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20. Yeah, I got one of those "your computer is infected" calls

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 02:48 PM

Apr 2015

I said, "it is? How can that be?"

So she tells me viruses are sending out data from my computer and this needs to be addressed immediately. Blah blah blah.

I let her drone on for a while and then I told her we didn't have a computer.

She tried the speech again. And again I said we didn't have a computer.

Then she got pissed. "But you have to have a computer, we've intercepted data from your address!"

Me, "gosh, I don't know how that could be. We don't have a computer."

*click*

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The phony computer security people just called me. [View all] hobbit709 Apr 2015 OP

I got one of those six months ago nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #1

Just fixed my brother's lap top with a registry 333 error. TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #2

Strange. . . BigDemVoter Apr 2015 #71

On American Greed, TV show, they had a program this past week that discussed the first group truedelphi Apr 2015 #3

I tell them I don't have a computer. emulatorloo Apr 2015 #4

I tell those fake IRS folks melm00se Apr 2015 #37

Excellent! emulatorloo Apr 2015 #44

Good one. elleng Apr 2015 #53

I got a message on my machine ballabosh Apr 2015 #59

Fake IRS? BigDemVoter Apr 2015 #72

yup melm00se Apr 2015 #73

A lot of scams these days. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 #5

They keep calling here Betty88 Apr 2015 #6

Keep doing it ballabosh Apr 2015 #60

I like to pretend I'm old, and hard of hearing LordGlenconner Apr 2015 #7

Good move SCantiGOP Apr 2015 #11

Or hand the phone to the nearest Politicalboi Apr 2015 #27

I have the same Indian sounding fellow call me every three weeks ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2015 #8

Whatever you do, do not call the guy 'Apu' and recommend he go suck off a squishy machine. Scurrilous Apr 2015 #17

I ask, "Which cpmputer has the problem?" AwakeAtLast Apr 2015 #66

Got one the other day, didn't pipi_k Apr 2015 #9

Have Fun HassleCat Apr 2015 #10

I got a call yesterday 2naSalit Apr 2015 #12

Anything legal (including tax-related) kentauros Apr 2015 #16

Indeed... 2naSalit Apr 2015 #18

I'm sorry to hear about the spider poisoning. kentauros Apr 2015 #22

Oh, I'm fine 2naSalit Apr 2015 #24

Oh, that's such a lousy thing to go through! kentauros Apr 2015 #46

LOL!! 2naSalit Apr 2015 #48

Oh, that sucks about an allergy to mint. kentauros Apr 2015 #50

Cool! and thank you!! 2naSalit Apr 2015 #67

I didn't know that about remedies being nearby to the toxic substance. kentauros Apr 2015 #68

LOL 2naSalit Apr 2015 #69

My insomnia today is related to being so bored at work kentauros Apr 2015 #70

Post the number so we can troll them unmercifully Taitertots Apr 2015 #26

I Googled it too 2naSalit Apr 2015 #28

I've got ways to get around the charges Taitertots Apr 2015 #31

Cool! 2naSalit Apr 2015 #32

I got one that said "this is microsoft, your computer has been hijacked and is sending out malware" Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #54

I didn't know Microsoft ran on Linux.. Morely Dotes Apr 2015 #13

My friend lives in Cabo MX, and she got a surprise call yesterday from her cousin who she underahedgerow Apr 2015 #14

My dad gets these calls claiming to be his grandkids by name LeftInTX Apr 2015 #15

I'd gotten a call like that a few months back... Lancero Apr 2015 #38

I got one of those RoccoR5955 Apr 2015 #19

Yeah, I got one of those "your computer is infected" calls progressoid Apr 2015 #20

it's not much better dealing with the real ones Skittles Apr 2015 #21

you would think this people would know when they are being messed with an give up lol Takket Apr 2015 #23

I tell them all their warning calls worried my so much I got an Apple computer csziggy Apr 2015 #25

I told them similar... Lancero Apr 2015 #39

Oh shit - now they will generate a list of Mac users to hassle! csziggy Apr 2015 #40

They'll start up a sales department in a week or two. Lancero Apr 2015 #41

LOL. I was visiting my mom for the holidays and I picked up a similar call at her place Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #29

Whenever telemarketers call, I'm always eating... MrScorpio Apr 2015 #30

My dad got the best one jmowreader Apr 2015 #33

That's a very common scam here in Japan Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #36

The preferred payment is by bank-to-bank transfer Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #57

several friends have gotten these calls. thanks to information I gave another friend last year niyad Apr 2015 #34

Who answers either a landline or unknown mobile number these days?..nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #35

People who have friends with blocked numbers csziggy Apr 2015 #42

Try using that mobile phone when there's no power. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #43

Older people. Shrike47 Apr 2015 #58

Welp, that means you will be hearing from the Nigerian "prince" hifiguy Apr 2015 #45

I got a call at work from somebody claiming to be the electric company. Codeine Apr 2015 #47

Huh, that's pretty similar to my CC number... Lancero Apr 2015 #56

Thank you, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. hunter Apr 2015 #49

Just tell them Windows licenses have no expiration date. Initech Apr 2015 #51

Yeah, I had one of those.... Spider Jerusalem Apr 2015 #52

Yeah, exactly. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #55

I must be on the senile old person list - because they call me every day, hollysmom Apr 2015 #61

OK this pipi_k Apr 2015 #77

I upset one of those jerks so much one time that he called back nonstop for 30 minutes CBGLuthier Apr 2015 #62

I never had one Union Label Apr 2015 #63

Some guy called and told me he was calling from Windows tech support.. I told him to get lost. Cha Apr 2015 #64

I get one of these calls every once in a while. SeattleVet Apr 2015 #65

I had a friend whose theory was to waste as much of their time as possible for calls like this struggle4progress Apr 2015 #74

i always laugh cause i have an apple. NO MS. pansypoo53219 Apr 2015 #75

I was getting a series of 'Microsoft' calls last fall until I said 'this is a scam'. They stopped Shrike47 Apr 2015 #76