Recording of Recently Shut-Down Telemarketers In Action 104
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timothy
from the canadians-are-so-polite dept.
from the canadians-are-so-polite dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Just yesterday, the FTC, in conjunction with other government agencies, shut down an international telemarketing scam. A recent video has surfaced showing them in action, trying to scam one of the principals of a Canadian web start-up. Watch the scammers lie through their teeth to convince their 'victim' that he needs to buy a lifetime subscription to their anti-virus product."
Re:Bad video (Score:5, Funny)
I got a couple calls from these guys. I couldn't understand them then, either.
Re:One question: (Score:4, Funny)
The phone conversation's lifetime.
Forwarding to my mom (Score:5, Funny)
Collateral Damage (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No Protection? (Score:4, Funny)
Haven't you heard about the dangerous su, sh, and dd viruses!?
Why, I hear that if you get all three, they can nuke your whole box!
(LOL!)
Re:Collateral Damage (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bad video (Score:5, Funny)
I was amused at the way they identified themselves to me: "Microsoft Malicious Software Department". Yeah, I'm posting on Slashdot, but even I was surprised that Microsoft is so transparent about selling malware...
Watching scumbags lie? (Score:5, Funny)
No thanks, I got enough of that last night.
Re:All telemarketers are scammers (Score:4, Funny)
Re:All telemarketers are scammers (Score:5, Funny)
The lifetime subscription?
I guess my Mom would have too if I hadn't stopped her.
My ex did. I didn't stop her. :-)
Scumbags (Score:5, Funny)
These guys were targeting primarily older users. They called my parents at least 5 times telling them they could tell there were viruses on their machine and that if they didn't pay the fee, the computer would stop working. My mother asked me what she should do, and I told her to get a contact number so she could forward to the Kansas Attorney General.
Phone call went like this:
"Can I get your number so I can send it to the Kansas Attorney General for investigation?"
"What?"
"I need your number so I can send it to the AG."
[someone in the background] "HANG UP! HANG UP NOW!"
Never called back. Problem solved.
Re:Collateral Damage (Score:4, Funny)
Not as quickly as HP does.