Q Talk

[wishmoon]

...that your computer is being compromised by computers from Russia, hang up, it's a scam. I didn't believe him and told him so, saying how do I know you aren't a fraud. He told me to go to Apple Support, see the number and he'd call me back at the same number. In the meantime, I called Apple to report it while he was trying to call me back. (call waiting)

Takes all kinds...

[Peaches McPhee]

Did you get through to a live person at Apple?

[chrystaltree]

Omg...that's funny.   And it's not a new scam, I've been getting those calls from "Microsoft" for many years.  Now I just hang up before they read their script but it was always  "your computer is compromised, please call Microsoft at this number".  Ridiculous.  

[QVCkitty1]

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@wishmoon wrote:

...that your computer is being compromised by computers from Russia, hang up, it's a scam. I didn't believe him and told him so, saying how do I know you aren't a fraud. He told me to go to Apple Support, see the number and he'd call me back at the same number. In the meantime, I called Apple to report it while he was trying to call me back. (call waiting)

Takes all kinds...

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Those calls can be relentless, I once had 14 calls from “ Apple “ in one day. If you Google these calls you can see they are a scam.

[wishmoon]

Yes, I did get thru to Apple and yes, they said it was a fraud.

I get the same calls from MS abt my system being out of date, I answered a few yrs ago, but haven't since.

[wishmoon]

When he called me back, even tho he told me he'd be calling from Apple Support, the number wasn't even near. At that time, I was talking to AS.

I might say talking to Support on my Mickey Mouse landline and couldn't hear most of what they were saying.

Ain't technology grand? 

[riley1]

I always tell the Microsoft people that call that I do not own a computer, lol.

[SunValley]

I got that call multiple times and got tired of it. The next call I told the scum bag guy I had been in Russia and it was me accessing my phone. Then he mentioned other countries and I told him I traveled there too. Then he got really irate and demanded that I tell him where the country Jordan was located, which I did, and then he started calling me a liar and then added a few curse word adjectives like f###### liar. I told him he was not a nice CS rep to talk that way to customers and hoped our call wasn't being recorded for training purposes because he would be seriously reprimanded. He pitched a real fit then while I was laughing so hard. He hung up. That was very satisfying somehow.

[denisemb]

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@riley1 wrote:

I always tell the Microsoft people that call that I do not own a computer, lol.

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I've done that, too!

Also, if they mention Windows, told them we just had the windows in our house replaced and they're fine. 

Sometimes told scammers to hold on - I'd set the phone down and walk away for awhile until they figured out I wasn't coming back, LOL.

Ahhh, the good old days before call blocking.

[1Snickers]

  I’ve had such things on my older I pad and texts on phone. Even took the phone to Verizon where they told me it was a scam. I told my son and he said they do that all the time it’s a scam. 

  Then I fussed with my son for not warning me!