Oh no! BT says somebody else accessed my computer!

[boxbrownie]

Just had a call from a very charming BT employee who said my computer has be accessed by probably a criminal gang trying to gain my personal details and banking information, if I let him have access online to my computer he can put the firewall protocols in place to protect my computer from the threat, all I need is to pay the nominal fee of £30.......I said I had a cousin in Nigeria who is a Prince and for a nominal fee of £30 he could gain access to seized family funds of over £5,000,000......for this fee my friend could be the benificiary of 10% of the fortune..........wierd though, the guy from BT (must have been the Indian branch judging by his accent) lost the connection, shame he missed out on a golden opportunity.

 

[developer]

I just tell all the spam callers that I haven't got a phone...

 

[daveenty]

Excellent response.

I usually just ask them to hold on a second then go and make a brew.

 

[Giantvanman]

We started using one of these about six weeks ago and it is highly effective.

CPR All-in-One Call Blocker: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

 

[Harrythedog]

Sometimes I talk like the Flowerpot Men, that always does the trick

 

[evdok]

I just say this is a church

 

[tali]

I just tell them i'm on the MB forum.That gets rid of them pronto.Hehe.

 

[Druk]

We started using one of these about six weeks ago and it is highly effective.

CPR All-in-One Call Blocker: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Someone from Amazon called me this morning with a special offer of 20 sapling spagetti trees. I think they came from the same supplier as this clever device so I turned the offer down.

 

[meeeb]

"This is the Metropolitan Police Information Technology Fraud Department, and this call has been intercepted and is being traced".

 

[R2D2]

Re the car accident scam.....I always say it's the Police Car Dept so which one of our cars are you talking abou....oh you've gone!

 

[DSM10000]

I asked one chap (who said he was called Charles Anderson but said with a very lovely Indian accent) what the current weather was like in Mumbai, he then proceeded to tell me and recommended some places to visit!

 

[mct_cars]

I always like to string them along as long as possible.

It's nice pretending to be the thick one on the end of an IT call. Some of my staff will say it doesn't take much acting.