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csziggy

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9. That's wonderful! You should have recorded it

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 07:08 PM

Aug 2017

And put it on YouTube. Sometimes I listen to the videos of people screwing with telemarketers and scammers.

My two favorites - some IT guy got a new "Microsoft Security" specialist to lock the BIOS on the boss's laptop which happened to be the server for the entire operation; a British kid turned the computer access program around and wiped the hard drive of the "Microsoft Security" specialist's computer.

Of course this is the classic:

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Poor "Bob" from Microsoft scam has been replaced by Siri voice. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 OP

Those robocalls suck sharp_stick Aug 2017 #1

Reduced credit card debt zipplewrath Aug 2017 #2

For a while I MurrayDelph Aug 2017 #11

I forgot the most-important part MurrayDelph Aug 2017 #13

You will fall and need help. Press 1 to talk to Mrs. Fucking Fletcher or whatever. CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #3

I can't push 1, I fell. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #7

That's wonderful! You should have recorded it csziggy Aug 2017 #9

wiped the hard drive of the "Microsoft Security" specialist's computer. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #10

Here you go csziggy Aug 2017 #12

I got a "Microsoft" call just past 11 o'clock at night. hunter Aug 2017 #4

Damn. Now I can't tie up their phone or the caller. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #5

I use the "Mr. Number" app on my Samsung phone, and... NurseJackie Aug 2017 #6

I received . . . peggysue2 Aug 2017 #8