Friday, 31 August 2012

Today's scam Windows support call went as follows (and I'm not even writing in a comedy Indian voice way - this is what they said):

Steve: "Hello sir, this is Steve. I am calling you to tell you that Windows on your computer is infected by the internet, yes?"
Me: "OK"
S: "Very good sir. We can help you with this and to remove this infection that could be infecting your banking and your internet files"
M: "Oh no, that's OK - it's deliberate"
S; "I am sorry sir, I am not understanding you"
M: "It's deliberate - I'm a computer science student and I'm seeing how many viruses I can get on an unprotected computer in a month as part of a project"
S: "But your computer is unprotected sir"
M: "Yes, as I said it's deliberate. I want it to get infected"
S: "But we must protect your computer to make sure it does not download infected internet"
M: "No, because that would ruin my results. Was there anything else you wanted?"
<pause>
S: "Sir, your computer is infected. It is very dangerous"
M: "No it isn't - it doesn't have anything on it and I'll wipe it when I'm done with my experiment"
S: "Are you using Windows Vista or Windows 7 sir? We can be fixing this in a few minutes"
M: "I'm getting the impression you're not listening to me. Would you like a yoghurt?"
S: "Sorry sir, I do not understand again"
M: "A yoghurt - it's a fermented milk type dessert. I'm just having one now. It's raspberry flavour. Very nice."
S: "You are a son of a bitch"
<hangs up>

I'm assuming Steve doesn't like yoghurt!

1 comment:

  1. I love your blog! Its always fun to hear about these experiences. Please update it! :)

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