If anyone is still getting calls and uses a VM, try adding a few programs to the startup programs e.g. 100x IE. Should give you some laughs.
If anyone is still getting calls and uses a VM, try adding a few programs to the startup programs e.g. 100x IE. Should give you some laughs.
Where are my eyes? ... Oh there they are.
I remember I got a call from them. Dude told me I had a virus on Windows. I laughed and hung up.
Intel i5 Ivy Bridge 2.8Ghz (3.4Ghz Turbo), 64bit user, AMD GPU 7700 series
i received a live phone call to eventually get me to download AA_v3.exe.
It was clearly a scam, i played along as a dumb and plausible person.
i agree with others, waste their time, as much as you can, it saves another victim.
I am ubuntu linux
I took him to the wire, 1.5 hours of his life
many long painful silences and i pushed it to the limit,
often picked up saying 'it's just re-booting, won't be long' then dashing away
I never actually lied at any time.
my side of the conversation went like this...
'Oh really, a Microsoft Windows engineer, yes my machine is going slow'
'Really, i have been infected, oh no, what should i do'
'No i don't have any AV software, i thought XP was safe'
'Yes I pressed the Win + R key but nothing happened.
12 Mins: of finding my Downloads folder.
'i clicked it but i'm not sure it's working i will reboot again'
4 Mins:
'yes i am on the website right now and clicked the link, i should re-boot?'
4 Mins: i can hear him, ' please sir, there is no need to re-boot again'
'be with you in a minute, i'm sure it's faster but it takes longer to login now'
'yes it downloaded AA_v3.exe, should i click it and re-boot?'
' i'm logged in again, no i don't see a message but it's going much faster'
'so you need me to go to another website and login to confirm it's me?'
'yes it downloaded should i click it?'
'wow thanks, it's going even faster now, I'll tell my wife Edith'
2 Mins:
'She' s just switching her computer on, it's a bit slow but she only uses it for banking'
5 Mins:
We howled in silence
I picked up the phone to keep him engaged and spurted short messages
'just checking with the wife now, she's going to download a recipe and see if it's quicker'
3 Mins
'Yes brilliant she's very pleased and is already preparing the oven'
He left when I told him the message said 'you need windows to run this type of file'
I claim me as king of the scam baiters as i stole 1.5 hours.
Last edited by ndmaque; June 6th, 2012 at 12:02 AM.
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hmm not sure, there are lots of phone recording gadgets (plugs into phone socket no pc required)
i guess it would be easyish to plumb something up to record live phone but a soldering iron would be required.
i use motion to store my camera activity so using soundrec to store audio would be possible i guess.
anyways if i hadder recorded mine it would be on youtube front.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjKjyMKj3n4
edit:
here is the related blog post:
http://www.troyhunt.com/2012/02/scam...irus-call.html
Last edited by Dry Lips; June 6th, 2012 at 08:24 PM.
@drylips
he he the link you sent was wonderful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjKjyMKj3n4
it was just like my convo, the aussie was good
A friend of mine gets those some times and what they do is this :
When they ask for someone they tell that that person is not here but this person is would you like to speak to them ? If ok they ( they have a system to forward a call ) forward the call to the local neighborhood police unit / station ?
Ha Ha .
What we need is a gadget than can automatically converse with the scammer.
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