I just experienced the most eloquent telephone scammer ever.
He was one of those Indian chaps who've been calling all over Great Britain and the United States, identifying themselves as either Microsoft employees or Cyber Security agents and telling their marks that their computer is spreading (or in this case, mine was receiving) all sorts of terrible viruses.
They then provide computer instructions to the "callee" so that he, the technician, can fix the problem--which of course only provides the scammers with access to all the mark's computer content.
I played along, OKing his every instruction, and when he proudly asked what my screen was showing at one final point, I said, "It says this is a fraud being run by criminal clowns out of India."
His response was pitch perfect: You Americans are motherfuckers.
That rather concluded our little conversation, but it was worth it.
Ooh I have my own favorite scam. I list surplus equipment on line. I often get contacted by prospective buyers from South America or Africa with a problem. Their buyer keenly wishes to purchase my equipment and happens to be not far away but sadly has only a cashiers check of much greater value than the equipment in question. And would I be so as to hand their representative the difference in cash or certified check. While I wait for the cashiers check drawn of the fifth bank of lower Bumfuckland to clear. It is delightful to negotiate with such honest fellows. They seem equally disappointed when I inform them, eventually, we accept only Spanish doubloons or Quatloos.
Posted by: Peter G | November 22, 2013 at 06:22 PM
LOL!!! that is funnee!!
Posted by: gobrooklyn | November 25, 2013 at 07:11 AM