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I started getting the "Apple Support" scam robocall a couple weeks ago, and I decided to have some fun with the operator who tries to get you to install malware

I started getting the "Apple Support" scam robocall a couple weeks ago, and I decided to have some fun with the operator who tries to get you to install malware on your system. Slow playing, playing dumb, acting like they are talking about fruit not computers, and so on. It was fun for a little bit. So they must have put me on a different list. Now I get the same call with the same intro, but when you press "1" - it connects you not to the scam operator, but to another hapless individual who's been robo-dialed. I get this call about 10x a day now. I hope they throw the book at these clowns.

hatchnyc 7y ago
Did this once, after 40 minutes or so of pretending to run a dozen different diagnostic tests on my computer the guy asked me to read him an error from the log. I told him it said something like "Fatal System Exception 0x0051: Someone is trying to play a scam on you." He just screamed "fuck you!" and hung up.
- arkitaip 7y ago
  well done - kitboga would have been proud!
  - jcranendonk 7y ago
    Context: kitboga[1] is a streamer on Twitch.tv who makes a living of wasting scammers' time. He uses voice modulation and a variety of tools (such as a fake banking website) to increase credibility in the eyes of the scammers he gets on the phone. [1] https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga
- novok 7y ago
  Product Idea: Scam caller time waster. When you get a call, press a button to redirect them to your time waster. Hire them from the same area that the scammers hire people for these things.
  - kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
    Meet Lenny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoOrlh5i1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoOrlh5i1k
  - btilly 7y ago
    Already done. See https://jollyrogertelephone.com/ https://jollyrogertelephone.com/ and enjoy.
  - coding123 7y ago
    Oooh, and if you like that stuff.. my wife and I love a good Saturday night watching things like this: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ScammerRevolts https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ScammerRevol... I like ScammerRevolts a bit more than the others simply because he fucks up the scammers' computers... :)
rrauenza 7y ago
I had someone going for a while trying to figure out when they could clean my ducks.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  I’m waiting for the hair duct cleaners to call back. The ducts aren’t putting out as much hair as they used to :(
e40 7y ago
Yep, I did this once with "Credit card services" and after about 20 minutes, I had gotten all the way to level 3. Level 2 was a hapless individual, but level 3 was a smooth talking ahole that was amazingly adept at manipulation. When I hung up he immediately called back and I told him I had been called dozens of times by this scam and this was my way of getting back at him. Click. 20 seconds later my phone rings and a person is screaming at me, telling me he wants off the list, etc, etc. I unhooked my phone and called AT&T and tried to report it. They tried to get me to go through some absurd process and I dropped it.

hatchnyc 7y ago

Did this once, after 40 minutes or so of pretending to run a dozen different diagnostic tests on my computer the guy asked me to read him an error from the log. I told him it said something like "Fatal System Exception 0x0051: Someone is trying to play a scam on you." He just screamed "fuck you!" and hung up.

arkitaip 7y ago
well done - kitboga would have been proud!
- jcranendonk 7y ago
  Context: kitboga[1] is a streamer on Twitch.tv who makes a living of wasting scammers' time. He uses voice modulation and a variety of tools (such as a fake banking website) to increase credibility in the eyes of the scammers he gets on the phone. [1] https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga
novok 7y ago
Product Idea: Scam caller time waster. When you get a call, press a button to redirect them to your time waster. Hire them from the same area that the scammers hire people for these things.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  Meet Lenny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoOrlh5i1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoOrlh5i1k
- btilly 7y ago
  Already done. See https://jollyrogertelephone.com/ https://jollyrogertelephone.com/ and enjoy.
- coding123 7y ago
  Oooh, and if you like that stuff.. my wife and I love a good Saturday night watching things like this: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ScammerRevolts https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ScammerRevol... I like ScammerRevolts a bit more than the others simply because he fucks up the scammers' computers... :)

rrauenza 7y ago

I had someone going for a while trying to figure out when they could clean my ducks.

Scoundreller 7y ago
I’m waiting for the hair duct cleaners to call back. The ducts aren’t putting out as much hair as they used to :(

e40 7y ago

Yep, I did this once with "Credit card services" and after about 20 minutes, I had gotten all the way to level 3. Level 2 was a hapless individual, but level 3 was a smooth talking ahole that was amazingly adept at manipulation. When I hung up he immediately called back and I told him I had been called dozens of times by this scam and this was my way of getting back at him. Click. 20 seconds later my phone rings and a person is screaming at me, telling me he wants off the list, etc, etc. I unhooked my phone and called AT&T and tried to report it. They tried to get me to go through some absurd process and I dropped it.