Malware Scam via Indian Call Centre
Hi guys. Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows! If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?" Wayne
Hi Wlug's Maybe in future we should get in on this http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1011/S00381/un-marks-world-philosophy-day.h... Cheers Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Grimsey To: Waikato Linux Users Group Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: [wlug] Malware Scam via Indian Call Centre Hi guys. Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows! If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?" Wayne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
We´ve been targeted last week, my wife answered - she was rather puzzled when told that our Windows Server had some errors - she knows the only windows we have are securely fitted to our house. The bad Engrish, repetition of the same phrase when questioned, and inability to pronounce their Engrish name correctly... Was funny, but now annoying. Apparently wanted her to go to a website on our PC - she knew better, and referred them to call back to get me... they didn´t want to. I am going to try to draw up a list of hairy questions for her to ask for next time :-) If you can´t beat them, annoy them :-) Elroy. Wayne Grimsey wrote:
Hi guys.
Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows!
If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?"
Wayne
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last time i got this i acted surprised and asked how vms could get a virus :D On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
We´ve been targeted last week, my wife answered - she was rather puzzled when told that our Windows Server had some errors - she knows the only windows we have are securely fitted to our house.
The bad Engrish, repetition of the same phrase when questioned, and inability to pronounce their Engrish name correctly...
Was funny, but now annoying.
Apparently wanted her to go to a website on our PC - she knew better, and referred them to call back to get me... they didn´t want to.
I am going to try to draw up a list of hairy questions for her to ask for next time :-)
If you can´t beat them, annoy them :-)
Elroy.
Wayne Grimsey wrote:
Hi guys.
Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows!
If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?"
Wayne
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/5007672/Beware-the-cold-caller... On 29 May 2011 13:44, Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
We´ve been targeted last week, my wife answered - she was rather puzzled when told that our Windows Server had some errors - she knows the only windows we have are securely fitted to our house. The bad Engrish, repetition of the same phrase when questioned, and inability to pronounce their Engrish name correctly...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4569267/Trap-now-set-for-cold-call... I've got a nice clean machine in Virtualbox and planned (still plan) to record the session, collect IP addresses, logmein codes, and whatever else I can, as well as waste as much of their time as possible. But since that article was published I've only had one call and they hung up the moment I transferred the call to speakerphone. I've heard of other people getting called every single day. Even my mother in law's been called and she's never owned or used a computer in her entire life. On 29 May 2011 22:18, David Hallett <david(a)pulsar.net.nz> wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/5007672/Beware-the-cold-caller...
On 29 May 2011 13:44, Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
We´ve been targeted last week, my wife answered - she was rather puzzled when told that our Windows Server had some errors - she knows the only windows we have are securely fitted to our house. The bad Engrish, repetition of the same phrase when questioned, and inability to pronounce their Engrish name correctly...
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They rang me up one friday night, so I decided to play along. I was running linux, so I had to stall for time until I found a screenshot of Event Viewer. After pretending that I had fallen for their scam they wanted me to download the malware or whatever it is. I told them my internet connection was very slow, so I would take a very long time to download. They then transfered me to a guy who wanted my credit card number. I called myself Rachel (funny name for a man), which I spelt "Raxzcheeaally". Then I told them that I lived in Kihikihi rather than Hamilton, which I spelt "kiukitzxqutwzzo". I said "People often get them confused". I then made up a fake credit card number. I forgot that VISA numbers always start with 4 so I had to pretend that I misread it and gave him a fresh one. "Sorry sir, that credit card number seems to be invalid" "Really?" Shock horror. Then we he went over the number and the name spelling again to make sure it was correct. I kept changing one of the digits each time I repeated the number. Then he asked if I had another card. I was getting a bit bored by then and I thought that I had already done enough to fight crime. I gave him 4556 1234 5678 9732. After that he got that I was wasting his time and he was pissed off. "You have wasted the time of a senior technician", he lectured me, still insisting he worked for a "legal and legitimate organisation". He first threated with legal action, then he threated to corrupt my computer. I told him he was free to hang up at any time, which he did. Simon Crosby --- On Sun, 29/5/11, Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
From: Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> Subject: Re: [wlug] Malware Scam via Indian Call Centre To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Sunday, 29, May, 2011, 1:44 PM We´ve been targeted last week, my wife answered - she was rather puzzled when told that our Windows Server had some errors - she knows the only windows we have are securely fitted to our house.
The bad Engrish, repetition of the same phrase when questioned, and inability to pronounce their Engrish name correctly...
Was funny, but now annoying.
Apparently wanted her to go to a website on our PC - she knew better, and referred them to call back to get me... they didn´t want to.
I am going to try to draw up a list of hairy questions for her to ask for next time :-)
If you can´t beat them, annoy them :-)
Elroy.
Wayne Grimsey wrote:
Hi guys.
Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows!
If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?"
Wayne
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That was entertaining. A friend of mine had a similar call two weeks ago. He was told the same thing and was offered a service to protect his ip address for $$$. He declined and immediately the price went down to just $30 for a lifetime protection. My friend's ip is dynamic. Noel On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Simon Crosby <simc(a)xtra.co.nz> wrote:
They rang me up one friday night, so I decided to play along. I was running linux, so I had to stall for time until I found a screenshot of Event Viewer.
After pretending that I had fallen for their scam they wanted me to download the malware or whatever it is. I told them my internet connection was very slow, so I would take a very long time to download. They then transfered me to a guy who wanted my credit card number. I called myself Rachel (funny name for a man), which I spelt "Raxzcheeaally". Then I told them that I lived in Kihikihi rather than Hamilton, which I spelt "kiukitzxqutwzzo". I said "People often get them confused".
I then made up a fake credit card number. I forgot that VISA numbers always start with 4 so I had to pretend that I misread it and gave him a fresh one.
"Sorry sir, that credit card number seems to be invalid" "Really?" Shock horror.
Then we he went over the number and the name spelling again to make sure it was correct. I kept changing one of the digits each time I repeated the number.
Then he asked if I had another card. I was getting a bit bored by then and I thought that I had already done enough to fight crime. I gave him 4556 1234 5678 9732.
After that he got that I was wasting his time and he was pissed off.
"You have wasted the time of a senior technician", he lectured me, still insisting he worked for a "legal and legitimate organisation".
He first threated with legal action, then he threated to corrupt my computer.
I told him he was free to hang up at any time, which he did.
Simon Crosby
--- On Sun, 29/5/11, Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
From: Elroy <elroy(a)ihug.co.nz> Subject: Re: [wlug] Malware Scam via Indian Call Centre To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Sunday, 29, May, 2011, 1:44 PM We´ve been targeted last week, my wife answered - she was rather puzzled when told that our Windows Server had some errors - she knows the only windows we have are securely fitted to our house.
The bad Engrish, repetition of the same phrase when questioned, and inability to pronounce their Engrish name correctly...
Was funny, but now annoying.
Apparently wanted her to go to a website on our PC - she knew better, and referred them to call back to get me... they didn´t want to.
I am going to try to draw up a list of hairy questions for her to ask for next time :-)
If you can´t beat them, annoy them :-)
Elroy.
Wayne Grimsey wrote:
Hi guys.
Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
One of the commenters below the article said he was
runnng Linux ... and
the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows!
If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?"
Wayne
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