(Or rather someone claiming to be from my Internet Service Provider) has phoned me 4 times already today! This is a record. I always simply tell them to fuck off and put the phone down so I don't really know what scam they are trying to pull. Does anyone know? Anyone else suffering a sudden increase in these calls?
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Is it this fella?
I simply tell them I only use it to view porn and try to to get them to tell me what sort of pornography they are into.
It's rarely a long call.
On my mobile I have the same dreary girl ringing me once a week to ask me about any accidents I've been in, and a quick "Why haven't you deleted my number yet, babes?" gets her to hang up.
More frustratingly though, since the missus has began a new course we've began to get calls on our landline. We found out that the University had sold her details to a Recruiting Agency, which in itself was quite disgusting as her employer (LEA) was paying for her course. About 3 days after both the university and agency had been contacted by the LEA, we began receiving nuisance calls from India - clearly the agency had just sold the details on to an overseas call centre.
Have you given your number out to any new places recently?
;-)
....amd don't get me started on PPI calls !!!
They are in fact after remote access to your computer so they can either rip off security information or install malware after you visit the website they recommend.
I became very proficient at answering these calls and asked them a series of questions like, How do you sleep at night, is your mother proud of you, and will your God forgive you? Normally a delayed silence before the caller hangs up.
Incidentally call centres can program any number to appear on your caller display unit. This means a prestige 020 7 number may be used to give authenticity to a call that in reality is being generated from abroad. I’ve actually had 0123456789 appear and even worse my own phone number. These people will try any trick to get you to pick up.
Generally I just bang the phone down.
Lately, I keep getting called from the Savers Club.
http://who-called.co.uk/Number/002079460172.
She had the "Windows is infected, give us your password" calls. She played totally thick for 20mins, pretending to find credit card numbers and looking in her diary for pin numbers. After yet another long exchange about Windows putting her bank details at risk she came out with the following:
"I was wondering why the Apple on the back of my laptop was glowing. Does it mean I have a virus"
It means nothing but an alarmed punter will be told it shows all the malware on their machine. They'll be told not to worry and that they can pay to buy software to wipe all the viruses. This "software" will either do nothing whatsoever at all or worse install viruses/malware on your machine. And you've handed over your bank card details.
I think also there is a way they can ask you to hand over remote access to your machine. This too, obviously, is a very dangerous thing to do.
I always try to have fun with these little bastards and keep them hanging on for as long as possible. My record so far is 55 mins. Say your door bell has rung, ask them to hold on and go and make a cup of tea and they'll still be there when you get back. Pretend to go through with their instructions and tell them nothing seems to be happening. Eventually tell them you don't use windows but are on Linux - would that matter? Recently, I've been muttering gibberish at them and then tell them I'm a warlock and have just put a curse on them which means they will fall ill if they don't eat beef. Sometimes I explain they've come through to the Garden Gnome Sales hotline number (they don't know what a garden gnome is) and ask them how many they want and in what colours and ask them for their credit card details and the delivery address. The options are endless. I told one the other day that I had been decapitated in an accident and it really hurt so they'd have to speak really slowly. Enjoy.