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04-04-2012, 02:33 AM
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I had them scammers calling me saying they work for mac and windows and that if i didnt do what they say my computer would crash.
I hung up and they repeatedly called back over a period of two weeks. I got fed up (they kept waking my kids up) and cursed the guy out....the guy then tweeked on me for not talking like a lady, saying a lady should not talk like that to a man. I hung up and he repeatedly called me like every min for over an hour till I took my line off the hook. I ended up calling the cops cuz it got so out of hand, but they said the numbers were coming right from Pakistan. so theirs nothing you can do about it but have the number blocked by your phone provider. Problem is they call from multiple numbers. They harrassed me for weeks. Only stoped when i stoped answering my phone. I had them calling from 5 different numbers all hours of the day.  
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04-04-2012, 03:36 AM
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Revenge on the telemarketers
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04-04-2012, 11:55 AM
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04-04-2012, 01:43 PM
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They've called my house several times telling me they were calling to fix the problems on my PC and I say "oh really, cause I have a Mac", they instantly hang up, lol.
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04-04-2012, 03:29 PM
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I suppose next your going to tell me that that PayPal update email I filled out was a scam too
 
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04-05-2012, 02:48 AM
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Best way to get ride of them!
A few months ago, I started getting a lot of these calls. I'm a linux server guy and I dont' have a windows computer or max anywhere in my house. As once in a while I have to deal with clueless end users I figured I would have some fun, and this is what I figured out:
They are trying to get your credit card number, or have you install malware on your computer. To make money they have to sucker people in, but do it fast enough that the profit is more than their wages. So, make it not worth it. I figured I would go with it and "pretend" to be a sucker, but a really, really, really dumb one. IE: "Start button, nope I don't have one --- in the bottom left, nope I just see a clock, oh, my other left, yup I see it. Do I right or left click? Once or twice? OK I see a menu -- click on run, I don't have that button" I kept them on the line for a good 20 minutes until it got to the point of me saying -- "Have I wasted enough of your time? Good, call again and I'll waste more!" and they haven't phoned back ever. BTW --- speedtest.net is only good until you get a really fast connection -- I've tried it using my 1000mbps line (both up and down) and I only ever see about 20-30 down and 2 up. No where near what my dedicated fibre can do  It really depends on how loaded the testing servers are, and I've never really seen anything above 100 on any connection.
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