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My wife does this. One time a support scammer called trying to get her to install malware. It went something like this: "Ok. Please press the Windows key" "Ok
by acbabis 10y ago
My wife does this. One time a support scammer called trying to get her to install malware. It went something like this:
"Ok. Please press the Windows key"
"Ok (long pause)"
"Did you press it?"
"Yes"
"What happened?"
"Nothing happened"
"Try again."
"Ok... Nothing. Does it matter that I don't have a windows?"
"Oh you have Mac?"
"No, I have Ubuntu"
"Ok, what version?"
"I don't know!? You're the computer person. Why don't you know?!"
The best part is that she was sitting on the couch the whole time.
- cyberferret 10y agoThat's exactly the sort of thing I want to do with them. I have another colleague who managed to string a guy along for nearly half an hour. Always managing to convince him that he was a noob struggling to get around. He said you've got to give those guys 10/10 for patience. Just imagine if they had real support jobs - they could probably do well at it.
- brianwawok 10y agoMaybe they quit their Dell support job for this for the better pay?
- microtherion 10y agoI did something similar with a Mac, reporting faithfully the reactions of the machine to his instructions. Eventually, he caught on: "Oh, so you're not running Windows?" "I never said I was. YOU called me and claimed I was running it!" "<Click>"
- nommm-nommm 10y agoOh, you're just getting started! I would so keep on playing dumb. "Oh, so you're not running Windows?" "I don't know?" "Do you have a Mac?" "I don't know, what's a Mac? I have a computer." "Where did you buy your computer from? Apple?" "Idk, my daughter gave it to me." "What does it look like?" "It has a TV screen, mouse, and keyboard?" Hahaha!