ARSTechnica: Pity the poor employees of companies like “Windows Technical Support"—scammers who make money by "fixing" computers that were never broken in the first place. For the people who pose as Windows support technicians and cold call unsuspecting victims to warn them about bogus viruses, life is good as long as they can wrangle credit card numbers and remote PC access from the gullible.
And, for once, some of what it can do looks genuinely useful.
The blog post reads, “We’re introducing a new WhatsApp app for Windows that loads faster and is built with an interface similar to the app's mobile version.”
Since the middle of February, customers of AMD graphics cards have been reporting situations in which Windows installations were entirely bricked after installing new drivers.
"You don’t have to keep calling me 'sir,'" Ted said. "I mean, we’ve been on the phone an hour and 50 minutes together. My friends call me 'Cinnamon.' If you want to call me Cinnamon, that’s fine." (The scammer actually starts calling Ted "Cinnamon.")
That's funny! :D Too bad several people fall for this type of scam, I've got a customer at my store that felt for that, lost $250!!! O_o
My friend fell for something like this,
but he had a Mac.
I literally told him that hes an Idiot. Me < a Computer geek working on a degree telling him to not fall for it.>
I told him that its a scam and that his mac is not broken and filled with junk,
but no since he Knows I hate apple he fell for it and bought the stupid product.
and I laugh everyday knowing the stupidity of computer users across all platforms
Next time I get call from "Windows Technical Support", I will be trying some of these tricks.