Wednesday, September 7, 2016

THREE URGENT QUESTIONS

1.  Why do telephone scam operations hire creepy sounding people from India?

 2.  Why do they tell the creepy callers to identify themselves as "Mr. Washington"?

 3.   What is the best way to get them to stop calling?
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2016 at 12:23 PM

    Alas, this is an open problem.

    "The Do-Not-Call List Has a Gaping Hole"
    https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602284/the-do-not-call-list-has-a-gaping-hole/

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  2. David AuerbachSeptember 7, 2016 at 12:34 PM

    It depends on your phone service. We have Vonage for our house phone (i.e. landline replacement using VOIP=VoiceOverInternetProtocol). With that you can block individual numbers. Similarly, on the iphone you can block any future calls from a caller.

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  3. David E.September 7, 2016 at 12:35 PM

    Here is a story of one man's revenge on perpetrators of the "Hello, this is Mr. Washington from Windows" scam:

    https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/15/tech-support-scammer-tricked-into-installing-ransomware/

    Enjoy!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2016 at 2:47 PM

    Mine all claim to be named "Kevin".

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  5. Tom CathcartSeptember 8, 2016 at 12:04 PM

    "You have a very nice voice, Mr. Washington. What are you wearing?"

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  6. UnknownSeptember 8, 2016 at 12:53 PM

    Just hang up as soon as you recognize it's a scam. They're pretty obvious.

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  7. Andrew Lionel BlaisSeptember 8, 2016 at 3:02 PM

    Tom, proverbial lol....

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