Windows "Problem"
#11
Was just laughing about this one. At first I thought you were talking about your computer. I get several calls every month about windows or Microsoft. Of course I am not stupid enough to let anyone do any control of my computer! But then discovered you were talking about windows for your home . I have been known to give false information from time to time just to manipulate their game plans. Then of course I now screen every call coming in.
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Long Island
Posts: 24,820
lately, and I don't know why, when the calls come thru, on the screen it says, "fraudulent call".
I live in a condo, so all that they are selling, is taken care of by the condo board.
When I was in a house, and had electric, the oil companies would always call. I finally got fed up with it, and told them to come fill the tank. that guy walked around the house scratching his head to find the filler line. after about 15-20 minutes, he packed up and left. I sat still in the house with my husky/Shepard/terrier mix barking his head off. I did it a few more times, no one ever called after their first trip to my house. problem solved.
I live in a condo, so all that they are selling, is taken care of by the condo board.
When I was in a house, and had electric, the oil companies would always call. I finally got fed up with it, and told them to come fill the tank. that guy walked around the house scratching his head to find the filler line. after about 15-20 minutes, he packed up and left. I sat still in the house with my husky/Shepard/terrier mix barking his head off. I did it a few more times, no one ever called after their first trip to my house. problem solved.
#13
I got a call years ago that I actually answered. The guy said my windows licence had expired. I told him I didn't own a computer, he asked me twice if I had a computer, I kept saying no. He finally hung up. It doesn't bother me to lie to those kinds of people. I doubt he believed me.
Now I just pick up the phone and then hang it back up. It has cut down on those calls.
Now I just pick up the phone and then hang it back up. It has cut down on those calls.
#14
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Somewhere in Time
Posts: 2,697
I kept getting calls about my Dell computer, i told them I didn't have Dell Computer. They said I did. I said it was a piece of crap and I threw the damn thing away. They still call from time to time, but I just hang up. It is really somewhere in my sewing room, I haven't seen it in years. So it is as good as thrown away.
#15
This one is dangerous because people have been taken for thousands of dollars. Never let anyone connect to your PC and especially not your bank account!!!
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: NW MN lake country
Posts: 3,589
Like everyone else, we get at least 3 calls a day like this and I usually pretend that I can't hear them until they hang up, but these suggestions are priceless!!! Thank you all. You have made my day!! Wait until I get my next Microsoft call. Do you think that the "be my friend" line would work with the social security scammer that calls once a month?
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 580
I get those calls too but now they are computerized recordings and I can't do my "thing". Darn. Once I got the call and I told the guy I didn't have a computer and he tried to sell me one. I sure hate those calls especially when I am busy in a distant room or outside and have to run to answer the phone. This morning I got a cal that told me the company I hired for computer security is out of business I just cracked up and hung up.
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