O/T New Scam???

Goose · Oct 25, 2012

Got a call on my cell phone today, a male with a VERY heavy Spanish accent.

I could barely understand him, but I got the drift that he was calling from Windows, and something about someone hacking my computer.

I hung up on him, but I think it was a scam and somewhere down the line he would have asked for an email address, or for info more personal.

The tip-off was him calling on my cell phone. I can't recall being asked for a phone number when legitimately registering a computer or software, but if I did I would have given our land line number and not my cell phone.

Has anyone else run into this?

MSD · Oct 25, 2012

My wife has been getting them on her cell phone. She could never understand what he was saying. He calls from 75813312. I tried to have Verizon block it cause he calls at all times and usually rings in again shortly after the first call. Verizon said it wasn't a legitimate number so they couldn't block it. Only 9 numbers show so it isn't legit.

farmer boy · Oct 25, 2012

I got the same call from someone. I thought they were from India but maybe it was Mexico.I hung up and he called back so I sat at the desk(not near the computer) and played along for a few minutes, but after I told him the computer was being slow and the files he wanted weren't coming up very fast, I started laughing and he hung up.

ShadetreeRet · Oct 25, 2012

I received a call on my cell phone a couple of days ago. The man spoke with an accent and there were people talking in the background so loudly that I couldn't understand him. Funny thing was, he asked for so-and-so, when I told him that party didn't live here he went into his pitch anyway. I told him that I couldn't understand him because of all the noise and he hung up. I wouldn't have given him any information anyway. I frequently tell people like that to learn so speak English and then call back.

Mo 1032D · Oct 26, 2012

Not that one, but a couple weeks ago while I was out delievering fuel the office girl got a call, they asked for the manager. When she told them I was not in they started explaining that I had a grand child in prison overseas. She said that was impossible because his children are 7 and 3 yrs old they hung up. How odd that they ask for the manager but didnt ask for me by name. Big Scam!

e. r. · Oct 26, 2012

Got an email not too long ago from my 'aunt' saying how her trip to Spain was a disaster. The hotel room was robbed and now they had no money and the embassy was no help at all. 'Please send money'. I almost fell out of the chair laughing as I had been to this very aunts home the day before visiting. That was one fast trip to Spain. Probably a world record for speed.
Didn't give the email a second thought. I just pushed the little button that makes things magically disappear. Besides I thought if my uncle wanted her back bad enough he would 'send' the money.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 27, 2012

These people are to be used for our amusement, string them along, play stupid/insane, talk dirty to them etc., amuse yourself at their expense, the possibilities are endless.

oldtanker · Oct 27, 2012

My younges son got a very professional sounding call saying his debit card was messed up and asking for his account number and pin. These scams are anything but new.

Rick

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