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Again, I had one of these persons - not describable by any kid sister safe adjective - on the line this morning. I kept it short and sweet. The good people at arstechnica[^] did not, and it is an entertaining read. (my apologies if I am reposting) I wish I had the energy to play along for fun with them but I never seem to be in that mood when they call. I really thought that this particular form of scamming had gone out of fashion and profitability but just like any other fashion it rather seems to be cyclic...
Life is too shor
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When I get that style of call the answer is quick "No you are not!" and I hang up.
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I don't get the cold calling now since I bought a truecall, but before that it used to be a regular every couple of days.
"There is a problem with your computer."
"Is there, which computer would that be?"
"Excuse me?
"Well, there are 10 machines running, so which one is causing the problem?"
"emmmm....."
click.... 
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When I asked "which one", the response was "the one near you".
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There are some good videos on Youtube of a guys who have recorded both the audio and screen activity of these calls. They set up machines and deliberately let them onto it so they could see what the scammers were doing.
Quite entertaining.
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Advantages of being in Germany, such scammers usually only speak english (and not always correctly)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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If someone calls me from "Windows" I'd double shot my PC with 00 buckshots before it starts creating its own Skynet 
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For just such occasions, I keep a 139db air horn near the phone.
Scares the elephant out of the cat, but strangely they don't ring back...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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One of these days, I should set up a windows VM on my 'nix box for situations like that...
But they never call me 
I feel so unloved... Well, unscammed... It's been years since I had the opportunity to really mess with a cold caller... Always too tired or busy to have an entertaining chat...
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I remember getting a phone call from someone with a heavy Indian accent claiming that my Windows computer was hacking into their computers.
I simply said - "That's impossible - I own a Mac"
*** Click ***
They never called back. Another scam for something.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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I just never answer the land line. All the ringers are turned off as well.
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Aye matey.
I'll get my coat.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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Good one. I'm going to pirate it
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Do you know why pirates are pirates?
Because they arrrrrrrhhhhhhhhh.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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To be honest, I think pirates ® not.
Life is too shor
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I expected something like this:
Pirate Quote: Wher as tha rummm matey?
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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The video goes on far too long[^], but it seems a good view into "disruptive" startups (at least my outsider's view).
(And I imagine someone could get this idea funded)
TTFN - Kent
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Quote: Spart Pipe inc is a registered sex offender
Got to be good!
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That is vicious, berserk, tasteless, repulsive, coprophilial, nauseating, and it really made me laugh, thanks
«If you search in Google for 'no-one ever got fired for buying IBM:' the top-hit is the Wikipedia article on 'Fear, uncertainty and doubt'» What does that tell you about sanity in these times?
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Since I saw this in "DZONE WEEKLY" today:
"I started my career as a Software Engineer, and today I am very happy to be driving our company AdroitLogic. Since we are bootstrapped and lead by engineers..."
...I've been cogitating on the various (mis)spellings and meanings of the words pronounced "led" and "leed"
Perhaps we can all remember the correct spelling with a sentence or two:
If you lead by example, some will allow themselves to be led, but others will remain immobile, as if they had lead in their britches.
Something leads me to believe that Led Zeppelin was Live at Leeds. No? Then Who? ...that went over like a lead balloon, I reckon.
modified 19-Nov-14 17:14pm.
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A man dressed in lederhosen took the lead and led his men out of the the lead mine. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Respect, man! 
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If a meaner mistaken in spoiling by a very bright prison who happens not to be a native Anglish speaker wets your appetite, you may need to adjust your psychoactivity mastications.
«If you search in Google for 'no-one ever got fired for buying IBM:' the top-hit is the Wikipedia article on 'Fear, uncertainty and doubt'» What does that tell you about sanity in these times?
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BillWoodruff wrote: whets your appetite,
FTFY
Will Rogers never met me.
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