Posted on July 13, 2021 Caller type: Scam call Location: Australia
Caller: NBN Scammer Robocall claimed NBN would be disconnected unless I pressed 1 to stop them.
Knowing it was a scam I pressed 1 (as usual) to waste their time but they hung up immediately.
Normally I try to keep scammers like this on the phone as long as possible. It annoys them and prevents them scamming someone else while they are trying to scam me.
They try to identify your computer OS by finding out the key next to the left ctrl key. This way they can use their Windows or Mac “script” to customise the remote hack for your computer.
I try to really confuse them. I tell them there is a large Red and white ball next to the ctrl key. If they ask if it is Windows or Mac. I tell them it was an Amiga X1000 from Amigaone computer running AmigaOS 4.1 (aka as Workbench). Of course this also means their pre-prepared Mac/Windows speech is now worthless.
If they want to know about the Amiga OS refer them to to www.a-eon.com. If they ask where you get software from say www.amient.net and www.amiga.org, Sometimes they ask for the name of your internet browser. If they do say that you use a variation of Firefox as your internet browser.
They try to you to download some remote access software (from www.anydesk.com or www.teamviewer.com) to help them do the remote hack your system. Tell them that there are no versions of these software programs that would run on your Amiga. This really pisses them off.
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Thermite
Posted on July 13, 2021Caller type: Scam call
Location: Australia
Robocall claimed NBN would be disconnected unless I pressed 1 to stop them.
Knowing it was a scam I pressed 1 (as usual) to waste their time but they hung up immediately.
Normally I try to keep scammers like this on the phone as long as possible.
It annoys them and prevents them scamming someone else while they are trying to scam me.
They try to identify your computer OS by finding out the key next to the left ctrl key.
This way they can use their Windows or Mac “script” to customise the remote hack for your computer.
I try to really confuse them.
I tell them there is a large Red and white ball next to the ctrl key.
If they ask if it is Windows or Mac.
I tell them it was an Amiga X1000 from Amigaone computer running AmigaOS 4.1 (aka as Workbench).
Of course this also means their pre-prepared Mac/Windows speech is now worthless.
If they want to know about the Amiga OS refer them to to www.a-eon.com.
If they ask where you get software from say www.amient.net and www.amiga.org,
Sometimes they ask for the name of your internet browser.
If they do say that you use a variation of Firefox as your internet browser.
They try to you to download some remote access software (from www.anydesk.com or www.teamviewer.com) to help them do the remote hack your system. Tell them that there are no versions of these software programs that would run on your Amiga. This really pisses them off.
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