Re: [Nolug] Someone just called my home-office phone number...

From: Alex Levy <mrbones102_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 22:49:17 -0600
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=EWnMRL4g8A0M190tWdp5mAN9y6g7WUqNxLUPO@mail.gmail.com>

I would almost try this on someone myself just to see how much information
they would give away and what they would do.

Lets just say if I can get anyone to do anything with a microwave oven, I
might quit my day job. lol

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Dustin Hinton <cyberduttin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Lol.. Umm yeah.. I'm sure Microsoft paid you to be proactively offensive by
> calling every individual computer owner that is spreading a virus.. Funny
> thing is.. They will totally fool lots of stupid people..
>
> Thank you,
> Dustin Hinton
>
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > claiming to be from Microsoft technical support, saying that my PC is
> spreading viruses. Wanted me to go to a website and install some software
> so that he (dare I mention that he had a strong Indian accent and there were
> background noises indicating that he was in a call center) could "show me
> the viruses".
> >
> > I humored him for a bit, then told him he was full of sh*t then hung up.
> >
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