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I work as a care giver was in washroom with a slightly demented client and the phone rang. She asked me to get it as she could not get up quickly. It was of co
by 14 7y ago
I work as a care giver was in washroom with a slightly demented client and the phone rang. She asked me to get it as she could not get up quickly. It was of course Microsoft Support. This lady has never owned a computer and I knew right away scam. I said “you piece of shit scum of the earth” and before I could finish he says “oh shit” and hung up on me. Luckily this lady has no access to credit cards or money but if she did she would be the perfect victim. Easy to fool and no way to tell you how it all happened. I normally act highly professional speaking on other people’s phones but in this instance I knew it was for sure a scam and really hoped by showing I knew exactly what they were they would not waste time calling back.
- ashonalla 7y agoThat only works for remote support type calls, you'll get opposite results if you try those tactics with free cruise or fake credit rate adjustment calls.
- _asummers 7y agoDo you have any tricks about the credit rate adjustment calls? Those are my current ire, as well as the car warranty ones.
- nullc 7y agoI finally got one of the credit rate adjustment calls to not immediately hang up on me, kept them on for about 15 minutes. They incorrectly claimed that I only gave them 15 digits for my credit card number-- I think to make sure I read them the same digits back. Next time I'll make sure to have a fake credit card number handy that passes the checksum.