle. E as in Echo. A as Sun. Constantly followed by "Oh you meant A ... This line is not that clear." Actually encouraging him to feel I could not understand his accent - to keep him even more confused.

mbpark · 06-21-2014, 05:08 AM

I have had to issue advisories at work due to one of these calls going to a department.

Between the "Microsoft" calls, the toner scammers, telecom scams, phishing, spear phishing, payroll scams, the phone calls from the Caribbean, and Heartbleed, I have significantly improved my communication skills over the past year.

tw · 06-22-2014, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mbpark

I have significantly improved my communication skills over the past year.

You mean you stopped using profanity because it does not help?

06-18-2014, 11:02 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	scam ... Evil Indian hackers ... got a call today from one. http://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-s...-and-trash-pc/ __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-18-2014, 11:15 AM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	very interesting, thanks for posting this wolf. I like how the person who answered the call gave them all the rope they needed to hang themselves, and then suffered no damage himself. "The old fire-up-the-virtual-machine-during-the-phone-call trick" gets 'em every time. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-18-2014, 12:41 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Touche. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2014, 03:25 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Okay, so if I'm sending viruses everywhere, what is my ip address? Nope. You're wrong. And that's a bullshit license number you just rattled off ... click __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-18-2014, 06:51 PM	#12
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	do they send hobos to your house? __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

06-18-2014, 11:27 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you get a mobile call from a number you don't recognize, and it only rings once, don't call it back. Scammers.

06-18-2014, 08:54 PM	#13
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Got the same call. Except the girl immediately handed me off to a "Microsoft Supervisor" after I told her I am viewing event viewer. Then gave the guy some bogus information from event viewer that both intrigued and bothered him. So he immediately wanted me to load TeamViewer. I did not without an internet connection. Then played with him for a while even intentionally reading back wrong letters. Eventually stated we are on a special secure network he cannot access. Then invented so fictional high tech jargon to further define this secret network function. He asked who I worked for. I told him I cannot say and he need not know. Then that this network has not tracked him. Then asked him to wait a second while we can recover his home address. Then told him we are the people he works for. That he did not do his job properly. And this I was required to give him his only warning. I told him this group also has a staff in India. And that because he was doing his job so badly, management will dispatch the appropriate people. He should watch his back. Since part of our game only exonerates those who use sufficient caution. Click. They never called back. Hopefully I wasted enough time just having him reread each letter again and again. T as in Tangle. E as in Echo. A as Sun. Constantly followed by "Oh you meant A ... This line is not that clear." Actually encouraging him to feel I could not understand his accent - to keep him even more confused. Last edited by tw; 06-18-2014 at 08:59 PM.

06-21-2014, 05:08 AM	#14
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Warnings I have had to issue advisories at work due to one of these calls going to a department. Between the "Microsoft" calls, the toner scammers, telecom scams, phishing, spear phishing, payroll scams, the phone calls from the Caribbean, and Heartbleed, I have significantly improved my communication skills over the past year.

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