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tak4n

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So this happened to me around a week ago...

Story: I am not good with scams and I don't do thorough research on scamming which left me pretty vulnerable to this phone call that I got...

I get a phone call from an Indian guy here is what he said:

Him: Hello I am calling from Microsoft, our systems have detected a hacker on your computer and we're calling to help you remove the hacker.
Me: Alright

At this point I was a bit shaking from this and a bit scared for a potential hacker being on my computers. The Indian guy transferred me to another Indian guy and said he'll guide me through the steps.

Him: Alright do you see the ctrl key on your keyboard?
Me: Yes
Him: There is a button next to it with an image...
Me: The windows key?
Him: Yes, hold this key then press 'r'

I followed this instruction.

Me: Done
Him: Ok, so did a box pop up?
Me: Yes
Him: Ok type 'event...'

The box that popped up was a 'run' box which could have lead me to typing something I'd regret later. I was already suspicious during this conversation but opening this box finally triggered me to say something.

Me: How do I know that you're from Microsoft?
Him: There is no way to know this... I can give you my phone number if you want...
Me: No, it's fine...
Him: I can give you your id number as well...
Me: Wait, if there is a hacker wouldn't my anti virus detect him?
Him: No anti virus detects viruses not hackers, it would not detect him.

I knew I shouldn't be proceeding with what this guy was telling me so I asked him to call me back (I wanted to talk with my parents about it) so he hung up promising he'd call back in a few hours. During this time I googled information about such calls from Microsoft and found out it was all a scam... the guy never called back.

I am kicking myself now for missing the chance to troll this guy, wish I'd knew this was a scam so I could grief and waste his time a bit more. Sorry for the anticlimactic ending to this story, however this could have ended very bad had I not been so cautious.

Also Atilla laughed at me after hearing this story... that's a thing ;_;

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Anch

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

Wow that indian guy has no life.

Different55

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

Find out how they got your number and make sure they get it again lol.

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Anch

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

If the guy calls you again, you MUST waste him time and pretend you're blind so you can't see the keyboard and you always need help typing.

Anak

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

What you need to do is repeat everything they ask of you about 3 or 10 times.

Pingohits

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

call ikea and ask them if they deliver meatballs

promise

it will be the best 12 minutes of your life

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Anch

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

call ikea and ask them if they deliver meatballs

promise

it will be the best 12 minutes of your life

Question: How does asking ikea if they deliver meatballs take 12 minutes?

tak4n

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

I am just glad I picked up the phone... if it was someone from my family things could have ended up differently

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Pingohits

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From: aids lizard

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

call ikea and ask them if they deliver meatballs

promise

it will be the best 12 minutes of your life

Question: How does asking ikea if they deliver meatballs take 12 minutes?

exactly

that's the funny part

ikea takes that long to respond to a prank call

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Anch

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Joined: 2015-02-16

Posts: 5,447

Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

call ikea and ask them if they deliver meatballs

promise

it will be the best 12 minutes of your life

Question: How does asking ikea if they deliver meatballs take 12 minutes?

exactly

that's the funny part

ikea takes that long to respond to a prank call

Like they put you on hold to ask the manager if they deliver meatballs?

Pingohits

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From: aids lizard

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 7,591

Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

call ikea and ask them if they deliver meatballs

promise

it will be the best 12 minutes of your life

Question: How does asking ikea if they deliver meatballs take 12 minutes?

exactly

that's the funny part

ikea takes that long to respond to a prank call

Like they put you on hold to ask the manager if they deliver meatballs?

yep

and then they come back saying,

I'm sorry, but unfortunately we don't deliver meatballs. However, we do have a large selection of chairs that are made from African Oak...~

and then goes on with some verbal garbage

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Anch

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Joined: 2015-02-16

Posts: 5,447

Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

call ikea and ask them if they deliver meatballs

promise

it will be the best 12 minutes of your life

Question: How does asking ikea if they deliver meatballs take 12 minutes?

exactly

that's the funny part

ikea takes that long to respond to a prank call

Like they put you on hold to ask the manager if they deliver meatballs?

yep

and then they come back saying,

I'm sorry, but unfortunately we don't deliver meatballs. However, we do have a large selection of chairs that are made from African Oak...~

and then goes on with some verbal garbage

I should do that one day.

Abelysk

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

I got like 3 phone calls from these guys already. They'll do anything to make you buy their crappy under-the-hood products. BTW, their products inject malware into your computer, so they take control of it and break into all of your credit card/SSN/accounts and stuff. Beware.

Nickolai

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Re: So this happened to me around a week ago...

I'm afraid of this happening to my parents/grandparents. I always tell them to call me if anyone tries something like that but I can only hope they remember to do so.