On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1:00:14 PM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 12:52:27 PM UTC-6, notbob wrote:
> > Apparently, there's a new wave of Winblows computer scammers washing
> > ashore.
> >
> > For the very first time, I gotta Indian support droid calling me on
> > my phone to tell me their organization has been receiving security
> > alerts from my desktop computer.
> >
> > Oh really!? And "jes what operating system am I currently using", I
> > smirkingly enquired. "Windows", was his reply. I gleefully informed
> > this escapee from the Short Circuit voice-over casting stable, I
> > haven't even owned a Windows computer in over a decade.
> >
> > He hung up w/o uttering another word.
> >
> > Please, do not fall for this ruse. You computer will NOT send
> > security alerts to a third party, no matter which operating system
> > (OS) you use.
> >
> > nb
>
> One time when I was sitting at my PC I got such a call. I decided to have some fun with the non-native English speaker who called me and declared "I don't even have a computer, what are you talking about? Got rid of that thing years ago! I don't even have a cell phone!! No way, too much trouble!" All the while staring at my monitor!
>
> He hung up on me pretty fast! :-)
>
A guy called with that scam, and said that his name was something like Thomas,
or Michael or something. I told him that his name wasn't Thomas (or whatever),
but that it was something like Sadji, or Hadji, or some other Pakistani kind of
name. He hung up.

>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan