Comments on: Microsoft Tech Support Scam calls get uglier with death threats!

By: Anand Khanse

Anand Khanse — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:59:00 +0000

In reply to Jessie. That works for sure, too! Smart thinking :)

By: Jessie

Jessie — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:37:00 +0000

In reply to Anand Khanse. Hi Anand, What I did was; I told her I worked for Microsoft and Microsoft NEVER calls people at home. I couldn't believe how fast they hung up! :0) You can also report it to Microsoft too.

By: Anand Khanse

Anand Khanse — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 04:35:00 +0000

In reply to Jillity. Tell her that you will report her to the Police if they call you again, and do it if they do. Stay safe.

By: Jillity

Jillity — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:11:00 +0000

I had a call from a persistent scammer today. I told her she was a scammer and should be ashamed of herself and I put the phone down. She rang back and threatened to call the police if I didn’t listen to her. I am a pensioner and I’m wondering if she was targeting me a vulnerable person and trying to frighten me. Is there nothing we can do to stop this?

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:34:00 +0000

I had it happen to be this week. After being called by them for the last three years consistently at least once a week and me telling them im not interested i know it is a scam and to stop calling me, he went ballistic and started calling me every foul name you could think of and then said he was going to kill my husband I hung up and he called back and said he was going to shoot my huband between the eyes

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:59:00 +0000

In reply to Hemant saxena.

Exactly! It is almost like Obama`s initial reaction when he found out Sony was pulling the plug on the movie “The Interview” – don’t bow your head in the instance of a cyber threat as that shows the attacker your weakness & they ultimately win. Fight back, give them a taste of their own medicine (if you’re equally tech savvy) and don’t be afraid 🙂

Just an FYI for people reading this – Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Dell and others DO NOT call their assumed customers to provide technical support on a whim. Unless you register your device after purchase, the Silicon Valley giants don’t even know you exist – they just know their profit margins on a quarterly basis 🙂

By: Hemant saxena

Hemant saxena — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:45:00 +0000

In reply to Andrew. so you were giving them a taste of their own medicine!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:11:00 +0000

Had this happen to my wife just moments ago. Man called the house claiming to be Windows Tech Support and asked her to go to her computer – I told her to play along. (FYI – I am a Software Engineer) Once this caller gauged the fact that we were playing him for a fool – turn of the tables – his attitude flipped a complete 180.

He started threatening my wife saying that he will kill her, calling her every dirty name in the book (even the ones that scorch the earth as they are said) lasting for about 5 mins…

i tried calling the number back to scare them (scam them) with the FBI Sound Board but no luck 🙁

By: Hemant saxena

Hemant saxena — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 23:29:00 +0000

In reply to Debby Hanoka. Thanks for taking time out and reading.

By: Debby Hanoka

Debby Hanoka — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:52:00 +0000

I love to mess with the people from “Windows Technical Support Department,” or whatever they are calling themselves. It seems to differ each time they call. Anyway, this is what happened the last time they called…

Scammer: Madame, it is very important that you do exactly as I tell you or else your computer will continue spreading a very dangerous infection —

Me: I would love to, but I can’t. I don’t even own a computer.
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All things considered, being tech savvy means knowing what your system is doing, why your system is doing it, and when to end the phone call that could ruin it.

Thank you for letting me have my say.

Sincerely,
Ms. Debby Hanoka
USA

By: jensenjs

jensenjs — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:45:00 +0000

It makes me feel like my youth action hero figure 🙂
I often feel like saying this words to these scammers.

“Go ahead, make my day” (Harry Callahan=Dirty Harry)