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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: sup8pdct on May 03, 2014, 08:45:00 AM
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2 calls yesterday.
1st one saying he was from telstra bigpond saying i was downloading illegal software and my internet would be shutdown for 6 months if they didn't remove it.
Ok. thought, i will play along. I unplugged my lan cable. he passed me onto someone else. He went on to explain in very heavy Indian accent the windows key next to the C T R L and the A T L keys. Press that and hold and press R, what do you see, now type in WWW.HELP1010.COM (http://WWW.HELP1010.COM). after the not loading error, he asked if it connected to the internet. I said yes, i then asked where he was from again, he said telstra, i said no your not, he hung up.
2nd call. This time, i was prepared. I have ECom station running in VMware. Again said my internet with bigpond will be shutdown for 6 months due to bag software on my pc upsetting there servers and he can clean it.
He asked what the key between Ctrl and Alt looked like. Then asked me to press and hold and press R. Asked me to type eventvwr in the window. I had to quickly go back into win7 for this bit. Asked me to check for an error in a drop down list on one of the options. Yes was the answer. He then asked me to again do the window key and R again and go to WWW.HELP1010.COM (http://WWW.HELP1010.COM). I did this in ECom station. Asked if i could see what was on the page and describe it. Told him. he asked me to click on 1st option, download and run. It wouldn't run. I told him the exact error i was getting. This threw him. He asked me to download it again. Same error. Asked me to download the 2nd option and run. Different error which i told him. Again threw him. Asked me to go to www.sharemypc.com (http://www.sharemypc.com) and download a program there. It errored also. With this, he started to get very abusive. told him where to go and hung up. ;D
I took a precaution of unplugging the phone overnight in case he tried to ring at 2 in the morning.
James
P.s. I am not with bigpond.
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I love these guys there's normally a pause after you answer so you know it somebody selling something or a scammer so I always answer with "Hello Karratha police station can I help you" they hang up pretty quick.
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Thanks for sharing this one. I haven't heard this one before.
Cheeky buggers.
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I love these guys there's normally a pause after you answer so you know it somebody selling something or a scammer so I always answer with "Hello Karratha police station can I help you" they hang up pretty quick.
now that one I like:-)
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just go onto www.donotcall.gov.au (http://www.donotcall.gov.au) fill in the details it works
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Just bung on an Indian accent and tell 'em they've rung a call centre in Mumbai.
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just go onto www.donotcall.gov.au (http://www.donotcall.gov.au) fill in the details it works
that doesn't stop scammers at all!
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We put them on loudspeaker at work and take the piss out of them before telling them to Fark off.
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that doesn't stop scammers at all!
Agreed. My number is listed on donotcall but I am still getting calls.
Sad person that I am I am taking entertainment out of wasting their time. Managed to keep him on the line for over 10 min. >:D
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They rang my father the other day who has one of the early Telstra 10 hour plans so he doesn't use the net much . . . . But they still tried it on with him.
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Been hit twice in the last week in the ACT, second time I gave him a refs whistle at full noise, I nearly wet myself at his reaction!
Cheers
Disco teddy
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just go onto www.donotcall.gov.au (http://www.donotcall.gov.au) fill in the details it works
Thats only for companies based in Australia. Any overseas ones it doesn't affect.
A guy at work asked one 'can you see the harbor bridge from where you are?'
"yes"
'What colour is it today?'
"its colour doesn't change"
'yes it does, they change the colour every day. what colour is it today?'
"blue"
'WRONG' hung up
james
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Tell them you are in a meeting, to leave their company name and number, and you'll call them back.
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As soon as there is a delay I just wait till they answer and tell them to piss off and hang up.
If there is no delay, the pronunciation of my name is a dead give away. My name is Graeme, they always pronounce it Gramee.
I had them call last Thursday, don't know what it was about hung up on him before he could tell me.
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As soon as there is a delay I just wait till they answer and tell them to piss off and hang up.
x eleventy
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that doesn't stop scammers at all!
since i registered about 6 weeks ago was averaging about 3 calls an evening to none at all
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Standard greeting here when we hear "the Mumbai pause" is I bought a Jeep. ;D
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As soon as there is a delay I just wait till they answer and tell them to piss off and hang up.
That's what I do as well.
I'm sure there are plenty of non-tech savvy people who get stung with this stuff.
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GraemeL- Your surname is Lebroy by any chance and you were once an international cricketer? (insert 12th man Reference.)
We have a private phone number and were getting these calls so I registered on do not call and they we never get any. Also put in my parents and work numbers and they've stopped, so it works for us aswell.
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Tell them your Police & ask quickly what is their relationship to the deceased & where were you in the last 6 hours & can you prove it :cheers: That stuffs them no end ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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this is how to handle them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAb8vGSRBoE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAb8vGSRBoE)
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Once I hear that delay in the incoming call they get a good blast from one of these, Call center or scammer I dont care they get it point blank .
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My kids (2&4) run for the phone as they know I will hand it straight to them. We don't use our home phone so all inbound calls are marketers.
Jason.
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Maybe i should change the thread to 'how to deal with Indian call centers' ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Mucking them around for half an hour describing DOS 4 screens is always a hoot followed by getting confused about the 'windows' they are talking about and how they know what my house looks like
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Does saying, hang on I've got something on the stove I need to check.
Then come back after few minutes and ask 'em to hang on a bit longer.
Put the phone back down and then leave it for a LOT longer.
Get you the desired result.
Surely they have to pay for their phone too.
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If you want to get the Indian on the other end of the phone really cranking, do what my mate did.
Tell em you think Sachin Tendulkar is over rated and a hack who made 90% of his runs against spud sides.
Then hold the phone away from your ear...
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since i registered about 6 weeks ago was averaging about 3 calls an evening to none at all
I have been on the register for a couple of years now. It wont and never will stop scammers especially from overseas. Also the DNC Register doesn't protect you from charities ringing you asking for donations, they are exempted from the DNC register.
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Once I hear that delay in the incoming call they get a good blast from one of these, Call center or scammer I dont care they get it point blank .
My Grandmother did this once (using a whistle). The Indian caller was her doctor............. :-[
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I've had two calls this afternoon alone, our phone line is on the DNC register.
I usually put one of the girls on the phone to them their conversations usually go like this:
Daughter: "Hello.
Milky Eyed Indian: "Hello, this is bla, bla, bla etc etc etc".
Daughter: "Are you a scammer who is trying to steal our money?"
MEI: "No, I am trying to help you".
Daughter: :"My dad is going to find you and then you'll be sorry".
MEI: hangs up.
The girls love it, they compete with each other to see how long they can keep them on the phone for.
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literally within 20 mins of me reaing this thread we had the same scammers call us.....well back about 7pm that was. just hung up when they said they were from telstra, seeing we from another phone company any was a dead give away.
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Had them on the phone the other night "international call" comes up so I get a bit excited. Had them (spoke with 3of them) on for over 16 minutes and was punching the air, kids were pissing themselves. I asked where they were calling from? "Sydney", asked how the weather was? "Fine" quickly checked iPhone and saw it wasn't fine so challenged them on that answer. I answered a few of their questions and later contradicted myself like telling them I was using Windows and then at the end before they hung up, telling them my iPad wouldn't work, that got him going. When they said hackers were coming I asked if I needed to get out of the house immediately ;D. Best way to keep them on the line is to tell them you are starting up your computer, that gets them excited. Then because it's taking so long I ask if the hackers are slowing down the start up, they think there on a winner!!
I was surprised that they went along with me for so long, there must have been about 3 of them listening as ever time they passed me onto the next victim they knew the lies I had been telling!!!
I asked the last bloke what his name was and he something like Gary Smith and I said that's funny that's my name too, I lost it and hung up and I was getting bored with their stupidity.
I'm always first to the phone with a skip until I see it's the mother in law >:D
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Has anybody taken time to think of the impact on international brotherly relations our responses have ??? ???
Narrrr Stuffem >:D >:D :cheers:
l wonder what its like when they finish the shift & down at the ??? Pub ??? blowing the froth off a few bragging . l got 35 hangups , 2 Get Stuffed , 15 Don't Call me again , 27 Go F@#$your dog All in all a good day :cheers: